A look back at Hackney in 2011, another year of the unexpected and unpredictable

An outbreak of violence on the last day of term leaves a 15 year-old in hospital

Junior Saunders pleaded guilty to violent disorder, criminal damage to a police car and burglary in Hackney on 8 August

Strikes hit Hackney’s services as its public sector workers heed their union’s call to fight pension cuts

The Stamford Hill Neighbourhood Forum has been formed in anticipation of new powers to be given to local communities by the government

Police investigating the death of Tommy Lawrence found stabbed outside the Glyn Arms in Clapton have charged a man with murder

Labour calls for three Parliamentary seats to cover Hackney, rather than the two proposed by the Boundary Commission

Community-level decison making on parks, shops and other planning issues is vital, says local Friends of the Earth group

Channel 4 Hackney-based drama Top Boy rises to the occasion

A look at the eclectic photo exhibitions in Hackney and other parts of the East End