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‘Some institutions are so hellbent on their rules they squeeze you for any reason’: young people speak out over permanent school exclusion

Pupils expressed their ‘shock, surprise and confusion’

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

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Coronavirus: How the pandemic is changing the fight against child exploitation

Youth charities call for cohesive approach after warning lockdown measures could be ‘perfect storm’ for criminality

Author: Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley

Coronavirus: How the pandemic is changing the fight against child exploitation

Town Hall ‘agreed to disagree’ with Home Office on counter-terror strategy

Criticism by government over lack of radicalisation referrals ends in ‘stalemate’

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Town Hall ‘agreed to disagree’ with Home Office on counter-terror strategy

Councillors raise concerns over shortfall in violent crime services for young adults

Cllr Sharon Patrick also reveals issues with ex-gang members being placed in hostels alongside former rivals

Author: Tilly Armstrong

Councillors raise concerns over shortfall in violent crime services for young adults

Hackney Wick charity boss to scale Antarctica’s highest peak in £75k fundraising attempt

Henry Smith, founder of gang prevention charity The Wickers, will battle minus 40 degree temperatures and high speed winds during next month’s climb

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Wick charity boss to scale Antarctica’s highest peak in £75k fundraising attempt

‘No obvious link’ between Hackney’s drug markets and an increase in violence, report finds

Findings contradict National Crime Agency claims that drugs fuel London’s violent crime

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

‘No obvious link’ between Hackney’s drug markets and an increase in violence, report finds

Labour and Lib Dems clash on knife crime policy – as Caroline Selman says proposals are nothing new

Hackney Liberal Democrats say Violence Reduction Unit would ‘treat violence like a disease’

Author: Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter

Labour and Lib Dems clash on knife crime policy – as Caroline Selman says proposals are nothing new

Charity launches project to prevent sexual abuse of boys in Hackney

Barnados is looking to improve the safeguarding of vulnerable boys and young men in the borough

Author: Hackney Citizen

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Cache of knives discovered close to Hackney Wick following Mabley Green brawl

The haul included an example of the controversial “zombie knife”, as well as other weapons

Author: Hackney Citizen

Photograph: Hackney MPS

Four jailed for murder of Hoxton teenager Marcel Addai

Brutal knife attack an example of the ‘terrible grip gang culture has on young men who embrace it’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Four jailed for murder of Hoxton teenager Marcel Addai

Gang culture shot down as Our Lady’s Convent School students get organised to combat crime

Survey carried out by pupils finds safety is top of public’s concerns

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Someone knows who killed my son’: mother’s plea at vigil for Joseph Burke-Monerville

Linda Burke-Monerville tells audience at packed St John at Hackney Church: ‘Don’t keep silent if you know who murdered Joseph’

Author: Hackney Citizen