I thought this TV series set in Hackney – where I grew up – might be another cliched urban drama. It rose far above that

A panel of locals enjoys a preview of the Channel 4 drama’s first episode, but finds plenty of flaws in Ronan Bennett’s supposedly realistic portrayal of life in the borough

Concerns about high numbers of tenants being unlawfully evicted, threatened, or experiencing intrusions into their homes prompts Hackney’s Citizens’ Advice Bureau to offer guidelines

Disgruntled residents object to ‘flawed’ consultation and mount a campaign for a comprehensive state school option

Safer Neighbourhoods officers cut as many wards share sergeants

The Hackney-born triple jumper is recognised for services to athletics

The Citizen talks to Emeka Egbounu about his new book and about growing up in Hackney

The number of councillors and the size and shape of wards is set to change in advance of the next local elections in 2014

Two new constituencies for the borough are set to change the shape of Hackney politics if new proposals get the go-ahead

The Amazings! is seeking people of near retirement age for its Hackney-based venture