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Anti-LTN campaigner stages silent protest after being told her question about air quality would not be considered at health meeting

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 27 September 2022 at 14:02

Council says cabinet is ‘most appropriate body’ to respond to Clair Battaglino’s concerns

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Stamford Hill Clockhouse to be put up for sale – with council urging local businesses to help bring it back into use

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 23 September 2022 at 17:45

Town Hall is keen to hear from ‘organisations with a presence in Stamford Hill’ as it prepares to market the property

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Hackney Wick set to benefit from £1.2m fund to help creative industries go green

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 22 September 2022 at 10:10
Hackney Wick. Photograph: Creative Wick

City Hall announces grants of up to £200k for London’s nine Creative Enterprise Zones

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Hackney Foodbank in plea for support as residents speak out about cost-of-living crisis – including one mother who has stopped her son taking baths

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 21 September 2022 at 11:31

Volunteers at the charity are ‘worried’, with food donations falling away despite demand doubling

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‘We’re all in’: Award-winning wildlife illustrator to open studio and shop in Clapton after crowdfunding success

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 20 September 2022 at 11:18

Ben Rothery delighted to ‘put roots down’ in his local borough – with Hidden Planet set to open later this year

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St John at Hackney Church to host memorial service for the Queen this Sunday

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 16 September 2022 at 16:33

Local MPs and councillors will join the event, which will be shown on screens outside the church

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Three Crowns, Stoke Newington, food review: ‘Elevated pub grub with flamboyant little details’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 16 September 2022 at 11:42

Chef Ousmane Gaye and his team lift a classic afternoon at the boozer to new heights

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‘Once-in-a-generation chance’: Crowdfunder for wild swimming pond in East London smashes past the halfway mark

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 16 September 2022 at 10:44

Volunteer-led campaign has raised £250k in a matter of months

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‘Like losing a mother’: Hackney councillors unite to remember a Queen who ‘defined modern Britain’

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 15 September 2022 at 16:23

Politicians from all parties used their full council meeting to pay tribute to the late monarch

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Hackney Council to sell off seven-bedroom mansion it bought in 2015 for troubled families scheme

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 13 September 2022 at 18:03
Hackney Town Hall

Counselling project closed at the start of the pandemic – as property expected to fetch £2m

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Both Sides of the Blade, film review: ‘A world of small rooms and bottled emotions’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 13 September 2022 at 12:48

Claire Denis’s romantic drama is an ‘interesting addition to the genre, but not a game-changer’

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New cycle lanes in Clapton plug ‘key gap’ between Hackney and Waltham Forest

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 13 September 2022 at 10:12

Borough’s transport boss hails ‘ambitious safe route’ through Millfields Park

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‘Like mining for metals’: Meet the recycling sorters turning north London’s trash into treasure

By Josh Mellor, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 13 September 2022 at 09:37

In 2019, waste company Biffa won a 10-year contract worth a reported £90m to process the area’s recycling

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Homerton Hospital’s support for staff during pandemic sees it nominated for national award

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 12 September 2022 at 16:26
Homerton Hospital

The local NHS trust’s director of people said the hospital is ‘immensely proud’

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‘A constant in all our lives’: Local politicians pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II following her death at the age of 96

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 9 September 2022 at 12:58

Town Hall cancels this weekend’s Hackney Carnival as nation enters period of mourning

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‘How is this allowed?’ Upper Clapton residents upset by plan to build a house in conservation area

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 7 September 2022 at 17:15

Locals fear a loss of privacy and light if the development goes ahead

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‘Very silly indeed’: Campaigners blast council plans to cut library jobs amid cost-of-living crisis

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 7 September 2022 at 15:40

Town Hall is already consulting with unions over proposals that could affect 99 roles

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Funny Pages, film review: ‘Oddball characters, single-minded goals and bitingly funny one-liners’

By Gabriel Wilding | Wednesday 7 September 2022 at 13:57

Squid and the Whale actor Owen Kline’s directorial debut is ‘impressive’

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‘Money is tight’: Hackney Giving launches cost-of-living appeal to ensure ‘nobody is left behind’

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 6 September 2022 at 19:13

The local charity hopes to give out £25k in grants to organisations helping residents through the crisis

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‘Bigger crisis than the pandemic’: Rocketing energy bills causing ‘huge anxiety’ in hospitality industry

By Joe Talora, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 5 September 2022 at 14:46

Business leaders call for an emergency intervention from the government

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