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Keep NHS land for NHS use, say campaigners over St Leonard’s Hospital sell-off fears

Council should call on the government for more funding for buildings upkeep, according to Hackney Keep Our NHS Public

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Hackney Keep Our NHS Public campaigners at outside the Town Hall

Safeguarding expert warning over children in unregistered Hackney ‘schools’

‘The influence that we have is fundamentally undermined by a whack-a-mole approach’

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Jim Gamble

LTN extension plan: Motor vehicles to face restrictions on three quarters of Hackney’s streets

‘It’s a really ambitious plan to reduce pollution’, says Cllr Mete Coban

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

LTN signage

‘Completely unacceptable’: Cyclists demand ‘better alternative’ after Network Rail shuts major link between Hackney and Islington

Campaigners demand better alternative route to railway bridge that has been shut for safety reasons

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

‘Completely unacceptable’: Cyclists demand ‘better alternative’ after Network Rail shuts major link between Hackney and Islington

NHS campaigners urge council to fight for beloved hospital in Hoxton – before it is ‘forever lost’

Activists ask Town Hall to lobby government for cash to ensure St Leonard’s is kept for patients

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

NHS campaigners urge council to fight for beloved hospital in Hoxton – before it is ‘forever lost’

‘Best form of transport’: New walking map of Hackney Central celebrates borough’s ‘fascinating and diverse’ history

Hackney Central Footways, available online and in print for free, is designed to encourage people to explore on foot

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Best form of transport’: New walking map of Hackney Central celebrates borough’s ‘fascinating and diverse’ history

Union calls off tomorrow’s library strike in Hackney as ‘gesture of goodwill’ – but February action set to go ahead

Unison says it wants to ‘give management more time to work on compulsory redundancies and make other positive changes’

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Union calls off tomorrow’s library strike in Hackney as ‘gesture of goodwill’ – but February action set to go ahead

‘Toughest time in living memory’: Hackney Foodbank launches emergency £100k appeal as it struggles to keep up with unprecedented demand

The charity is expecting to spend £125k on food this year – a figure that has risen from just £2k in 2017

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Toughest time in living memory’: Hackney Foodbank launches emergency £100k appeal as it struggles to keep up with unprecedented demand

‘Simply not good enough’: Child safeguarding expert urges police and other bodies to back up anti-racism pledges with evidence

Jim Gamble says organisations need to ‘evidence what they have done and who they have challenged’

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

The Child Q scandal sparked protests in Hackney.

‘Well overdue’: Much-loved Hackney Wick venue brings its sound system into 21st century – thanks to £5k charity grant

Grow Hackney’s ageing audio equipment was putting shows at risk of cancellation

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Well overdue’: Much-loved Hackney Wick venue brings its sound system into 21st century – thanks to £5k charity grant

Fire safety: Front doors to be replaced at thousands of ‘highest-risk’ council homes

£30m scheme will see Town Hall install doors designed to withstand fire and smoke for 30 minutes

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Sunday's best: Licensing committee considers Hoppers' bid for longer opening hours

De Beauvoir residents hit out at boundary changes that could see them ‘shunted into Islington’

Voters in the ward could be faced with electing politicians in two boroughs

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

De Beauvoir residents hit out at boundary changes that could see them ‘shunted into Islington’