Sign in Subscribe

News

‘Destination of choice’: Hackney Central’s pull with visitors to get major boost as council secures £19m cash injection

Money will be spent on new green space, tree-planting, and revamps for Pembury Circus and the Town Hall square

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Artist Veronica Ryan with her sculptures

Stoke Newington maisonette among number of community spaces being converted back into council housing

‘Clearly we had a surfeit of social housing at one point and now we definitely don’t,’ says planning committee chair

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Stoke Newington maisonette among number of community spaces being converted back into council housing

‘Truly inspiring precedent’: East London’s first wild swimming pond inches closer as campaign group glides past £500k crowdfunding target

East London Waterworks Park campaigners now have their sights set on purchasing the land for their ‘brownfield rainforest’

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Truly inspiring precedent’: East London’s first wild swimming pond inches closer as campaign group glides past £500k crowdfunding target

Emergency appeal launched for Stoke Newington businesses left ‘fighting for survival’ after building collapse

A number of traders on the High Street cannot access their businesses, with the road set to be closed until mid-February

Author: Hackney Citizen

Emergency appeal launched for Stoke Newington businesses left ‘fighting for survival’ after building collapse

LGBT+ History Month: Hackney mayor hopes ‘people of every identity feel represented’ as borough’s celebrations get underway

Walks, talks, films, performances and more are taking place across the borough throughout February

Author: Hackney Citizen

LGBT+ History Month: Hackney mayor hopes ‘people of every identity feel represented’ as borough’s celebrations get underway

Hackney food charity raises £5k through sales of its ‘delicious’ plant-based burger

Made In Hackney has teamed up with Fuller’s brewery, which has sold 10,000 of the burgers in its pubs and hotels

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney food charity raises £5k through sales of its ‘delicious’ plant-based burger

‘So much local support’: Teachers striking over pay force closure of 47 Hackney schools

‘Teachers have had enough of low pay and a lack of funding,’ says local union representative

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

‘So much local support’: Teachers striking over pay force closure of 47 Hackney schools

Thousands of council tenants facing seven per cent rent hike as housing costs spiral

Town Hall asks residents for feedback on the planned increase by 17 February

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Thousands of council tenants facing seven per cent rent hike as housing costs spiral

Two arrested on suspicion of child neglect over death of seven-year-old girl

Police took a man, 49, and a woman, 50, into custody

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

The Met sent a message to the community after the arrests

High Street, Stoke Newington: emergency work after rubble rains down from building

The road could be closed to traffic for another week

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Stoke Newington High Street building with scaffolding

Increase in councillors’ allowances approved

Every councillor can claim a basic annual allowance of £12,014.

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Hackney Town Hall

Anti-road closure campaigners raise £10,000 court costs and challenge council to donate to charities

Horrendous Hackney Road Closures appealed on social media to raise the cash

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

LTN