Charity calls for action on Hackney’s £27m in unclaimed money for pensioners
Town Hall in first stages of contacting and supporting residents entitled to pension credit
Read MorePlastic-Free Hackney forges ahead with canal rewilding project
Call for volunteers to help with canalside clean-up
Read MoreJob vacancy: LSO St Luke’s Facilities Coordinator
We’re looking for a Facilities Coordinator to join us at LSO St Luke’s – our music education centre, performance space and events venue on Old Street
Read MoreBridport House residents face community break-up as remedial works agreed
‘Our lives have been turned upside down’: council to consider trauma support for displaced Colville Estate tenants
Read MoreProtesters stage Town Hall takeover in solidarity demo for Marian Court residents
Council meeting disrupted by demonstrators as Town Hall denies claims that campaigning has influenced families’ treatment
Read MoreLocal campaigners doubtful Hackney children ‘will see a penny’ of extra £700m for SEND
Town Hall ‘disappointed’ that funding only covers half of nationwide deficit with no guarantees of continuation beyond next year
Read MoreHackney’s got (volunteering) talent
No auditions necessary to find your ideal volunteer role this autumn
Read MoreCouncillors slam ‘preposterous’ plans to merge health body across NE London without consultation
Local GP warns scheme could open the way for private companies providing community’s health services
Read MoreResidents ‘shocked and horrified’ as 10 dead ducks found in Clapton Pond
Birds to be sent to Department for Environment for examination as Town Hall test water
Read MoreRooftop Potemkin Theatre battles through noise concerns to secure council go-ahead
Arts venue throws open its doors in mission to ‘promote as much culture as possible’
Read MoreDeputy Mayor warns residents about ‘dangers’ of online GP appointments’ app
Councillors urge health body to spell out ‘consequences’ of registration as central government slammed for ‘lax’ regulation
Read More‘Possibly iconic’ new look for Old Street station approved – but Hackney concerns remain
Transport boss ‘strongly urges’ Islington Council and TfL to alter plans amidst warnings of increased traffic flow
Read MoreHeadway East London hits the jackpot with £380,000 National Lottery funding
Four-year grant to go towards therapy and advocacy for brain injury survivors and their families
Read MoreHackney Carnival 2019 – the biggest and greenest yet
Sustainability-themed celebration marked with eco-friendly initiatives
Read More‘Ground zero’ for Hackney New School found Inadequate across the board in damning Ofsted report
New head promises verdict cataloguing multiple failings in leadership, teaching quality and pupil outcomes will be ‘catalyst for change’
Read MoreCouncil promises more robust support for LGBT+ schoolkids following ‘disturbing’ Birmingham protests
Deputy Mayor ‘welcomes’ recommendations to further develop voices of LGBT+ young people
Read MorePeas and love
Our resident food historian in praise of the ‘delicious, disruptive, ubiquitous, versatile’ chickpea
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘Turn dead, grey space into stepping stones for insects’
Kate Poland on green infrastructure and how we can make it work in Hackney and beyond
Read MoreNew lease of life for derelict St Mary’s Lodge site on Lordship Road
Planning permission granted for construction of 360-pupil boys’ school for Orthodox Jewish community
Read MoreBorough pasta joint Padella ‘excited’ at opening of new Shoreditch venue
Restaurant promises to hold community meetings at least every six months as Shoreditch residents voice concerns over impact on area
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