GCSE outcomes in Hackney ‘at or above’ last year’s, council says
Town Hall says borough’s performance bucks national trend of declining English and Maths results
Read MorePolice to propose new safer schools policy for Hackney in wake of Child Q review
The Met’s intervention in schools is still under the shadow of the strip-search scandal
Read MoreHackney’s stance unchanged as neighbouring council divests from firms linked to arms trade
Council insists it cannot withdraw stocks on ethics alone after Waltham Forest pulls investments
Read More‘Something special’: Artworks by Hackney teenagers go on display at former royal residence
Young people from Immediate Theatre join arts takeover at Cumberland Lodge
Read MoreTitbits – Echoes, waves and Britpop faves
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLegendary designer Katharine Hamnett backs Oxfam’s Secondhand September campaign
Hamnett visited her local branch in Dalston to support the charity’s #SecondHandSeptember drive
Read MoreFear and frustration over rising anti-social behaviour in Hackney Downs
Police have requested ongoing assistance from council enforcement officers to patrol park
Read MoreTown Hall commits £24 million over four years to upgrade ‘aged’ lift stock
Council admits many lifts have been in use beyond their “natural life cycle”
Read MoreCyber attack: Hackney residents’ anger over ongoing council tax ‘mess’
Council confronts ongoing impact of 2020 cyber attack on services and bill delays
Read MoreHackney Council pushes for DBS checks for elected members
Standards committee recommends council immediately adopts new safeguarding measures
Read MoreNet zero targets: Mayor shrugs off doom and gloom as two-thirds of councils flag lack of funding
‘Despite significant financial challenges, we’re committed,’ says Caroline Woodley
Read MoreGreens and Independents unite in bid to oust Tories as largest opposition in Hackney
Next month’s polls will make it eight by-elections in two years for the council
Read MoreTwo arrests made after ‘man on mobility scooter’ fatally stabbed in Hackney
Two men, aged 21 and 28, in custody after victim in his 30s died on Rushmore Road in Clapton yesterday
Read More‘Traditional masculinity is in revolt’: Honoured scholar Victor Seidler reflects on Hackney’s radicalism and Britain’s unrest
‘Our culture lacks a way to talk to young men, such that figures like Andrew Tate have become a major influence’
Read MoreHomerton Hospital caterers to protest again over ‘second-class’ treatment in Covid payment row
Staff employed by Denmark-based company ISS have not received the bonus in recognition of their efforts during the pandemic
Read MorePassengers waiting five years for lift at Hackney Downs Overground station
‘They just need to get on with it’ says London Assembly Member and Hackney Downs councillor Sem Moema
Read MoreHackney students celebrate GCSE results
Jubilation over success on paper and in practice
Read MoreEncounters with James Baldwin: Celebrating 100 Years – review
‘The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it’
Read MoreStamford Hill Jewish community calls on government to scrap two-child benefit cap
Letter calls on secretary of state for work and pensions to consider the needs of larger families
Read MoreShould we stay or should we go? Residents of tower block tell of fire safety fears
No second staircase ‘for any existing buildings’, Hackney Council confirms
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