Leader – Homes and a way
‘Having a roof over one’s head is a basic social right’
Read MoreCampaigners press for action on accident blackspot
Two collisions have occurred near busy junction
Read MoreRough sleepers and single homeless crisis: ‘We are on a cliff edge’ – councillors warned
Services stretched as demand increases
Read MoreCouncil to train hate crime champions
Volunteers to challenge prejudice
Read MorePoor housing shreds people’s mental health warns expert as thousands still living in temporary accommodation
Call for residents to unite over housing issues
Read MoreHackney car mechanic sings ‘Stand by Me’ for crowdfunder to save his garage
Len Maloney has run JC Motors from a railway arch in Haggerston for 22 years – but rent rises have left him facing an uncertain future
Read More‘Hard to accept’: Community rallies around reservoir café at risk of closure
Residents launch petition to save West Reservoir Café in Woodberry Down after owner is served with closure notice
Read MoreHackney MP Meg Hillier faces calls to resign after abstaining on vote for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Protesters outside Hackney Town Hall urged the Labour MP to consider her position
Read MoreWaiting list for allotments in Hackney to reopen for first time in half a decade
A hundred members of the Hackney Allotment Society will be added next February
Read MoreThames Water to cut down 80 trees to protect pipes beneath Hackney woodland
Utility giant’s plans receive backing from local conservationists as it aims to ‘keep taps flowing for customers’
Read MoreSputnik Sweetheart, Arcola Theatre, stage review: ‘Spinning and spinning’
A ‘lack of emotional clarity’ hampers this adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s novel
Read MoreHackney man admits criminal damage of Israeli embassy
75 year-old John Harvey threw a tin of red paint
Read MorePortia Coughlan, Almeida Theatre, stage review: ‘Impressive depiction of crumbling mental health’
Marina Carr’s drama features a ‘jaw-dropping’ lead performance, but is somewhat let down by its ‘unrelentingly pounding’ subject matter
Read MoreOver-55s in Hackney can get advice on coping with the cold at free Winter Warmer event
Housing officers and financial experts will be on hand at next month’s get-together
Read MoreCampaigners speak out over loss of council homes in major rebuild of Woodberry Down estate
‘This is not what the regeneration was meant to be about,’ says resident Geoff Bell
Read More‘Good idea’: Nightingale Estate’s lunch clubbers welcome new monthly advice clinics
Charity Family Action has been helping locals with a variety of issues
Read MoreExtinction Rebellion activist acquitted over Treasury fire engine protest
Rik Garfit-Mottram, 66, was one of the last remaining defendants on trial over the 2019 action
Read MoreEight Labour councillors in Hackney urge party leader Sir Keir Starmer to back all-out ceasefire in Gaza
The local politicians are among 300 party colleagues to sign an open letter demanding a rethink
Read MoreLabour’s Caroline Woodley elected as Mayor of Hackney
Woodley becomes first woman to land the role in a by-election marked by low turnout
Read MoreThe Flea, The Yard Theatre, stage review: ‘An epic undertaking’
This retelling of the 1889 Cleveland Street scandal has its flaws, but it ‘will certainly not bore you’
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