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Hackney school’s mental health charity to launch pop-up arts shop curated by top DJ

Safaplace and Gilles Peterson’s week-long collaboration will feature daily appearances from authors and performers

Author: Max Eckersley

Hackney school’s mental health charity to launch pop-up arts shop curated by top DJ

‘London’s first theatreland’: Archaeologists dig up more secrets at Shakespearean playhouse

Museum of London also reveals plans for a new exhibition space in Shoreditch centred around The Theatre’s in-situ remains

Author: Max Eckersley

‘London’s first theatreland’: Archaeologists dig up more secrets at Shakespearean playhouse

Borough-wide stop and search orders see sharp increase

Living in Hackney Scrutiny Commission preparing to examine how stop and search powers are used

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Borough-wide stop and search orders see sharp increase

Are you getting ready for the #ZeroWasteHackney challenge? Here are some handy tips from a plastic-free champion…

Plastic-Free Hackney campaigner Bettina Maidment has been cutting down her plastic consumption for over 18 months

Author: Hackney Citizen

Are you getting ready for the #ZeroWasteHackney challenge? Here are some handy tips from a plastic-free champion…

Council asks residents to take on the #ZeroWasteHackney challenge

How much can you recycle and re-use? With International Zero Waste Week starting next Monday, it’s a perfect time to put yourself to the test

Author: Hackney Citizen

Council asks residents to take on the #ZeroWasteHackney challenge

Council U-turn on ‘Chocolate Studios’ hotel planning application

Decision comes days after confirmation that controversial plans were to go to committee

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Council U-turn on ‘Chocolate Studios’ hotel planning application

Community safety chief responds to forum on gun and knife crime

‘We take tackling violence extremely seriously – in doing so, it’s important that we listen to a range of voices, experiences and views’

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Licensing restrictions ‘aren’t about stopping fun’, says councillor

Committee maintains every case that comes before it decided on merit

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Sharon Patrick Caroline Woodley James Peters Hackney Licensing Sub-committee

‘Distraught’ residents of historic Chocolate Studios hit out at hotel planning decision

Development application to proceed to committee despite admissions of potential inaccuracies in documentation

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Chocolate Studios. Picture: Alexandra Stara.

Hackney pupils collect their GCSE results

We bring you the latest as schools across the borough open their doors

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney pupils collect their GCSE results

Hackney in UK’s bottom five for pollution purged by trees

Council restates commitment to plant additional 1,000 trees over next four years

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Hackney in UK’s bottom five for pollution purged by trees

‘Victims are becoming the perpetrators’: Rabbi and former Labour councillor hits out at ‘toxic’ atmosphere in local party

Party says it is ‘very sorry’ to hear the views of Rabbi Avrohom Pinter, who recently wrote to Jeremy Corbyn over ‘unchallenged’ instances of antisemitism he has suffered

Author: Max Eckersley

Rabbi Pinter (Photograph: Hackney Council)