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Locks, frocks and five-year plans

Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

Author: Hackney Citizen

Illustration of a Blue Tit sitting on a branch

Greens and Labour trade blows over London Fields paddling pool

Cabinet member Jacob Cable says the pool 'sat closed and derelict' under Labour, as Cllr Anntoinette Bramble accuses the new administration of offering 'kind platitudes' instead of a firm commitment

Author: Hackney Citizen

Greens and Labour trade blows over London Fields paddling pool

Man charged with arson after fires started in London Fields

Police and fire crews were called to the park shortly after 5am on Saturday

Author: Hackney Citizen

London Fields

Protesters demand return of 'precious' London Fields paddling pool

Families who fought to bring back the London Fields paddling pool are celebrating after the council agreed to kickstart its return, five years after it closed

Author: Hackney Citizen

Protesters demand return of 'precious' London Fields paddling pool

Green councillor's portrait pulled from Hackney website after keffiyeh complaint

Mayor Zoë Garbett says the decision was taken by officers, not by elected members, and that she has "raised concerns" over its removal

Author: Patrick Cardwell

Cllr Brenda Puech

Anntoinette Bramble elected Labour group leader following bruising local election defeat

Bramble has represented her London Fields ward for more than 15 years and previously served as deputy mayor and cabinet member for education

Author: Hackney Citizen

Photograph of Anntoinette Bramble, Labour party

Residents petition council to reopen London Fields paddling pool

While Clissold Park has seen its facilities restored, the London Fields site remains a storage depot

Author: Niall Holden

Black and white photo of children playing in large paddling pool.

Frank Watson review - 'recounting the many minor mysteries of fraying English life in tucked-away spots'

His photographs walk the fine line between the banal and the sublime

Author: Sarah Birch

Soundings

Bakery workers pave the way for hospitality organising with 'landmark' union recognition

E5 Bakehouse founder Ben Mackinnon has welcomed the agreement as a 'really positive move'

Author: Claudia Lee

In union: bakers at E5 Bakehouse. Photograph: Hackney Citizen

George Gooch wins London Fields by-election for Labour

Gooch fills seat vacated by former councillor Lee Laudat-Scott

Author: Joe Steen, Local Democracy Reporter

George Gooch wins London Fields by-election for Labour

London Fields and Stoke Newington by-election candidates announced

Voters are off to the polls on 12 September 2024

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

Polling station credit Martin Deutsch

London Fields and Stoke Newington by-elections announced

Voters are off to the polls in London Fields and Stoke Newington wards

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

Polling station credit Martin Deutsch