Hackney primary ‘delighted’ after winning School Games award for sporting success
The Olive School has been recognised in a government-led scheme for both its sports provision and on-field feats
Read MoreHolocaust Brunch, Artsdepot, stage review: ‘Humour and food open up traumatic history for a modern audience’
Tamara Micner’s one-woman play uses everyday devices to ‘make us think anew about a topic no-one can afford to forget’
Read MoreUnions condemn investigation into bullying and discrimination within Hackney Council
Town Hall ‘strongly refutes’ criticisms of an independent report into working practice at its call centre
Read MoreDiane Abbott drops in at Hackney primary school’s Democracy Day
The local MP joined borough councillors to help explain the value and intricacies of the electoral system to pupils
Read MoreYoung people celebrated at ‘inspirational’ Jack Petchey Foundation awards
129 youngsters were recognised for a range of achievements at a ceremony at Stoke Newington Town Hall this month
Read MoreTransport for London to push ahead with Silvertown Tunnel contract ‘as soon as possible’
Campaigners accuse London Mayor of ‘astonishing hypocrisy and doublethink’
Read MoreSomali social isolation project calls for community ‘safe space’
Voluntary sector boss pledges to make sure community group’s ‘voices and needs influence our strategy and services’
Read MoreFinsbury Park flood: Local politicians put ‘serious concerns’ to Thames Water
Hackney Mayor joins MPs Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn to grill company bosses over their response to last week’s catastrophe
Read MoreGarden School awarded £1.5m to create Hackney’s only sixth form for autistic students
Hackney Mayor welcomes arrival of ‘long-held wish’ as grant funding goes to fund feasibility study and expansion of new site
Read MoreBeyond jam and Jerusalem: A different side to the Women’s Institute in Hackney Wick
A growing unit is combining tradition with defying stereotypes through feminist crafts, cocktails and pumpkin activism
Read MoreCouncil crackdown on rogue landlords begins after new licensing powers approved
Landlords in Brownswood, Cazenove and Stoke Newington warned to expect ‘tough penalties’ if they do not hold a licence
Read More‘Had enough’: BSix sixth form teachers come out on strike over pay and funding
Students express solidarity with educators as study shows £1.1bn required to fully reverse last ten years of cuts
Read MoreV&A Museum of Childhood gets go-ahead for ‘biggest redesign in its 147-year history’
Bethnal Green institution wins planning approval for first step in massive overhaul of its Grade II-listed building and grounds
Read MoreArrest made over Harry Zeital Way blaze as residents still without answers on fire safety
Police appeal for witnesses to come forward as urgent residents’ association meeting planned calling for further investigation
Read MoreTown Hall tests out digital noticeboards and new signs for Hackney’s estates
Screens carrying up-to-the-minute information on repairs, local events and meetings are being trialled in Homerton and Hoxton
Read MorePublic health expert warns Town Hall could ‘come to regret’ vape store partnership
Professor Martin McKee calls decision to actively promote vaping ‘incredible’, but council says it is ‘maximising support to smokers’
Read More‘Kind, thoughtful and principled’: Former Hackney councillor Geoff Taylor dies aged 70
Labour colleagues pay tribute to the talented musician and ex-teacher who served on the council for 16 years until illness forced him to step down in 2018
Read MorePeer gallery and Shoreditch Library to launch year-long arts partnership
Peer director says joint programme of exhibitions and workshops is a ‘powerful way to combine arts, culture, community and knowledge’
Read More‘Meaningful’ Town Hall plan for bringing services in-house to be published next year
Finance boss warns against ‘turning off the tap’ to local economy
Read MoreRipley & Lambert, Dalston: ‘Café paradise for film fans’
The new specialist bookshop, with its hypnotic, Twin Peaks-inspired floor, provides a ‘perfect escape from the bustle of Kingsland Road’
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