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‘What we create has consequences’: Teenagers to be trained up in sustainable fashion as studio launches workshops in East London

CQ Studio to run programme in Poplar to prepare young people for jobs in eco-friendly fashion

Author: Lizzie McAllister

‘What we create has consequences’: Teenagers to be trained up in sustainable fashion as studio launches workshops in East London

‘Greening the grey’: Clapton pupils help plant 780 trees on former industrial land at Millfields Park

More than 60 children from Rushmore Primary join planting sessions led by local volunteers

Author: Lizzie McAllister

‘Greening the grey’: Clapton pupils help plant 780 trees on former industrial land at Millfields Park

Mayor’s Music Awards celebrate best young talent in Hackney

Pupils and schools recognised at annual ceremony that featured stunning performances from past winners

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Mayor’s Music Awards celebrate best young talent in Hackney

Child Q: Protestors hit streets over police strip-search of Black teenage girl at school

People gathered in Stoke Newington High Street outside the police station to express their anger and disgust

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

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Child Q: Councillors call for resignation of Hackney police borough commander

‘We no longer see you occupying the role of Borough Commander as a tenable option for our borough’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney’s police commander Marcus Barnett

Child Q: Hackney Mayor calls on Home Secretary to take action over strip-searching of children

Child Q was strip-searched in her school’s medical room, without a responsible adult present

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Child Q: Hackney Mayor calls on Home Secretary to take action over strip-searching of children

‘Strong about-turn’: Covid cases rise in Hackney following the lifting of restrictions

‘If these figures do continue they are signalling a very, very unwelcome change of trend’

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Covid-19 test

Russia conflict: mother recounts journey to escape war at Hackney gathering in support of Ukrainians

A mother spoke at a gathering in Hackney offering support to Ukraine, of the trauma of her escape from her war-torn country after taking cover in a bomb shelter . Fighting back tears Liudmyla described how life in Ukraine changed in a heartbeat. Just a few short days after her arrival in the UK and

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

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Met Police apologises after black teenage girl strip-searched at Hackney school

Report finds it unjustified and says racism “likely” to have been an influencing factor

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Statement from Detective Superintendent Dan Rutland, who is part of the local policing team in Hackney

Community garden and volunteer centre in line for funding boost as local NHS trust dishes out £1.8m

East London Foundation Trust announces mental health support grants, with five local organisations among recipients

Author: Hackney Citizen

Community garden and volunteer centre in line for funding boost as local NHS trust dishes out £1.8m

Haggerston bookshop to defend its title as London’s best independent at British Book Awards 2022

Burley Fisher Books reaches final shortlist in the category it won last year

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Haggerston bookshop to defend its title as London’s best independent at British Book Awards 2022

‘We can only hope it ends soon’: Hackney Speaker on his bond with Ukraine and his fears for the country following Russian invasion

Cllr Michael Desmond visited Ukraine a number of times during his previous term

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

‘We can only hope it ends soon’: Hackney Speaker on his bond with Ukraine and his fears for the country following Russian invasion