Bakery workers pave the way for hospitality organising with ‘landmark’ union recognition
E5 Bakehouse founder Ben Mackinnon has welcomed the agreement as a ‘really positive move’
Read MoreRaising the colour: Hackney flies flag for Black History Season
Following a summer where flag wars have polarised the country, the borough is ‘Standing Firm in Power and Pride’
Read MoreRidley Road traders are back up and running – but uncertainty remains
A number of traders referred to the council as “hostile”, saying it is overseeing the ‘managed decline’ of Ridley Road
Read MoreHackney MP Meg Hillier joins judging panel of Kingsland Shopping Centre logo design competition
The MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch said the contest was about ‘capturing the story of Dalston’ and reflecting its ‘diversity, ambition and energy’
Read MoreCampaigners urge Homerton NHS Trust to eschew contract with controversial US data firm
‘There are widely-held concerns about the inadequate safeguards Palantir offers regarding the confidentiality of our personal health records’
Read MorePopular Hackney venue teases plenty more gigs as council backs 5am closing time
Director of music and comedy theatre Evolutionary Arts Hackney (EartH) in Hackney says later hours will put an end to its ‘hand-to-mouth’ existence and support its long-term survival
Read MoreBroken lifts, loss of hot water and overdue repairs: Hackney Council pays out ‘astonishing’ £572,000 in compensation
Hackney councillor told officers she had gone two months without hot water in her housing block
Read MoreCollection of iconic Hackney Empire statue sculptor goes up for auction
‘The clays, the heat, the oxides and even the water used to form the things I make are in many ways equivalent to the forces which originally shaped the earth’
Read MoreDisabled man denied access to train at Homerton station over ‘made-up rule’
‘Nobody else’s journey takes half an hour longer because they’re with four other people’
Read MoreMeet Nathan Creighton: the former Mossbourne student teaching maths at Oxford University
Awarded an academic scholarship to study at Cambridge University, Nathan later moved to Oxford for doctoral work
Read MoreCake to celebrate: ‘lifeline’ Laburnum Boat Club marks its massive makeover
‘It’s a space where young people feel heard and valued and supported to be the best they can be’
Read More‘She can’t vanish’: Community mourns death of beloved local homeless woman
Fundraiser launched for a bench or plaque to honour Tracey O’Brien
Read MoreFinal Woodberry Down plans win approval despite fears over ‘staggering’ loss of wildlife
Campaigners have raised concerns over biodiversity and cuts to social housing
Read MoreCome clean on buried ‘LTNs don’t cut traffic’ report, Sadiq Khan told
The City Hall Conservatives transport spokesman Keith Prince said mayor must reveal whether he was involved
Read MorePopular Dalston bakery giving prison leavers tools to flourish in ‘chaotic’ London
The Dusty Knuckle has been praised as an exemplar in how to support ex-offenders
Read More‘Desperately disappointing for bereaved and injured’ – plans to end road deaths delayed till 2026
Campaigners react as second phase of TfL puts brakes on much-vaunted Vision Zero Action Plan
Read MoreClubs boycott Saucony Run Shoreditch 10km over event sponsor’s links to Israel
‘We cannot allow the sport we love to be used to gloss over oppression’
Read MoreVet suspended over cat death employed as head surgeon in Hackney
A series of charges of serious professional misconduct were proved against him
Read MoreClimate campaigners urge council to ‘lead by example’ on plant-based catering
Plant-Based Hackney fears Town Hall is ‘nowhere near as ambitious as it claims to be’
Read MorePortraits of Slovak and Czech Britain review: ‘fresh insights’
Scientists, artists and more pose for Peaky Blinders photographer Robert Viglasky
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