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General election 2024: Meet the seven hopefuls vying for votes in Hackney South and Shoreditch
Voters go to the polls on 4 July to elect their MP
Read MoreGeneral election 2024: Meet the eight candidates battling it out in Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Voters go to the polls on 4 July to elect their MP
Read MoreLocal stars to headline fundraising gala for Stoke Newington community
Comedian Rob Deering and poet Tim Wells will perform at the Fabulous FUNdraiser next week
Read MoreGeneral election 2024: A breakdown of boundary changes affecting Hackney residents
Hackney voters may find they’re now registered in a different constituency – with some even in Tottenham or Islington
Read MorePeabody residents demand better support in wake of ‘traumatising’ Dalston Lane fire
Despite Peabody’s efforts to rehouse people, some are calling on the housing association to ‘do more’
Read MoreGeneral election 2024: Hackney candidates revealed ahead of 4 July vote
Eight candidates will contest the Hackney North seat, and another seven will compete to serve Hackney South
Read MorePitcairn House resident feels ‘gaslit’ by council over constant humming noise in his flat
Man on problem estate says he hasn’t had a good night’s sleep for 18 months – only to be told there was no evidence of the problem
Read MoreCouncil refutes ‘laziness’ claim after woman on troubled estate was left with ‘stinking’ leak
‘We have dedicated and hard-working officers across the service striving to deliver the best possible service for our tenants,’ says Town Hall spokesperson
Read MoreGirl, 9, remains in critical condition following Dalston shooting – as detectives urge people to come forward
Officers appeal for information as they investigate shooting on Kingsland High Street last week
Read More‘I was wrong to jump to conclusions’: Chair of HAIFA apologises to Hackney Green party councillors over ‘terrorists’ accusation
‘I would point out that I did not accuse all Green party members of being terrorists’, says Martin Sugarman
Read MoreTitbits – selective voices and multiple choices
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreAnother Labour councillor quits – triggering Hackney’s fifth by-election in 2024
Cazenove ward’s Eluzer Goldberg has resigned after ‘much reflection’ because of work and family commitments
Read MoreGirl, 9, left ‘fighting for life’ after shooting in Dalston
The youngster and three men were hit with bullets outside Evin restaurant last night
Read MoreConfusion as Diane Abbott and party leaders make conflicting claims on MP’s future
Abbott says she is banned from standing in the general election, but the party says no decision has been taken
Read MoreChildren’s centre campaigners to launch legal action over ‘misleading’ council consultation
Families fighting plans to close two centres expect to issue urgent judicial review proceedings next week
Read MoreDisgraced ex-Labour councillor has child contact ban lifted following appeal
Lawyers for Tom Dewey successfully argued that the restriction was ‘unnecessary and disproportionate’
Read MoreLabour Black Socialists condemn Keir Starmer’s treatment of Diane Abbott – with date set for decision on MP’s future
Campaigner Lucie Scott accuses Labour leader of ‘deliberately keeping Abbott in suspense’
Read MoreCampaigners bid to stop 400-year-old Hackney pub from being turned into a house
‘I had hoped that the days of developers coming after Hackney’s pubs were behind us,’ says Campaign for Real Ale representative
Read MoreClissold councillor Sade Etti given housing needs brief in minor cabinet reshuffle
Cllrs Sam Pallis and Joe Walker become deputy cabinet members as Mayor Woodley opts for continuity
Read More‘Shame and disgust’: Stamford Hill residents launch campaign to clean up ‘unsanitary’ streets
Member of residents’ group Stamford Hill Unites says dumped waste is becoming an ‘increasing problem’
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