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Two people rescued from council tower block after fire on 10th floor

Elderly pair led to safety following blaze this morning at the Trelawney Estate in Hackney Central

Author: Hackney Citizen

Two people rescued from council tower block after fire on 10th floor

Council forks out thousands to upgrade body-worn cameras for enforcement officers

Community safety team predicts the enhancements will lead to a £14k overspend

Author: Emma Snaith

Council forks out thousands to upgrade body-worn cameras for enforcement officers

Hate crime consultation receives just 69 responses

The number of offences in the borough has increased by 332 since last year

Author: Emma Snaith

Hate crime consultation receives just 69 responses

Hackney at Pride: Drag royalty join council staff for ‘solidarity march’

120 locals put on a colourful show for the annual LGBTQI+ parade

Author: Max Eckersley

Hackney at Pride: Drag royalty join council staff for ‘solidarity march’

Mayor launches art gallery project to build community-inspired model of future Hoxton

Large-scale replica of the area is on show at PEER gallery – and will evolve based on residents’ ideas

Author: Hackney Citizen

Mayor launches art gallery project to build community-inspired model of future Hoxton

Campaigners considering legal action after council approves Clapton garden build-over

Town Hall’s plan for 11 ‘genuinely affordable’ homes gets go-ahead – but new, permanent site for garden fails to win over opponents

Author: Max Eckersley

Campaigners considering legal action after council approves Clapton garden build-over

Hackney Carnival project for young adults with autism returns this summer

Two local theatre companies team up again to bring back the popular Carnival Collective

Author: Max Eckersley

Hackney Carnival project for young adults with autism returns this summer

Campaigners stage ‘satirical’ dodgeball protest outside oil giant’s clean energy festival

Activists, including local group Divest Hackney, take aim at Shell’s ‘sickeningly cynical’ Make the Future event

Author: Max Eckersley

Campaigners stage ‘satirical’ dodgeball protest outside oil giant’s clean energy festival

Comic – Save Hackney Wick

Our artist Francisco de la Mora gives us his take on the predicament facing one of Hackney’s most creative quarters

Author: Hackney Citizen

Comic – Save Hackney Wick

Titbits – football fever, Feryal fury and the environmental approach to sex

Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

Author: Hackney Citizen

Titbits bird

Save Britannia campaign boost as ‘high-powered’ objection letter reveals major developer’s concerns

Anthology says council leisure centre plans are ‘not value for money for residents’ in merciless 12-page dismantling

Author: Max Eckersley

Boost: Pat Turnbull (third from left) with fellow campaigners. Photograph: SBLC

Let it Bee: Hackney’s Petchey Academy proud home to rooftop bee colonies

Student beekeepers are hoping for a rich honey harvest next summer

Author: Ed Sheridan

Let it Bee: Hackney’s Petchey Academy proud home to rooftop bee colonies