Hackney’s Deputy Mayor welcomes MPs’ SEND inquiry – but campaigners dismiss probe as PR effort
‘We don’t need an inquiry to tell us what’s going wrong’
Read MoreHackney gardeners spring into action to bring nature’s tranquillity to the city
From a tropical backyard hideaway featured on tonight’s Gardeners’ World to community-run vegetable patches, Hackney residents are showing off their green fingers in the spring sunshine
Read MoreThe Chameleon, Sam Fisher, book review: pacy time-traveller shows off bookshop founder’s genre knowledge
Fittingly for the co-founder of Burley Fisher Books in Haggerston, his début novel is actually narrated by a book – albeit an 800-year-old one called John…
Read More‘Quiet integrity’: folk icon Shirley Collins to break silence and discuss new memoir for Pages of Hackney
Sussex singer – who lost her voice for decades – will spend an evening at Homerton’s Sutton House reading extracts from All in the Downs and chatting about her experiences of a folk revival career spanning over 60 years
Read MoreLondon Lane: a beautiful selection of one, two, three & four bedroom homes in the heart of Hackney
Advertising feature: this new set of abodes close to London Fields let you make your home in one of London’s most ideal spots
Read MoreGoose Island Brewery in hunt for local beer talent as new Shoreditch brewpub given summer opening date
The Chicago-based sud-slingers – who produce Barack Obama’s favourite pint – have some perks in store for their new brewmaster, who’ll work at their first East London haunt
Read MoreIndependent candidate Vernon Williams would build 500 homeless chalets on parks as Hackney Mayor
‘People are basically being treated as disposable peasants’
Read MoreELATT: developing employability skills while studying
Not only can you study towards a qualification with Kingsland Road’s ELATT, but you can also receive personal employment and careers advice to take you to the next level
Read MorePaper Dress Vintage seeks late licence for music and drinks – as police fear ‘nuisance on the streets’
Mare Street venue says changes would ‘have a positive impact on the area’
Read MorePetition launched by former Hackney councillor calls on government to issue Windrush amnesty
Patrick Vernon OBE looking to attract enough support to trigger parliamentary debate on the future of Commonwealth immigrants who came to UK as children of the Windrush generation
Read MoreHackney parent runs first ever marathon to support disabled children
53-year-old tackling 26.2 mile course shines spotlight on local SEND cuts
Read MoreTown Hall ‘considering options’ after new Hackney Today crackdown order
Latest letter tells council to switch to quarterly by September 2018
Read MoreOpen Geffrye: Museum of the Home pauses closure for Chelsea Fringe and cheese events
While the museum itself remains closed, Chelsea Fringe at the Geffrye and The London Cheese Project both touch down in the front gardens next month
Read MoreVideo: Hackney’s mayoral candidates debate at Muslim Centre hustings
Watch the candidates square off at last night’s event in Cazenove
Read MoreNew Shoreditch restaurant Mamarosa’s alcohol and music licence goes to vote
Police ask sub-committee for half hour between last orders and closing time
Read MoreTown Hall events after refurb raise £97k as council hails £12m surplus
Hackney says cost of revamp covered by upkeep savings and rent from off-site buildings
Read More‘Essential housing works face years of delays without government help on fire safety’, says Hackney Council
Town Hall warns roofs could go unrepaired as it responds to a London Assembly report on sprinklers
Read MoreAffordable Art Fair returns to Hampstead to champion the best in emerging & established creative talent
3D scans, the paintings of an ex-Premier League footballer and a modern take on the Chinese Terracotta Army will all feature at the four-day fair next month
Read MoreRoll up! Roll up! Arcola stage set for Great Mayoral Debate: Hackney Citizen to host election hustings
Candidates to spar in Question Time-style exchange from 2-4pm on 29 April
Read MoreIs your ward hot or not? Here are Hackney’s local election battlegrounds
Labour holds 50 of the borough’s 57 council seats, but there is potential for a few surprises in May
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