‘My life is on hold’: Women waiting for fertility treatment at Homerton Hospital speak out over delays
Hospital apologises for distress caused by ‘extraordinary and unforeseen operational challenges’
Read MoreLiberal Democrat mayoral hopeful says ‘tough talking’ and togetherness needed as she homes in on children’s welfare
Accountant Helen Baxter talks about her priorities for the borough ahead of May’s elections
Read MoreChild Q: Metropolitan Police to bring in stricter rules for intimate searches of children
Hackney Council ‘cautiously welcomes’ Met’s response to strip-search of Black teenage girl at her school
Read MoreMabley Green Class of ’21, Benjamin Hughes, book review: ‘The art of rock-climbing on the plains of Homerton’
The photographer explains how a small community of climbers formed around a rock in a Hackney park
Read MoreHackney resident speaks out over lack of bike storage as #thisisawkward campaign reveals cyclists’ eye-popping workarounds
Frances Cherry, who has to keep bikes in her toilet and hallway, wants the council to convert car spaces into storage hangars
Read More‘The pandemic has not gone away,’ warns Hackney’s public health boss
Cases in City and Hackney have risen by nearly a quarter in the last week
Read MoreHomerton Hospital forced to cancel operations as staff come down with Covid
Cases are up 24 per cent in Hackney according to the latest set of figures
Read MoreWhat exactly is a directly elected mayor? Find out more about Hackney’s highest political office
Too much power for one person or much-needed stability for a council? What’s the pay like? And how did a monkey end up running Hartlepool?
Read More‘The NHS is our most vital asset’: Hackney illustrator donates series of artworks to Homerton Hospital
Jane Smith has gifted a number of illustrations and linocuts in tribute to the health service and the Homerton’s longstanding art programme
Read MoreChild Q: ‘Mortified’ Hackney police chief issues fresh apology to teenage girl and her family
Borough commander Marcus Barnett says he is ‘genuinely sorry’ for the heartache caused
Read MoreGreen Party mayoral candidate calls for ‘deep police reform’ as she outlines her priorities for Hackney
NHS worker Zoe Garbett on Child Q, LTNs, cost of living and giving ‘power back to the people’
Read MoreHackney Carnival is coming back – here’s how you can take part
One of the UK’s biggest events is returning to the streets after two years online
Read More‘We want peace’: Hackney residents and businesses step up to support Ukraine
A round-up of some of the local efforts being made to raise money and show unity
Read MoreChild Q: School apologises for teenage girl’s ‘harrowing’ experience
Governing board accepts the child ‘should not have been left in the situation that she was’
Read MoreObjectively Funny, Signature Brew Haggerston, stage review: ‘Array of British comedy talent’
Household names and up-and-comers had the audience in stitches
Read MoreCaravel, Regent’s Canal, restaurant review: ‘Petite but perfectly formed offering’
The restaurant on a converted barge is ‘well worth the expense’
Read MoreChild Q: Two officers who conducted strip-search removed from frontline duties
Police watchdog investigating three constables for their involvement
Read MoreChild Q: Metropolitan Police ‘taking racism claim very seriously’, says assistant commissioner
Louisa Rolfe, tipped as a possible successor to Cressida Dick, says Met accepts findings of safeguarding review
Read MoreFind out how you can help Ukrainian refugees at online community event next week
Hackney Council hopes meeting will connect residents who have spare rooms with community groups and fundraisers
Read MoreChild Q: Hackney Mayor calls on school’s headteacher to resign
Philip Glanville says move would ‘fully recognise traumatic impact’ of police strip-search on the girl and her family
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