‘The Future is Ours’: Young Extinction Rebels call for change at East London Uprising
Hackney Mayor promises ‘at least one annual occasion’ in which community will hold Town Hall to account on climate emergency action
Read MoreOver 13,500 cigarettes seized in raid on Hoxton shop amid council crackdown on illegal tobacco
Sniffer dog Pippa helps trading standards officers track down the stash, hidden in a sink unit and under the chocolate stand
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Read MoreOver 1,500 children compete in Young Hackney’s 12th annual sports day
Personal Bests, run by the Town Hall’s youth service, saw the most-improved pupils from 14 schools compete to break their own records
Read More‘We are ecstatic!’: Mossbourne rower earns place at Oxford Brookes
The university is regarded as one of the world’s top rowing institutions – as teacher speaks of her pride
Read MoreMedics urged to prepare for ‘destabilising’ effect of private firm’s virtual consultations
NHS App mocked at council meeting as councillors continue to warn of systemic risks from GP At Hand
Read MoreTop GP praises ‘alcohol hubs’ as part of decentralised Neighbourhoods care plan
Borough to see 30 ‘social prescribers’ put in place over next five years
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Read MoreDaubeney Primary’s outdoor classroom moves a step closer after £1,000 pledge from Mayor of London
The school is hoping to transform an underused part of its playground and now needs just £800 to get the project off the ground
Read MoreTown Hall ‘highly commended’ for commitment to 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2020
Hackney Green Party calls for further action on fossil fuel divestment and glyphosate use
Read MoreActivists express alarm as number of ‘hazardous’ council-owned homes spikes 350 per cent in a year
Town Hall fails to explain sudden rise in ‘Category 1’ hazards as Liberal Democrats and Greens call for ‘action’
Read MoreSisters Uncut rips into Town Hall with ‘gross negligence’ claims as Marian Court residents left in limbo
Town Hall apologises for offering one woman a property viewing on same estate as violent ex-partner
Read MoreHackney pupils show off their pedal power for 2019’s Bike Around The Borough
Nine hundred children from 42 schools joined in the annual ‘bike bus’ earlier this month
Read More‘Scything is the new yoga’: Annual hay harvest returns to east London
Food, music and workshops also on the bill for the seventh Community Haystacks event at Walthamstow Marshes on 20 July
Read MoreLocal students meet Will Young for new education project tackling homophobic bullying
Petchey Academy pupils spoke to the singer at the launch of Amazon’s LGBT+ Reading Roadshow, which is providing free books and workshops to schools with the help of Pink News and Just Like Us
Read MoreHackney’s East Asian charities win £35k grant to revamp old Bath House in De Beauvoir
The run-down building could reopen as a kitchen and hub for borough’s Chinese, Vietnamese and Filipino populations – if final fundraising push is successful
Read MoreTown Hall apologises to parents of disabled children over failings in timely care
Council argues that ‘more complex’ cases present choice between delays over 20 weeks or ‘low quality’ outcomes
Read MoreComic – The Playground
Artist Francisco de la Mora presents a little microcosm of Hackney’s diversity
Read MoreThree stolen Stik sculptures worth £300k returned to Dalston’s Curve Garden
The works, taken in a night-time raid last November, were dropped off by a concerned art collector in June
Read MoreArmadillo, Yard Theatre: ‘A thriller about trauma, grief and memory’
Mumburger writer Sarah Kosar’s latest play is ‘dark, complicated and tense’
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