‘Not a lifestyle issue’: Council repairs service changes tack on damp and mould following death of toddler in Rochdale
Town Hall aiming to respond to problems within 24 hours after Awaab Ishak, 2, died from a respiratory illness brought on by mould
Read More‘Using all means at our disposal’: Fifteen Hackney sites earmarked for council housing – as scheme to build more than 1,000 new homes kicks on
Town Hall ‘looking for suitable locations to build homes across all our land’ despite challenging financial landscape
Read MoreHackney Design Awards: Mayor hails borough’s ‘visionaries’ as this year’s winners announced
Frampton Park Estate and family home in Victoria Park among those crowned at biennial celebration of architecture
Read MoreTitbits – Festive scrapes and lucky escapes
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – Desperate measures
Help out Hackney Foodbank through our winter appeal
Read MoreMovement Medicine
The importance of getting moving and feeling ‘totally uninhibited’
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Foraging to help, not hinder
Our gardening expert on the growing popularity of an ancient practice, and how to do it responsibly
Read MoreThe Pies Have It
Our resident food historian on a British staple and its place in Victorian Christmas feasts
Read More‘Wages haven’t kept pace with living costs’: Hackney Foodbank launches Friday night centre to reach working people
‘When even working people can’t afford to heat their homes or buy food, you know the system is very broken,’ says Foodbank boss
Read More‘Difficult to find staff’: Brexit and rising bills put paid to much-loved Greek deli in London Fields
The Isle of Olive was a popular fixture on Ada Street for more than a decade
Read More‘What a moment’: Veronica Ryan wins Turner Prize for work including Hackney Windrush sculptures
Artist pays tribute to her family after taking home UK’s most prestigious art award
Read MoreEvery LTN and school street in Hackney set to be covered by CCTV – as council outlines plans for 32 new cameras
Town Hall to spend £650k on the move, which follows reports that traffic signs are being ‘disobeyed’ on streets without coverage
Read More‘I’ve never had this sort of help’: Support services praised as drug-related deaths in Hackney fall to lowest level in a decade
Borough bucks national trend after receiving £1 million in government funding
Read More‘Very confusing’: Brownswood residents urged to fight boundary changes that could see them represented by politicians in two different boroughs
Current plans mean residents in the ward will have councillors in Hackney and an MP in Tottenham
Read MoreChild Q scandal: Senior Hackney politicians demand ‘robust’ oversight of safeguarding reforms
Joint scrutiny commission wants to know what has changed since Black teenager was strip-searched at school
Read MoreSecond heat exchange launched in Hackney to help people donate their energy rebates to neighbours
Cllr Penny Wrout was inspired by De Beauvoir residents to set up a new scheme in Victoria and Wick
Read MoreHackney Council ‘redoubling efforts’ to tackle mould in its homes following death of toddler in Rochdale
Mayor Philip Glanville promises action after coroner rules that two-year-old Awaab Ishak died from respiratory illness caused by mould
Read MoreMotorcyclists keep up pressure on council over ‘fundamentally unjust’ parking charges
Campaigners stage another protest as Hackney Mayor defends ‘prioritising cleanest forms of transport’
Read More‘You will see me on picket lines’: Hackney MP Diane Abbott backs library staff fighting council cuts
Two unions are balloting members over possible strike action
Read More‘Icon’: One of first Black doctors in Hackney honoured with mural outside Elsdale Surgery
Volunteers and patients team up to commemorate Dr Colin Franklin, who practiced in the borough in the early 20th century
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