NHS campaigners urge council to fight for beloved hospital in Hoxton – before it is ‘forever lost’
Activists ask Town Hall to lobby government for cash to ensure St Leonard’s is kept for patients
Read More‘Best form of transport’: New walking map of Hackney Central celebrates borough’s ‘fascinating and diverse’ history
Hackney Central Footways, available online and in print for free, is designed to encourage people to explore on foot
Read MoreUnion calls off tomorrow’s library strike in Hackney as ‘gesture of goodwill’ – but February action set to go ahead
Unison says it wants to ‘give management more time to work on compulsory redundancies and make other positive changes’
Read More‘Toughest time in living memory’: Hackney Foodbank launches emergency £100k appeal as it struggles to keep up with unprecedented demand
The charity is expecting to spend £125k on food this year – a figure that has risen from just £2k in 2017
Read More‘Simply not good enough’: Child safeguarding expert urges police and other bodies to back up anti-racism pledges with evidence
Jim Gamble says organisations need to ‘evidence what they have done and who they have challenged’
Read More‘Well overdue’: Much-loved Hackney Wick venue brings its sound system into 21st century – thanks to £5k charity grant
Grow Hackney’s ageing audio equipment was putting shows at risk of cancellation
Read MoreFire safety: Front doors to be replaced at thousands of ‘highest-risk’ council homes
£30m scheme will see Town Hall install doors designed to withstand fire and smoke for 30 minutes
Read MoreDe Beauvoir residents hit out at boundary changes that could see them ‘shunted into Islington’
Voters in the ward could be faced with electing politicians in two boroughs
Read More‘Hands off our jobs’: Library staff across Hackney go on strike amid dispute over council cuts
Unison members take first of four days of action in an effort to protect jobs, with Unite set to follow suit
Read MoreLibrary staff to go on strike over job cuts: four dates announced
Town hall bosses are planning a shake-up of jobs – they could cut 76 roles and create 57 new ones.
Read MoreThe kindness of strangers: thousands donated for Winter Toy Appeal
‘We reached 5,040 children and we’re really relieved to have been able to help this many in what was a really tough year’
Read MoreWarming to the idea of heat exchanges: Residents donate winter fuel rebates to neighbours in need
Some people could get £1,000 in government help but cannot return it if they do not need the money
Read MoreNew Years Honours 2023: Chris Garnsworthy awarded the British Empire Medal
Passionate advocate of library home deliveries has been honoured for his work
Read MoreGift appeal: how and where to donate unwanted toys and games
The scheme is part of a drive to encourage a circular economy, so people re-use things or pass them on
Read MoreTitbits – Church eating and a Priti strange greeting
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – Turner the year
Happy New Year to all our readers!
Read MoreNew Year Honours 2023: Hackney councillor Susan Fajana-Thomas made OBE
“A well deserved award for services to local government in Hackney and beyond’ says Mayor
Read MoreAusterity: Platina, Martino and the New Cuisine
Our resident food historian puts Christmas behind us with a look at the ‘simple tastes’ of the Italian Rennaissance humanists
Read MoreLucy McCormick: Lucy & Friends: ‘Awkward, unhinged and unimaginably good’ theatre review
‘A disarming ability to pull something charming out of total chaos’
Read MoreOranj: ‘One to watch’ – natural wine bar review
A new natural wine bar in Shoreditch shines where it should, but needs ‘some time to mature’
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