Local public health director slams quality of data from national test-and-trace effort
Sandra Husbands says information ‘not particularly useful’ as former WHO director urges council to use its own data channels
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Council ‘exploring options’ to prevent antisocial behaviour in green spaces
Parks chief says situation is an “intolerable mess” as he resolves to “reduce attractiveness” of places like London Fields to revellers
Alarm raised over local economy as businesses face ‘hard choices’
Hackney Empire, Boulevard Events and Here East offer an insight into the challenges brought on by coronavirus
Coronavirus helpline to keep going beyond crisis, Town Hall announces
The service, set up for those without internet and in need of support, has received around 4,500 calls to date
Town Hall strongly criticised by domestic violence charity Sistah Space in premises row
Founder Ngozi Fulani calls for charity’s move to be put on hold until next year because of coronavirus as she accuses council of ‘discrimination’ – a claim it disputes
Council announces review of statues and place names as calls go out for change
Sir Robert Geffrye and Sir John Cass among those under scrutiny as human rights group Ligali urges Town Hall to ‘act now’
Coronavirus: Hackney Mayor pledges to address ‘stark’ trauma of South-East Asian community
Hackney Chinese Community Services highlights report that shows dramatic increase in racial abuse during the pandemic
‘It’s time for a change’: Hundreds attend online vigil for George Floyd
Over 400 listen to local politicians and community leaders demanding global change
Black Lives Matter: What can you do?
Alice Jones provides a useful list of resources, from what to read and watch to educate yourself and your children, to which petitions to sign and where to donate
Susanna’s Manners
Our resident food historian on 17th-century childcare, from high chairs ‘built like battleships’ to ‘fearsome’ baby walkers
Fortnightly bin collections called in for further scrutiny by Hackney Conservatives
Waste chief slams ‘spurious’ challenge after Cllr Simche Steinberger accuses Town Hall of ‘wanting to save money’ and ‘singling out’ Jewish community
Tributes paid after death of former Hackney Labour councillor Steve Scott
Ex-colleagues say Scott, who was 92, was ‘committed to making life better for the people in his community’
Victim named in fatal Hackney shooting as police call for information
Oluwamayowa Adeymi, 21, died from a gunshot wound to the chest on Brackenfield Close on 5 June
Coriolanus, National Theatre Live on YouTube, stage review: ‘Famous actors, punchy action and political turmoil’
Despite an impressive cast, this production, which is available to watch right now, lacks ‘grandness’
Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley: ‘The racist legacies of the past are woven into the fabric of our present’
The local writer on what is needed for meaningful change in Britain – a ‘wholesale shift in an economic system built on the enslavement and sale of human beings’
Council criticised for continuing to argue in court over tenant’s eviction amid lockdown
Community law centre brands Town Hall statements welcoming a ruling that disagreed with its own legal arguments ‘counterintuitive’, as London Renters Union calls for an apology