Critics slam cash for free schools as education budget faces the axe
Town Hall should maintain role in ensuring school standards, urges Mayor and teachers’ union
Hackney Citizen
Titbits – The ‘detour’ de France, gentrificleansing and World Cup cartography
After hipsterfication and shoreditchification, now ‘gentrificleansing’ enters Hackney – unlike Tour de France which only makes cameo appearance
Leader- knife crime debate cut
No debate held over new knife crime law as Town Hall submits hardline view to Parliament
GPs to hold rally in London Fields as campaign builds to save surgeries from closure
Diane Abbott MP to address protest over government funding cuts this Saturday
Half of all homeless struggle to read, says St Mungo’s Broadway
Mare Street hostel organises Action Week of workshops to help homeless rebuild their lives away from the streets
New Era Estate families face rent hikes as Benyon landlord takes over
Mayor Jules Pipe condemns rent increases which will ‘tear the heart out’ of a Hoxton neighbourhood
Chesham Arms campaigners upbeat despite postponement of verdict
Public inquiry adjourned until September but campaigners have “good feeling” about outcome
Police appeal after man robbed at gunpoint
Witnesses asked to contact police after 23-year-old man was robbed in broad daylight on Navarino Road
Whippet mauled by mastiff in Clissold Park
Police appeal for information after an eight-year old pet dog was mauled to death in a ‘traumatic’ attack
Missing mental health patient returned to John Howard Centre
East London NHS Foundation confirm Anthony Knowles is back at mental health centre in Homerton
Tale of two-wheelers: historic Pickwick Bicycle Club honoured with new plaque
144th birthday of oldest Dickensian society in the world marked with commemorative plaque at former Downs Hotel
Jail those caught twice with a knife, says Hackney Council
Council backs government on tougher penalties for knife crime as the new laws are criticised by London charities
Patient absconds from Hackney mental health centre
Second patient in a month to escape from John Howard Centre in Homerton
Kenyan runners top podium at Hackney’s first half marathon
Over 12,500 runners tackle the 13.1 mile long course at Run Hackney on Sunday
Hackney rent campaigners slam London Mayor’s ‘populist’ stance on housing
Housing campaign group Digs criticize Boris Johnson for sending out ‘mixed messages’
Last remaining squatter evicted from former Hackney Central Police Station
Police confirm one person was removed by bailiffs early Monday morning