Hackney mayoral by-election: Independent candidate Peter Smorthit promises referendum on LTNs
The local resident has also vowed to build more social housing if elected
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Taking a leaf
Our resident expert on how to use autumn’s falling bounty to your advantage
Read MoreTitbits – Robot manacles and mysterious animals
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – Community pillars
As worries mount for people across the borough, now is the time to build a strong support network
Read MoreLiberal Democrats select Simon de Deney for mayoral by-election
Actor and former school governor runs again
Read More‘Such an honour’: Family and friends of late basketball star celebrate park renaming
Joe White, a former player and coach who passed away in 2002, has been memorialised in Hoxton
Read More‘Completely congested’: Residents call for morning ban on heavy goods vehicles using Victoria Park Road
Cllr Penny Wrout offers her backing – saying the road has become the ‘route of choice’ for lorries
Read MoreHackney mayoral by-election: Cycling campaign’s hustings to take place on 1 November
Candidates set to face questions on a list of demands that campaigners believe will make cycling easier and safer
Read MoreThe Disappearance Boy, Neil Bartlett, book review: ‘Utterly compelling’
Bartlett’s tale of illusion and love ‘keeps the reader thoroughly engrossed’
Read MoreHackney Council announces independent investigation into its handling of events surrounding Tom Dewey’s resignation
Dewey quit as a councillor just days after being elected last year, and was later found guilty of possessing indecent images of children
Read MoreHackney mayoral by-election set for 9 November, council announces
Anyone not registered to vote must do so by midnight on 24 October
Read MoreAbney Park to host up to three events a week as ‘compromise’ reached following residents’ objections
Locals had raised concerns over potential disturbances for neighbours and wildlife
Read MoreTitbits – Lazy tipper and a birthday flipper
Read the column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – Fire alarm
Fire safety should not be a choice, and certainly not one that is put to residents
Read MoreHoxton park to be renamed in honour of late basketball star Joe White – as efforts to remove links to slave trade continue
Aske Gardens was originally named after an investor in the Royal African Company
Read More‘We’re disappointed’: Parents threaten council with legal action over school closure plans
Hackney’s cabinet has agreed to publish statutory proposals to shut four primaries
Read MoreHackney mayoral by-election: Cabinet member Caroline Woodley chosen as Labour’s candidate
The families and parks boss vows to ‘rebuild trust’ following resignation of Philip Glanville
Read MoreHackney mayoral by-election: Greens’ Zoë Garbett throws her hat into the ring
Garbett polled second in the borough’s mayoral elections last May
Read MoreGreens’ motion calling for Dewey independent inquiry may not get debated
Council operates a “cab rank” system for motions and two Labour motions had already been filed
Read MoreHackney mayoral by-election to take place following Philip Glanville’s resignation
By law, the by-election has to be held within 35 working days
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