Poetry: Brave New World by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on our ‘utterly changed’ lives, with ‘days both full and empty’
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Coronavirus: GPs volunteer to staff ‘hot sites’ across borough
Doctors sign up to help introduce separate areas in local surgeries for cases of Covid-19
Coronavirus: Homerton Hospital to see fivefold increase in intensive care beds
Chief nurse reveals that around 12 per cent of the hospital’s workforce is in isolation
Coronavirus: Keeping your secondary-age kids busy and learning at home
Teacher and Hackney resident Alice Jones offers up useful tips and resources to help parents and pupils cope with the school closures
Un Deux Trois, Juniore, album review: ‘Catchy avant-pop perfection’
With Hackney under lockdown, what better time to update your playlist? Here’s one to consider, as France’s finest return with their signature 60s-inspired sound…
Coronavirus: Read your way through the streets of Hackney
With Hackney under lockdown, now is a great time to explore the borough through a good book. Here’s a selection to get you started…
Coronavirus: Town Hall finds accommodation for over 50 rough sleepers
Council concerned economic impact of pandemic and effect of lockdown on unstable households could see more people on the streets
Coronavirus: Find out which local businesses are still delivering with My Virtual Neighbourhood
Hackney team behind new website calls on residents to help the ‘amazing businesses on their doorsteps survive’
Coronavirus: Hackney primary schools launch urgent appeal for laptops
Around 400 children at Gayhurst, Kingsmead and Mandeville need computers at home as schools run out
Coronavirus: Town Hall to redeploy youth workers to support schools
Council’s outreach staff to be made available as borough’s schools prepare to stay open over Easter
Coronavirus: Town Hall unveils crisis funding for over 20,000 vulnerable households
Financial care package includes automatic tax rebates and an extra £500k for emergency support fund
Coronavirus: Transport chief slams guidance for councils on parking as ‘unworkable mess’
Cllr Jon Burke fears advice to cease enforcement could spark ‘collapse in availability for key workers’
Poetry: Not even… by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on life in lockdown
Coronavirus: Businesses to receive £100m in financial aid from Hackney Council
Mayor pledges to support ‘lifeblood of local economy’ as all rents waived for voluntary and community organisations for three months
VIDEO: The Citizen Gardener on how to run a wormery
Award-winning community gardener Kate Poland shows you how to make compost using worms
Hackney Giving launches fundraising appeal for a Coronavirus Response Fund
The grants-giver, run by borough stalwart Hackney CVS, hopes to collect £30k to help groups working with vulnerable people