Hackney’s environment chief and leading Tory councillor clash over transport and waste policies
Burke and Steinberger in war of words after latter accuses Labour of ‘using Covid to drive through their own crazy schemes’
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Coronavirus: Local test and trace service coming to Hackney
Borough one of 11 in the UK at the forefront of the roll-out after challenging Whitehall to give local authorities bigger role in crisis response
A Streetcar Named Desire, National Theatre Live on YouTube, stage review: ‘A bumpy and glorious ride’
Gillian Anderson’s ‘performance of a lifetime’ in this 2014 production is available to watch right now
Hackney1000 under lockdown smashes expectations to raise £21k
From running and cycling to Spice Girls lip syncs, locals got stuck in for much-loved youth charity Hackney Quest
Elli Free: Will we ever learn?
The director of Room to Heal, a local charity supporting refugees and asylum seekers, on Windrush, immigration detention, and opportunities for ‘fundamental change’ post-lockdown
Campaigners decry ‘cruel and horrifying’ regulations hitting migrants during Covid-19 crisis
Hackney Migrant Centre and Keep Our NHS Public unite to demand change to healthcare surcharge for all migrants, with government now set to exempt NHS staff
Significant fall in child protection enquiries of ‘particular concern’, says council
Head of safeguarding says drop largely down to fall in referrals from schools, with children ‘less visible to professionals’ during lockdown
Domestic abuse charity unveils ‘groundbreaking’ coronavirus scheme
After hearing from Solace Women’s Aid about the impact of lockdown earlier this month, Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley catches up with the charity to learn about its new Covid-19 Crisis Project
Schools should not reopen if union tests not passed, say councillors
Mayor and education chief say schools have their ‘full support, whatever they choose to do’ on 1 June
Government urged not to miss ‘once in a generation’ chance to end rough sleeping
The council is looking at how to continue support for the 150 people it has placed in emergency housing during the pandemic
Travis Elborough: Maps for the mind during lockdown
The acclaimed local author on why we now need maps more than ever, ‘even if the routes and roads they contain are never taken’
Letter: ‘We should be celebrating the private sector, not using it to score cheap political points’
Chair of Hackney Conservatives Jack Sutcliffe defends ‘dynamic private sector’ in response to our story about a delivery of the wrong coronavirus tests to a mobile centre in Dalston earlier this month
Abney Park Cemetery celebrates 180th anniversary with double bill of virtual talks
The volunteer Trust that cares for the park has been marking the occasion with a series of online treats as it tries to make up for a loss of income during lockdown
Unions accuse Hackney Mayor of ‘hypocrisy’ over sick pay for outsourced council cleaners
Mayor Glanville, who joined protests on the same issue at Homerton Hospital, says cleaners will be brought in-house when current contract ends
‘No going back’: Extinction Rebellion protesters urge government to prioritise health as lockdown eases
A weekend of socially distanced action called for more investment to redesign streets and prevent return to time when ‘cars were king’
Happy Man Tree protesters vow to remain at its side to prevent felling
Berkeley Homes ‘strongly believes removing tree is correct decision’ as Hackney Mayor apologises for residents’ distress