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Local jazz musician raises enough money to continue scholarship at prestigious American college
Roella Oloro is off to Boston for her second year after spending the pandemic in Hackney crowdfunding and rehearsing
Read MoreMuseum of the Home board defends decision to retain slaver statue ahead of reopening
Despite heavy opposition, museum says keeping statue is ‘only practical option for foreseeable future’
Read More‘Living memorial’ to Covid victims opens in East London
Sadiq Khan cuts ribbon on London Blossom Garden at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Read MoreHackney’s stark child poverty figures becoming ‘new normal’, warns Sem Moema
Hackney’s London Assembly Member says new figures should be ‘yet another wake-up call for ministers’
Read MoreHackney GPs ‘denying access to patients’ by insisting on proof of ID, local health watchdog finds
Healthwatch Hackney says nearly two thirds of practices go against NHS policy by requesting proof of ID or address from prospective patients
Read MoreTown Hall offers first glimpse of £3m Hackney Central station upgrade
Work to create a second entrance, new cycle parking and more greenery is set to start next month
Read MoreFlotilla of protest against ‘water safety zones’ to sail from Walthamstow to Hackney Wick
Canal & River Trust pledges ‘open and constructive discussion’ as concerns voiced over policies acting as ‘land grab’
Read MoreTown Hall lays out plans for Dalston with promises to protect Curve Garden and Ridley Road
Proposals heed calls from the community for a strategy on building heights in the area
Read More‘Strike action works’: Union celebrates as long-running Leaways School dispute settled
Agreement reached on salary bump and better sick pay
Read MorePandemic triggers surge in demand for children’s mental health services
Huge jump in paediatric admissions and eating disorder services
Read MoreSchools, parks and leisure centres set for funding boost
Health and wellbeing take priority as Town Hall unveils capital spending plans
Read MoreUltra-Low Emission Zone expansion to go ahead this year, London Mayor confirms
Boundary will stretch to the north and south circular roads on 25 October
Read MoreWorkers in Dalston and Shoreditch urged to get tested as businesses reopen
Pubs and restaurants can serve indoors from today, as effort to root out Covid variants continues
Read MoreTargeted testing announced in Dalston and Shoreditch after Indian variant discovered
Residents over the age of 16 in the affected areas asked to take PCR test even if they are symptom-free
Read MoreAbney Park fully reopens after a year of virtual events – with 181st anniversary just around the corner
Volunteers at Stoke Newington’s woodland haven are looking forward to the future after a ‘challenging’ pandemic
Read MoreSchool exclusions plummet during lockdown as home education spikes
Cllr Sophie Conway raises concerns about families ‘opting out’ of the system
Read MoreSome children with SEND ‘only getting an hour of education a day’, warns local headteacher
Richard Brown calls for ‘urgent’ oversight of special schools outside the borough where local children have been placed
Read MoreContentious pathology lab merger should make ‘no difference’ to patients, says Homerton Hospital
Local health watchdog remains concerned that reorganisation ‘may result in poorer service’
Read More‘Riding roughshod over local democracy’: Hackney Mayor picks apart Whitehall’s agenda following Queen’s Speech
Time for government to ‘end central command and control’, says borough leader
Read MoreHackney Mayor defends apparent U-turn on controversial Silvertown Tunnel plans
Borough leader defends alternative river crossing as ‘incredibly important’ while acting as proxy for London Mayor Sadiq Khan in online hustings
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