Hackney councillors call for emergency government budget to tackle cost-of-living ‘time bomb’
Politicians want to see VAT slashed from energy bills and more free school meals
Read More‘An attack on women’s bodily autonomy’: Hackney politicians protest US Supreme Court’s decision to end abortion rights
Ruling has ‘reset the clock to a time when the constitution was written by slave-owners’, says Cllr Carole Williams
Read More‘Not surprising’: Majority of Londoners hold negative view of the police, new polling finds
Leading thinktank says figures show ‘scale of reform needed to regain trust’
Read More‘London must adapt to deal with extreme weather,’ warns Sadiq Khan
Top thinktank says capital is ‘unprepared for the effects of climate change’
Read MoreExpansion plans for Boxpark Shoreditch met with worries over ‘excessive noise’
Developers said the proposals for more outdoor space is a ‘response to the pandemic’
Read More‘It’s like I’m on The Apprentice’: Hackney students sell school-grown produce at Ridley Road Market for charity initiative
Pupils from across the borough took part in charity project Know Your Onions
Read MorePatriots, Almeida, stage review: ‘A must-see for anyone worried about Europe’s future’
Peter Morgan’s masterpiece ‘deconstructs what patriotism means to Russians’
Read MoreNominations open for this year’s Hackney Design Awards – with two new categories added
The biennial celebration of the borough’s architecture will now recognise ‘innovative and low-carbon designs’
Read MoreCyber criminals steal data from group of Hackney schools
Mossbourne Federation, made up of five local schools, cannot say how many people are affected
Read More‘Wiped out by carelessness’: Gardeners devastated after grass fire damages trees at Millfields community orchard
London Fire Brigade ‘concerned that some grass fires are being started deliberately’
Read MoreMotorcyclists urge Hackney Council to rethink parking changes that will ‘plunge people into transport poverty’
Under proposals targeting commuters, motorcycles, scooters and mopeds will be limited to four-hour stays at £6 per hour
Read MoreCampaigners demand an end to ‘damaging’ pavement adverts in Hackney
Adblock Hackney protests against street adverts as politicians mull new contracts worth up to £200k
Read MorePollution-blocking green screens to be rolled out in schools across Hackney
Thirty-two schools are set to receive the natural barriers to protect youngsters from toxic air
Read MoreHackney to play ‘huge part’ in delivery giant’s e-cargo bike trial
Local transport boss ‘incredibly proud’ as borough prepares to host new hub for Amazon’s fleet of electric bikes
Read More‘Fills us with dread’: Dalston chicken restaurant advised to rethink later openings after residents raise noise concerns
Buff Chick’n told to test out new opening hours temporarily as locals fear ‘significant sleep deprivation’
Read MoreThe Getaway, Ross Armstrong, book review: ‘Summer sizzler with a twisty plot’
Everyone seems to be hiding something in the Hackney-based author’s whodunnit
Read MoreSexual health service launches in Hackney to tackle ‘unfair and avoidable’ inequalities
Project Community will provide free advice and supplies to the borough’s global majority residents
Read MoreDe Beauvoir by-election: Labour’s Joe Walker elected after edging out Green candidate by just 27 votes
Walker will join party colleague Polly Billington in representing the ward
Read More‘Robot pets to world-saving tech’: Children’s visions of the future go on display in Hackney as part of charity project
Stories by youngsters from the Literacy Pirates are on hoardings on Northchurch Road throughout summer
Read MoreHackney Council scraps this year’s Clissold fireworks with finances ‘under pressure’
Parks chief says the council has to ‘weigh up priorities’ as inflation and costs rise
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