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Iconic Hackney estate made famous by rent campaign set for sweeping regeneration
New Era residents took on their former landlord and won – now their homes are due for large-scale refurbishment
Read More‘Ridiculous’: Council blocks juice bar from putting tables outside due to ‘encroachment’ on nearby park
Owner of Faith in Nature’s Juices says he doesn’t understand why tables and chairs stretching five metres are not in line with council policy
Read MoreMorning Lane campaigners accuse council of consultation ‘con job’ in scathing report
Morning Lane People’s Space urges Town Hall to ‘do better’, with ‘future of the town centre at stake’
Read MoreImplaqueable women – The Hackney Society celebrates those turned down for ‘not being famous enough’
‘It’s not that they weren’t doing anything – it’s that it wasn’t deemed important enough to record’
Read MoreGreens welcome Met’s removal of 371 school officers – but others brand it ‘most catastrophic decision in keeping children safe’
Surveys revealed that 93 per cent of Londoners supported the presence of Safer Schools Officers in school buildings
Read MoreLondon Mayor joins Green party in calling for London arms fair to be scrapped
Sadiq Khan ‘is appalled that the capital is being used as a marketplace for those who wish to trade in weapons’
Read MoreMan who killed partner in car then confessed to brother is detained under Mental Health Act
Gogoa Lois Tape was sentenced to a hospital order for the manslaughter of Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche
Read MoreLondon’s overheating crisis: Calls for Sadiq Khan to rethink new-build air conditioning
City Hall has told developers to prioritise ‘passive ventilation’ and avoid air conditioning unless ‘unavoidable’
Read MoreBetrayal in Berlin, Michael Shew, book review: ‘Full-throttle narrative’
The local author’s new thriller sees a scientist ‘torn between love and defence of the realm’
Read More‘Disappointed’: Residents and community groups condemn latest Woodberry Down masterplan
Loss of social homes and biodiversity among complaints as new proposals set to be put in front of councillors
Read More‘One of life’s true optimists’: Film about popular local rabbi to be screened at Abney Park
How to Get On with Everybody, a portrait of Rabbi Herschel Gluck, will be shown on 9 September – followed by a Q&A with the man himself
Read MoreConcerns raised over progress of controversial Edmonton incinerator
Campaigners now believe the £1.5bn incinerator will ‘never be built’
Read MoreRedundancies at Sutton House could have ‘dramatic impact’, warns heritage group
Hackney Society alarmed over plans, which National Trust says are still under consultation
Read MoreFamilies warn they could quit Hackney after nursery fee hikes
Parents say the borough has become an unaffordable place to raise children
Read MoreHousing officers halt imminent strikes in hope of ‘good faith’ talks
Three further strikes set for late August ‘still on the table’ in case negotiations break down
Read MoreMan guilty over Dalston shooting that left nine-year-old girl with bullet lodged in brain
Javon Riley, 33, had denied three charges of attempted murder, relating to three men, and causing grievous bodily harm with intent to the girl
Read More‘Treating us all as suspects’ – Doubts over success of Met Police’s Live Facial Recognition technology
Critics have branded the use of LFR, which maps a person’s unique facial features, and matches them against faces on watchlists, as an ‘erosion of civil liberties
Read MoreHackney Council staff set strike dates over ‘Deliveroo-style’ housing service
Housing officers are fearful of the Town Hall’s restructure plans and claim around 9 in 10 jobs in their team are at risk
Read MoreHackney man given court summons over council tax despite paying his bill
Hackney Council cancelled the summons as a “gesture of goodwill” but resident Earl Dawkins says they should apologise
Read MoreSame Streets, Different Lives – stories of Whitechapel and Shadwell
Fans of the Hackney and Newham History Social Club podcast will be delighted to hear that a clutch of new episodes has been released
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