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Covid fund for small businesses reopens – with council ‘determined to keep the money in Hackney’
Businesses can apply for up to £10k until 28 August, ahead of Whitehall deadline for returning any unused cash
Read MoreLondon Renters Union plans courthouse protest to call for eviction ban extension
Town Hall backs demands for ban to be extended beyond 23 August as it gears up for possible surge in homelessness
Read MoreGSCE Results Day: Education boss ‘incredibly proud’ as Hackney pupils celebrate success
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble thanks teachers and families for supporting students who have ‘been through so much’
Read MoreCouncil leaders ‘deeply disturbed’ by scrapping of Public Health England
Hackney Mayor and borough’s health chief fear the agency is ‘being made a scapegoat for government’s wider failure’ in tackling Covid
Read MoreOpposition parties back formal complaint against Hackney Mayor by Sistah Space
Local Lib Dem, Green and Women’s Equality parties line up behind domestic violence charity as it steps up its fight against eviction
Read More‘Not a penny more’: Protesters call for an end to Serco’s involvement in test-and-trace
Local campaigners join others across the country in demanding the private company be replaced by Public Health
Read MorePolice officer knocked unconscious during arrest in Hackney
Male officer taken to hospital for treatment yesterday after being thrown against a wall at a pub on Mare Street
Read MoreTown Hall ‘welcomes’ government’s grades U-turn but calls for answers on algorithm
Education lead Cllr Anntoinette Bramble says discrimination in exam results is an ‘outrage’ that needs explaining
Read MoreDalston residents up in arms as plans for hotel on former Tesco site progress
Opponents say late-night alcohol and live music ‘fly in face of the original planning permission’, but developer argues licensing is a ‘separate regime’
Read MoreNew podcast series charting women’s fight for equal pay to launch this week
Rebel Women’s latest series marks the 50th anniversary of the 1970 Equal Pay Act and aims to raise awareness of the ongoing battle for parity
Read MoreTown Hall calls for action on ‘cruel inequality’ exposed by pandemic
New report contains a raft of commitments from the council to help ‘rebuild a better Hackney’
Read MoreReprieve for Happy Man Tree as planning decision to be reconsidered
Publication of council’s new Local Plan means major applications must be looked at again, with the public able to have its say
Read MoreYouth charity launches crowdfunder for local twins with sickle cell disease
Hackney Quest is hoping to raise £3,500 for a hydrotherapy bath, which the boys’ mother says will make a ‘big difference’ to their lives
Read MoreStamford Hill charity shop delighted after Diane Abbott drops by to meet volunteers
Branch manager for disability charity Scope thanks local MP for her ‘incredible’ support and urges would-be helpers to get in touch
Read MoreA-levels Results Day: Deputy Mayor praises ‘resilience’ of pupils as council monitors concerns over downgrading
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble thanks students and teachers for their efforts in ‘incredibly challenging circumstances’
Read More‘We must continue to take precautions’: Local public health boss issues Covid warning with Hackney still a London ‘outlier’
Dr Sandra Husbands says borough ‘not yet on brink of local lockdown, but that will only stay true if people comply with guidelines’
Read MoreDomestic violence charity ‘shocked and saddened’ by council eviction notice
Sistah Space, a specialist service for women of African and Caribbean heritage, has been asked to move back to a former home it claims is unsafe following a months-long dispute with the Town Hall
Read MorePadella, Shoreditch, food review: ‘Buzzing addition to East London – even if the food is slightly underwhelming’
This haven for pasta fans, recovering from a pre-Covid launch, offers ‘la dolce vita without needing pockets as deep as Donatella Versace’
Read MoreCondemnation and praise as Town Hall announces trial run for highly contentious road closure scheme
Air quality campaigners left ‘devastated’ by decision, while residents on affected rat-runs pleased their ‘voices have been heard’
Read MoreSewage flowed into East London’s Olympic Park wetlands six times during early summer heatwave
Campaigners say Thames Water’s failure to make data publicly available is ‘unacceptable in the 21st century’
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