Moth Club gets reprieve as council blocks planning bid – but venue ‘not out of the woods’
Venue celebrates a ‘huge win’ following a 30,000-strong petition to block a controversial flat development on Morning Lane
Read MoreEstate regeneration actually leading to ‘degeneration’ – London mayor warned
In her new report, Green party Assembly Member Zoë Garbett claims Londoners are still suffering from the ‘same failed approach’ despite recent City Hall reforms
Read MoreDisability group accuses Mayor Sadiq Khan of failing disabled Londoners in nightlife overhaul
Disability BackUp (DBU) has slammed the proposed licensing system, claiming the policy treats disabled Londoners as if they ‘simply do not exist’
Read More‘We’re done with platitudes’: NHS staff at Homerton Hospital stage rally over pay
Union representatives warn the offer amounts to a ‘real-terms pay cut’ as frontline workers struggle with the rising cost of living
Read MoreCouncil’s uncollected £850k debt leaves leaseholders ‘trapped’ in their building
The freeholder, Restoration Hackney Ltd, owes almost £1 million to the local authority
Read More‘Bright things in dark places’ – Unseen London photo show pays homage to previously homeless
This exhibition in Hoxton seeks to challenge public perceptions
Read MoreSteve Backshall opens new children’s play area in Woodberry Wetlands
The TV star and naturalist hosted an outdoor learning session with children from Holmleigh Primary School to mark the event
Read MoreFresh proposals for traffic measures in Hoxton face local backlash
The strongest opposition comes from car users who live within the scheme area, caregivers, disabled people and renters
Read MoreHackney Marshes’ ‘Talking Trees’ mystery solved
Visitors to the Hackney Marshes have been delighted in recent weeks by an informal art trail which has sprung up their, but the creator behind the project had, until now, remained anonymous
Read MoreCouncil closes in on ‘ambitious’ 2026 social housing goal
Plans for more than 100 new social rent homes have been rubber-stamped in a bid to meet housing targets
Read MorePolice ‘fail to protect’ women and girls from ‘unacceptable’ hate crime levels on TfL
There were 4,593 VAWG (violence against women and girls) offences on the Tfl network in 2025, with just 3 per cent resulting in a charge or summons
Read MoreLondon’s heat network customers need ‘urgent price protection’, ministers warned
Gas and electricity costs may prove unpredictable as the US-Iran war continues
Read MoreHackney has lowest Meningitis B vaccine rate in London as parents share outbreak concerns
The meningitis outbreak which started in Kent spread to London last week
Read MoreHackney charity celebrates 25 years of removing barriers to the arts for young people
Hackney Shed puts on performing arts workshops for under-26-year-olds
Read MoreRidley Road indoor market traders fear permanent ‘eviction’ – but landlord says they could return ‘as early as June’
Those businesses deemed not to have been ‘involved in antisocial behaviour’ and with no substantial rent arrears will be invited back
Read MoreRenters’ Rights reforms could be undermined by lack of awareness
Only 35 per cent of renters in London have heard of the Renters’ Rights Act (RRA), new research shows
Read More‘Not what was needed’: Mossbourne Federation sparks backlash after setting out response to safeguarding review
The parent who collected testimonies for the review and a local councillor have hit out at ‘disappointing’ announcement
Read MoreHackney school receives prestigious award for student outcomes
The Bridge Academy was awarded a SSAT Award in recognition of its student attainment
Read MoreRio Cinema founder Clara Ludski to be honoured with memorial plaque
The Hackney Society is currently fundraising for the plaque and hopes to unveil it next month
Read MoreCharity tackling furniture poverty among London’s children launches campaign with Shoreditch installation
More than 700,000 children in London live in poverty, according to The Childhood Trust
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