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Somali social isolation project calls for community ‘safe space’

Voluntary sector boss pledges to make sure community group’s ‘voices and needs influence our strategy and services’

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Somali social isolation project calls for community ‘safe space’

Finsbury Park flood: Local politicians put ‘serious concerns’ to Thames Water

Hackney Mayor joins MPs Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn to grill company bosses over their response to last week’s catastrophe

Author: Hackney Citizen

Finsbury Park flood: Local politicians put ‘serious concerns’ to Thames Water

Garden School awarded £1.5m to create Hackney’s only sixth form for autistic students

Hackney Mayor welcomes arrival of ‘long-held wish’ as grant funding goes to fund feasibility study and expansion of new site

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Garden School awarded £1.5m to create Hackney’s only sixth form for autistic students

Council crackdown on rogue landlords begins after new licensing powers approved

Landlords in Brownswood, Cazenove and Stoke Newington warned to expect ‘tough penalties’ if they do not hold a licence

Author: Hackney Citizen

Council crackdown on rogue landlords begins after new licensing powers approved

‘Had enough’: BSix sixth form teachers come out on strike over pay and funding

Students express solidarity with educators as study shows £1.1bn required to fully reverse last ten years of cuts

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

‘Had enough’: BSix sixth form teachers come out on strike over pay and funding

V&A Museum of Childhood gets go-ahead for ‘biggest redesign in its 147-year history’

Bethnal Green institution wins planning approval for first step in massive overhaul of its Grade II-listed building and grounds

Author: Hackney Citizen

V&A Museum of Childhood gets go-ahead for ‘biggest redesign in its 147-year history’

Arrest made over Harry Zeital Way blaze as residents still without answers on fire safety

Police appeal for witnesses to come forward as urgent residents’ association meeting planned calling for further investigation

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Arrest made over Harry Zeital Way blaze as residents still without answers on fire safety

Town Hall tests out digital noticeboards and new signs for Hackney’s estates

Screens carrying up-to-the-minute information on repairs, local events and meetings are being trialled in Homerton and Hoxton

Author: Hackney Citizen

Town Hall tests out digital noticeboards and new signs for Hackney’s estates

Public health expert warns Town Hall could ‘come to regret’ vape store partnership

Professor Martin McKee calls decision to actively promote vaping ‘incredible’, but council says it is ‘maximising support to smokers’

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Public health expert warns Town Hall could ‘come to regret’ vape store partnership

‘Kind, thoughtful and principled’: Former Hackney councillor Geoff Taylor dies aged 70

Labour colleagues pay tribute to the talented musician and ex-teacher who served on the council for 16 years until illness forced him to step down in 2018

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Kind, thoughtful and principled’: Former Hackney councillor Geoff Taylor dies aged 70

‘Meaningful’ Town Hall plan for bringing services in-house to be published next year

Finance boss warns against ‘turning off the tap’ to local economy

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

‘Meaningful’ Town Hall plan for bringing services in-house to be published next year

Ripley & Lambert, Dalston: ‘Café paradise for film fans’

The new specialist bookshop, with its hypnotic, Twin Peaks-inspired floor, provides a ‘perfect escape from the bustle of Kingsland Road’

Author: Elettra Scrivo

Ripley & Lambert, Dalston: ‘Café paradise for film fans’