Hackney Youth Parliament: Youngsters urged to sign up and help ‘shape local policy’
Children’s services chief calls for young people from all backgrounds to get involved
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Help choose a new name for Cassland Road Gardens as four options revealed
Residents invited to vote on replacement for name inspired by slave trader John Cass
Home care firm under fire after death of local pensioner from dehydration last summer
Scathing coroner’s report says Joseph O’Neill, 88, would ‘not have died when he did’ were it not for failures by Care Outlook staff
Young composers! Compete for a chance to see your music played at London Baroque Festival
Local recorder quartet Palisander urge residents to take part in prestigious Young Composers Award 2021 after being announced as the partner ensemble
Mete Coban revealed as Jon Burke’s successor as Mayor shuffles his top table
Deputy Mayor Rebecca Rennison’s maternity leave sees her brief shared out, while Caroline Woodley adds parks to her portfolio
‘Sadly necessary’: School staff donate stationery to borough’s most vulnerable kids
National Education Union says its scheme highlights underfunding in schools, as it announces community event on post-Covid recovery plans
Government has ‘spectacularly failed’ to address cladding scandal, says Hackney Mayor
Town Hall backs campaigners who say Whitehall’s new plans do not grasp the ‘size and scope’ of the crisis
Clapton landlords who left tenants in ‘illegal and dangerous conditions’ fined £22,000
‘Nobody should have to live like this’, says councillor after details emerge of inactive smoke alarms, fire risks and water supply problems at property on Durrington Road
VIDEO: Campaigner and former Hackney councillor urges people to get the Covid vaccine
Read on for details of an online event giving local Black communities a chance to ask health and community leaders about the vaccine
‘Wonderful privilege’: Local activist picked for London Mayor’s new diversity commission
Toyin Agbetu, founding member of Hackney’s review of place names, is one of 15 people appointed to carry out a similar task across the capital
Pirates proffer postcards of pensive prose
Youngsters from a local literacy charity have been sending uplifting messages to older residents during the pandemic
Hackney welcomes over 100 cherry trees gifted by people of Japan
Three varieties planted in Springfield Park and Daubeney Fields symbolise ‘hope, beauty and new life’
Hackney theatre enlists scientists to investigate how to reduce virus transmission in arts venues
The Arcola teams up with Imperial College London for a project aimed at improving audience safety across the industry
Titbits – Chestnuts, Churchill and the Chief Executive
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Leader – Collective thinking
The death of 63-year old Musa Sevimli at a Stoke Newington bus stop in 2019 shook the community. How could such a thing happen in a humane, affluent society?
Dr Sandra Husbands: Your vaccine questions answered by local public health expert
Town Hall director moves to underline effectiveness and safety of Covid-19 vaccines in response to local data showing some are ‘reluctant or doubtful’