Council ‘leads energy revolution’ in pioneering scheme to install solar panels on social housing
Hackney Council has teamed up with specialists at Emergent Energy to install solar panels on social housing blocks, creating a microgrid residents can use
Read MoreProject to rewild Old River Lea receives major grant from Mayor of London
More than £180,000 has been awarded to Hackney’s Rewilding the Old Lea project, which proponents hope will restore the body of water to its former glory
Read MoreHackney bin collection days to change over Christmas period
Some residents will have to wait an extra two days for their bins to be collected
Read MoreHackney Council rubber-stamps ‘anti-racism’ strategy for schools amid concerns over risk of harm to vulnerable pupils
Earlier this week the council rubber-stamped its education strategy which pledges to further inclusion and build a ‘child-centred and anti-racist’ model for schools
Read MoreKemi Badenoch slammed by community leader over ‘unacceptable’ two-child cap comment
Badenoch claimed lifting the two-child benefit cap for 1000 larger families in Hackney would cost the taxpayer £74million
Read MoreHunger strikers ‘likely to die if David Lammy doesn’t agree to meeting’ say lawyers
The MP, who represents the Hackney wards of Brownswood and Woodberry Down, is ‘as a senior government minister with oversight of His Majesty’s prison service, uniquely placed to bring about a resolution of the situation’
Read MoreHomerton Hospital staff walk out as five-day resident doctors’ strike begins
The strikes began this morning (Wednesday, 17 December) and are due to continue until Monday, 22 December
Read More‘We’d lose half our business overnight’ – beloved stationery shop launches campaign to stop relocation plans
Argun Printers & Stationers has been in business at the same location for more than 30 years
Read MoreMet Police fall short on key call handler target – ‘there is more to be done’
Call handlers are failing to meet the force’s target to answer 90 per cent of emergency calls within 10 seconds
Read More‘So many layers of lies’ – police spied on Hackney organisation working to expose Met corruption, inquiry hears
The Hackney Community Defence Association (HCDA) was the subject of police monitoring for a decade
Read MoreLondon Overground line serving five Hackney stations to close for 11 days over Christmas
The Mildmay Line will close for 11 days over Christmas and three weekends in the new year
Read MoreCommunity mosaic group ‘faces eviction after more than a decade’ from Hackney Downs Pavilion
Hackney Mosaic Project has met at the pavilion several times a week for more than 10 years
Read MoreHackney’s safeguarding boss takes DfE advisor to task over ‘embarrassing’ criticism of Mossbourne review
Jim Gamble responds to Tom Bennett’s blogpost that called the report a ‘hit job’
Read More‘Outdated’ Clapton leisure centre closes for three years for ‘ambitious’ renovations
Kings Hall Leisure Centre will close later this month before renovation work starts at the beginning of next year
Read MoreMayor of Hackney ‘deeply concerned’ as Mossbourne ‘punishment no matter what’ regime exposed in review
A review published earlier this week found behaviour policies at Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy (MVPA) had fostered a ‘no excuses’ culture
Read MoreMet Police may face further staffing cuts if Home Office fails to bridge funding gap say bosses
The Met Police have suggested they could be forced to make staffing and recruitment changes if they don’t receive an expected funding uplift from the Home Office
Read MoreHackney primary school where ‘wellbeing is foundation of learning’ bags mental health award
Daubeney Primary School in Clapton prides itself on fostering an environment where every pupil is known, valued and supported
Read MoreNHS worker ‘at breaking point’ as noisy neighbour ‘stops her sleeping for 14 months’
The social tenant says her noisy neighbour keeps her up throughout the night and says it has been 14 months since she got a peaceful night’s sleep
Read MoreShort film celebrates tree lovers on mission to ‘green Hackney’
Everyone’s Garden explores the work of the Tree Musketeers, a volunteer-run charity bringing together local communities to transform Hackney’s parks into diverse tree-filled spaces
Read MoreMossbourne’s draconian ‘punishment no matter what’ regime linked to pupils’ self-harm and disproportionately targeted Black boys with harsh sanctions, damning report reveals
Practices including ‘routine shouting’ and ‘public humiliation’ were found to be taking place
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