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Critics round on Woodberry Down plans as next phase narrowly wins approval

A Labour schism meant plans for more than 500 new homes passed by a hair

Author: Hackney Citizen

Critics round on Woodberry Down plans as next phase narrowly wins approval

‘Source of inspiration’: Civil rights icon James Baldwin to get blue plaque in Dalston

The author and activist will be commemorated at the Hackney CVS building on Dalston Lane, which he visited two years before his death in 1987

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Source of inspiration’: Civil rights icon James Baldwin to get blue plaque in Dalston

Pro-Palestinian protestors descend on Town Hall to demand end to Israeli weapons investment and Haifa twinning

Amid ongoing conflict in Gaza, local protestors call on Hackney Council to cease funding and axe relationship

Author: Hackney Citizen

Camped out: protestors at Hackney Town Hall, Friday 10 May 2024.

Researchers are on the hunt for stories about the Old Fire Station in Stoke Newington

A project team at the iconic community venue is hosting an open day next week – and they’d love to hear people’s memories of the place

Author: Hackney Citizen

Researchers are on the hunt for stories about the Old Fire Station in Stoke Newington

Labour’s Sem Moema re-elected as Assembly Member for north-east London

Moema took more than 50 per cent of the vote in a dominant performance

Author: Hackney Citizen

Labour’s Sem Moema re-elected as Assembly Member for north-east London

Hackney set for fifth by-election in two years as another Labour councillor quits

Yvonne Maxwell is yet to speak out about her resignation, but said she was ‘free at last’ on social media

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney set for fifth by-election in two years as another Labour councillor quits

Town Hall stands by consultation process as children’s centre campaigners ramp up legal threat

Parents fighting to save two centres from closure send council a letter before claim

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

Town Hall stands by consultation process as children’s centre campaigners ramp up legal threat

Residents on troubled estate slam ‘shoddy’ response from council chief

People living at Pitcairn House welcome apology from Dawn Carter-McDonald, but say they feel ‘gaslighted’

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

Dawn Carter-McDonald

Hackney MP defends mayor and council over plans to shut two children’s centres

Hackney South Meg Hillier met with parents at Sebright, one of the centres under threat

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

Hackney MP defends mayor and council over plans to shut two children’s centres

New Labour councillors ‘honoured and humbled’ after winning Hackney by-elections

Cllrs Jasmine Martins and Faruk Tinaz fill seats in De Beauvoir and Hoxton East respectively

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

New Labour councillors ‘honoured and humbled’ after winning Hackney by-elections

Turner Prize winner Helen Cammock joins public art trail in East London

Cammock’s contribution to The Line is to be unveiled in late May on a bridge over the River Lea

Author: Hackney Citizen

Turner Prize winner Helen Cammock joins public art trail in East London

Dalston Green councillor takes up City Hall seat following surprise resignation

Zoë Garbett replaces Siân Berry, who has stepped down just days after being re-elected

Author: Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter

Zoë Garbett