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Well Street Common assault: appeal for witnesses after man left in critical condition

A 24-year-old man remains in a critical condition in hospital

Author: Hackney Citizen

Well Street Common assault: appeal for witnesses after man left in critical condition

Hackney man jailed for five years after antisemitic tirades near synagogue

Tavius Jean-Charles, 36, shouted death threats at members of the Jewish community and suggested a Jewish school should be blown up

Author: Hackney Citizen

'I'm running out of hope': NHS worker driven to brink after 20 months of hell from anti-social neighbour

Tenant left sleep-deprived and on verge of breakdown by 'nocturnal' neighbour

Author: Niall Holden

Man arrested after shouting 'shame Hitler didn’t kill you’ on 254 bus

Threats were made against Jewish passengers on a bus in Upper Clapton Road

Author: Hackney Citizen

Photograph of a man being arrested over a suspected antisemitic hate crime

Police 'fail to protect' women and girls from 'unacceptable' hate crime levels on TfL

There were 4,593 VAWG (violence against women and girls) offences on the Tfl network in 2025, with just 3 per cent resulting in a charge or summons

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

'The destruction of our livelihoods' - Ridley Road Shopping Village traders to hold public meeting as 'evictions' loom

Traders told to leave by 31 March as their landlord has declined to renew their tenancies

Author: James Barnes

Fatimata owner of Bedding Outlet at RRSV

Young people don't trust Met Police or feel safe in their area, report shows

An investigation found young Londoners “feel they are not believed by the police" and that "they are seen as a suspect first"

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

Met Police fall short on key call handler target - 'there is more to be done'

Call handlers are failing to meet the force’s target to answer 90 per cent of emergency calls within 10 seconds

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

'So many layers of lies' - police spied on Hackney organisation working to expose Met corruption, inquiry hears

The Hackney Community Defence Association (HCDA) was the subject of police monitoring for a decade

Author: Lizzie McAllister

'So many layers of lies' - police spied on Hackney organisation working to expose Met corruption, inquiry hears

Met Police may face further staffing cuts if Home Office fails to bridge funding gap say bosses

The Met Police have suggested they could be forced to make staffing and recruitment changes if they don't receive an expected funding uplift from the Home Office

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

Woman injured and man dead in Clissold Park shooting - as police appeal for witnesses

Officers confirm that the pair were 'known to each other' and they believe it was an 'isolated incident'

Author: Hackney Citizen

Woman injured and man dead in Clissold Park shooting - as police appeal for witnesses

Greens welcome Met’s removal of 371 school officers - but others brand it 'most catastrophic decision in keeping children safe'

Surveys revealed that 93 per cent of Londoners supported the presence of Safer Schools Officers in school buildings

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter