‘Don’t show me a graph’: councillors slam pensions training as ‘boring and difficult’
Members of pensions committee call for ‘à la carte’ individual training plans
Read More‘Stitching wounds on a pig’s hoof’: Hackney students get a taste of medicine in the Caribbean
Four Skinners’ Academy pupils took a trip to the Dominican Republic earlier this year for hands-on experience in a hospital
Read MoreCouncil reported to pensions regulator for third year running
Breach of code of practice blamed on council’s ‘failure to submit timely data’ due to technical problems
Read MoreHackney Mayor ‘extremely disappointed’ at news of Network Rail arches sell-off
Council to seek urgent meeting with new owners of arches Blackstone and Telereal
Read MorePlastic pollution: Council urges volunteers to help kickstart a ‘refill revolution’ in Hackney
Town Hall wants to persuade local businesses to provide free water to people with reusable bottles
Read MoreWe need to talk about Dalston: Town Hall launches major listening exercise for locals
The Dalston Conversation will ‘put residents’ priorities at the heart of the council’s work’
Read More‘Shaping the capital’: Local doors unlocked for Open House festival
The world’s largest architecture event returns this month – giving the public a peak behind hundreds of keyholes
Read MoreSPACE exploration: Art studios to open up for 50th anniversary
More than 200 creatives across London will welcome the public into their workshops for a one-off weekend spectacular this month
Read MoreBritannia does not waive the rules, claim kebab shop owners
Owners say they are ‘shocked’ at police claims of advertising later opening times than licence allows
Read MoreCharity documentary about a lute-playing brain injury survivor to premiere at the Rio
Filmmaker Laura Stratford follows the story of musician Stephanie Feeney, who nearly died at the age of 11 after being hit by a car
Read MoreSerious illness forces Labour councillor to stand down – just five months into the role
Cllr Alex Kuye’s resignation triggers October by-election in Victoria ward
Read MoreTitbits – Dice rolls, guarded events and assorted malcontents
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – The last straw
One minute of convenience is not worth thousands of years of plastic pollution
Read MoreBAME business owners slam council for seeming to “not care” about them
‘There’s a feeling that these Johnny-come-latelies who weren’t even born when we did what we did are getting all the benefits’
Read MoreCouncil apologises as Morland tower residents ‘kept in the dark’
Residents’ association complains of ‘stress and anxiety’
Read MoreEnergy chief leads charge to cut plastic use across the borough
Roll-out of new water fountains across Hackney planned over next four years
Read MoreCouncil to adopt ‘new approach’ to glyphosate weedkillers in wake of renewed health fears
‘Hackney Council need to stop using glyphosate altogether immediately. New solutions must be found,’ says campaigner
Read MoreHackney-based theatre company wows crowds with Iron Man walkabouts
Graeae Theatre took a puppet the size of a double-decker bus to Mayor of London’s disability arts festival
Read More2018 School Games: Hackney teenagers get a taste of the big time at national sporting event
Mossbourne pupil Anoushka Minale and local girl Shaka Egbo withstand the pressure to do the borough proud
Read More‘They embraced my creativity’: Successful start for council’s first mentorship programme
Thirty-four local students got the chance to experience life at a start-up as part of new careers scheme
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