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'The loudest bass I've ever heard': resident says her home was left shaking by car park party near Goldsmiths Row venue

'You're just going to have to get used to it. These do happen this time of year', she was told

Author: Niall Holden

'The loudest bass I've ever heard': resident says her home was left shaking by car park party near Goldsmiths Row venue

Brewed awakening bestows barista's confidence

A social enterprise founded in Shoreditch is giving young people a shot at coffee-making

Author: Elspeth Rees

Brewed awakening bestows barista's confidence

Resident trapped in council block lift for 40 minutes — just hours after engineers said they had fixed it

'If I had been stuck in there without a phone, I don't know how I would've got out'

Author: Niall Holden

Resident trapped in council block lift for 40 minutes — just hours after engineers said they had fixed it

'I'm running out of hope': NHS worker driven to brink after 20 months of hell from anti-social neighbour

Tenant left sleep-deprived and on verge of breakdown by 'nocturnal' neighbour

Author: Niall Holden

photograph of Hackney Town Hall

Hackney’s new Green mayor signals break with previous administration over ‘clinical’ use of performance targets

Zoë Garbett took aim at previous Labour regime's reliance on KPIs in maiden speech

Author: Hackney Citizen

Photograph of Zoe Garbett

Council admits restructure worsened backlog of 15,000 overdue housing safety checks

Watchdog sounded alarm nearly two years ago — yet problem has spiralled

Author: Hackney Citizen

photograph of Hackney Town Hall

Sadiq Khan rejects New York-style air conditioning rules

Big Apple bosses banned stores from leaving doors open with air con running back in 2015

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

Sadiq Khan rejects New York-style air conditioning rules

London to miss 2030 Net Zero target, Mayor admits as he calls for more ‘energy devolution’

Green party leader brands City Hall's climate policies 'siloed' and disjointed

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

London to miss 2030 Net Zero target, Mayor admits as he calls for more ‘energy devolution’

City Hall to cut 80 jobs in £6.6m 'efficiency' drive

Fury as axes falls but no cuts Mayor's office

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

City Hall to cut 80 jobs in £6.6m 'efficiency' drive

Regeneration drives sharp fall in East London's deprived neighbourhoods

Since 2010, the figure has fallen from 23 to 16 per cent in London, according to new research

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

Regeneration drives sharp fall in East London's deprived neighbourhoods

Discarded bottle believed to have sparked major Hackney blaze that halted Overground

Dozens of firefighters called as caravan engulfed in flames

Author: Niall Holden

Video still of fire on Cottrill Gardens

City Hall scraps Met Police deal with Palantir

City Hall has blocked a £50 million contract over a “clear and serious breach” of procurement rules

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

Sadiq Khan City Hall