Kelly Reid - Hackney Citizen

‘It’s our local park’: Primary school pupils fight for ‘basic right’ to have playtime in De Beauvoir Square

Candidates for upcoming De Beauvoir by-election line up in support of the children following complaints from local residents

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘It’s our local park’: Primary school pupils fight for ‘basic right’ to have playtime in De Beauvoir Square

De Beauvoir by-election: Independent Network candidate calls for a ‘more diverse political make-up’ in Hackney

Youth worker Kelly Reid says residents’ voices in her home ward ‘need to be heard’

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

De Beauvoir by-election: Independent Network candidate calls for a ‘more diverse political make-up’ in Hackney

Local elections 2022: Housing, racism and LTNs on the agenda for Hackney’s Independent Network

The Citizen caught up with the 11-strong group of candidates ahead of voting on 5 May

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Local elections 2022: Housing, racism and LTNs on the agenda for Hackney’s Independent Network

Council’s anti-crime chief Caroline Selman joins police on weapons sweep following spate of stabbings

Cracking down on knife crime remains ‘massive priority’, she insists amid alarm about attacks and concern over changes to police use of stop and search

Author: Hackney Citizen

Arrests follow yet another stabbing, this time in Coopersale Road, Homerton

Incident happened on same day as sergeant apprehended suspected knifeman in Stoke Newington and follows troubling spate of violent attacks

Author: Hackney Citizen

Stabbing: Police at Homerton station after knife attack

Rise in knife crime blamed on declining use of stop and search

Two Hackney youth workers at the Crib say figures show stabbings spike coincided with dwindling use of the police powers

Author: Hackney Citizen

Pride of Britain finalist Janette Collins