Somerford Grove renters vow to fight on as City Hall lends support
Group facing eviction from blocks mainly owned by billionaire landlord say they are ‘still more than happy to reach a resolution’
Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter
‘Only one Ridley Road’: Campaigners fighting to safeguard market release five-point manifesto
Plan launched at outdoor screening of new film about the threats facing Dalston’s historic street market
Call goes out for applications to accountability board for Young Black Men project
The programme has been restructured following concerns that young Black men’s voices were being marginalised
Council blames extreme weather for deaths of newly-planted trees on Hackney Marshes
The saplings were planted in February as part of a Town Hall pledge to introduce thousands more trees to the borough by 2022
Stamford Hill locals fear loss of parking controls could see ‘return to Wild West’
Residents call for compromise over plans they say ‘go against greener direction of travel’ in the rest of the borough
Wick councillors call for ‘dialogue’ with Hackney Bridge developers
Ward reps raise concerns over plans for ‘entertainment centre’ at the site, but developers say it is necessary to fund community work
London Renters Union plans courthouse protest to call for eviction ban extension
Town Hall backs demands for ban to be extended beyond 23 August as it gears up for possible surge in homelessness
Council leaders ‘deeply disturbed’ by scrapping of Public Health England
Hackney Mayor and borough’s health chief fear the agency is ‘being made a scapegoat for government’s wider failure’ in tackling Covid
Opposition parties back formal complaint against Hackney Mayor by Sistah Space
Local Lib Dem, Green and Women’s Equality parties line up behind domestic violence charity as it steps up its fight against eviction
‘Not a penny more’: Protesters call for an end to Serco’s involvement in test-and-trace
Local campaigners join others across the country in demanding the private company be replaced by Public Health
Town Hall ‘welcomes’ government’s grades U-turn but calls for answers on algorithm
Education lead Cllr Anntoinette Bramble says discrimination in exam results is an ‘outrage’ that needs explaining
Town Hall calls for action on ‘cruel inequality’ exposed by pandemic
New report contains a raft of commitments from the council to help ‘rebuild a better Hackney’
Reprieve for Happy Man Tree as planning decision to be reconsidered
Publication of council’s new Local Plan means major applications must be looked at again, with the public able to have its say
Hackney Conservatives throw support behind Haggerston Baths campaign
Locals call for building to be kept to ‘original height’ as developers promise submitted scheme will ‘save, repair and restore’ Baths’ heritage
Call goes out for spare laptops to support Hackney pupils cut off by digital divide
Town Hall estimates 4,000 pupils are still without sufficient equipment despite existing loan schemes
Broadway Market to reopen on Saturday as visitors told: ‘Queue, shop, go’
Soft launch over weekend has Broadway ‘ready to go’ as warnings repeated over ‘flouting’ of social distancing making reopening difficult