The Citizen Gardener: ‘There is no waste in nature’
Kate Poland on how we can reduce rubbish in the garden
Read MoreTitbits – Trump fans and Diane’s plans
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – Clipped wings
The Home Office could learn from Hackney’s handling of Windrush – now, after a very public snub, we’ll see if it really has the willing
Read MoreUnions celebrate as ‘special measures’ announced for hospital cleaners’ pay over coronavirus
Private company draws distinction between ‘routine sickness’ and fears around COVID-19 in response to open letter from politicians and unions
Read More‘This has to be fixed’: Town Hall bosses raise alarm on SEND funding
Deputy Mayor joins campaigners invoicing government over funding gap as uncertainty over future position continues
Read MoreTown Hall to hike up council tax on empty homes in ‘carrot and stick’ approach
Empty home owners asked to become landlords for homeless families as premiums set to rise to 200% from April
Read MoreSharif Persaud: Have You Ever Had, Autograph ABP: ‘Fake sneezing, gangrene – a fascination with the corporeal’
The autistic artist’s first solo show is the revealing culmination of a three-year project on neurodiversity
Read MoreThe Waterhouse Project, Mare Street, food review: ‘Supper club fine dining that’s all very un-London’
Former Galvin chef Gabriel Waterhouse’s tasting menu delivers, but prepare to ‘flex your talking-to-new-people muscle’
Read MoreNo Show, Yard Theatre, stage review: ‘Slices of satire and silliness’
Christopher Green’s meta play ‘successfully explores the agony of the artist who must bare themselves to a room full of strangers’
Read MoreFrampton Park residents to defend ‘irreplaceable’ community hall
Hackney Mayor says estate’s families waiting for housing would be ‘let down’ if attempts to prevent hall’s demolition succeed
Read MoreMove On Team absorbed back into ‘mainstream’ council housing service
Team focused on moving families into private rented sector accommodation embedded in housing needs services
Read MoreUnion calls for council to bring traffic wardens in-house as further strikes threatened
Unite calls on councillors to persuade contractor APCOA to ‘negotiate in good faith’ following breakup of talks
Read MoreDebate around natural hair reaches Town Hall as Williams family call for law change
Family seeks end to ‘society’s obsession with policing black hair’ as councillor calls on schools to celebrate World Afro Day
Read MoreTown Hall pledges no council tax for poorest families by 2030 in ‘steady as she goes’ budget
Mayor announces ‘regrettable’ 3.99 per cent rise in council tax rate as uncertainty over future of government funding continues
Read MoreWe Swim to the Shark, Georgie Codd, book review: ‘Subtle insight into the inner psyche and the natural world’
Part autobiography, part travelogue, this debut by the Hackney-based author sees her attempt to conquer her phobia of fish by swimming with the biggest one of all
Read MoreCouncil reveals plans for motorcycle parking charges as it tries to get a handle on pollution
Residents can have their say on the proposals, which would introduce permits for riders in line with cars that give out similar emissions
Read MoreTown Hall unveils new master plan to help ‘end rough sleeping’
Priorities include closer working with the NHS and housing services, as well as focused employment support for European nationals
Read MoreYoung Black Men project restructured for ‘community accountability’
Deputy Mayor speaks of pride in initiative seeking ‘sustained and sustainable change’
Read MoreTown Hall disinvites Home Office from Windrush event
Home Office ‘disappointed’ at council decision taken as ‘direct consequence’ of recent deportation flights
Read MoreTown Hall to remove combustible insulation from Nightingale Estate tower block
Seaton Point works set to begin in April as final stage of £5m replacement programme in council buildings
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