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‘A litany of concerns’: Hackney councillors discuss Palantir contract with Homerton

'We are in touch with workers in many trusts across all levels who want to resist the rollout'

Author: Claudia Lee

Cllr Ben Hayhurst, Chair of the Health in Hackney scrutiny commission and Duncan McCann of the Good Law Project

‘It’s not f***ing okay’ - Tempers flare at council debate over Hackney’s 'ties' with Israel

The council has faced pressure from Green party and Independent Socialist councillors to end its twinning relationship with Haifa, but Hackney Labour party has accused its opponents of political game-playing

Author: Hackney Citizen

Protestors outside Hackney Town Hall

The Black Eel review - 'Can I ever forgive Fisher?'

Have you ever been swimming with eels? A nightmare for some, a strange fascination for my friend and me.

Author: Hackney Citizen

Riley's

Council chief executive hauled in front of judge as resident alleges contempt of court

A Hackney leaseholder alleges the council has breached a court-ordered deadline to complete works on his property in a long-running legal disrepair case

Author: Hackney Citizen

The Clerkenwell and Shoreditch County Court and Family Court at the Gee Street Courthouse

'Beautiful Gothic Dalston school shut last year - we want to turn it into art and music space'

Hackney Council listed Colvestone Primary School as an Asset of Community Value after shuttering it in 2024

Author: Hackney Citizen

The Grade-II listed Colvestone School was built in 1862

'Speechless': Council tells NHS staff to stop writing letters in support of SEND families

Hackney parents whose children have special educational needs and disabilities say they are shocked by the request seen in leaked emails

Author: Hackney Citizen

Erik's mother Niki said the council's medical teams had downplayed his special needs

Ridley Road traders warn rent rise will force them out

Worries that proposals to raise licence fees could force them out for good

Author: Hackney Citizen

Debbie Wilkins and Scott Lomax

Hackney Council CEO faces contempt of court charges in ongoing leaseholder dispute

Dawn Carter-McDonald has been ordered to attend the first hearing, which is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon

Author: Claudia Lee

Dawn Carter-McDonald

A takeaway of ideas – artist Ling Tan’s Low Carbon Chinatown

Ingredients for change on show at climate exhibition

Author: Megan Khan

Ling Tan

Power Station review - 'If we’re going to save this life-giving world we’re squatting on, we need radical, grassroots change'

'A combining of Powell’s artistic audio-visual epics with Edelstyn’s narrative vision and director-producer drive'

Author: Hackney Citizen

POWER STATION Roofto

Plan for secure children’s home progresses despite opposition from Save Lea Marshes

The proposal is 'the wrong project in the wrong place'

Author: Claudia Lee

Swan protest in front of the ice centre

The writing's on the wall - behold the 'floating' sculptures of Zineb Sedira

There are 'Dreams' on the River Lea, shadows on the brickwork

Author: Hackney Citizen

Zineb Sedir, Dreams Are-a Language Made of Images, 2025