Hackney One Carnival returns on 10 September – we have all the details
Find out the new route, what’s on, the prospective weather and more in our guide to next weekend’s festivities
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Working age households could face extra £100 a year burden under new council tax proposals
Mayor Glanville says planned change to tax reduction scheme is the ‘fairest option’ amid ‘massive funding shortfall’
Disability campaign group slams council’s user-unfriendly fire risk map
Lack of accessibility is ‘denying disabled people the opportunity to play a full role in Hackney life’
Fluffer Pit Party, Dalston Epic, review: Deap Vally attack from all angles
The vaunted 360-degree stage may dilute their energy slightly, but LA’s Deap Vally were still able to blow the crowd away when they hit Dalston last week
Just two letting agents sign up to council’s fee-scrapping scheme in its first month
Town Hall is asking local agents to stop charging letting fees voluntarily ahead of expected government ban
London Fields Lido finally gets reopening date – after end of summer
The pool will throw its doors back open to swimmers on the last day of September
East End exhibitions – five of the best for September
In our recurring feature, we cast an eye over the top art exhibitions this month, in the borough and beyond
Hackney among worst boroughs in London for health inequality, new figures show
Only residents in Tower Hamlets and Haringey spend longer in ill health, as Town Hall cites ‘financial deprivation’ and better life expectancy
Battersea Dogs & Cats Home to hold Hackney pet drop-in on Saturday 9 September
Free advice and services for dog and cat lovers will feature at the event, to be held at Pembury Community Centre off Dalston Lane
GCSE results: Hackney students ‘excel yet again’ in face of major reforms
Borough’s deputy mayor sings praises of students after they outperform national figures
Hackney pupils pick up their GCSE results
Follow the latest from schools as the first students to be impacted by new GCSE reforms open those all-important envelopes
Learning French by rote? Très ennuyeux! Dalston kids get into new habit with bilingual Sister Act performance
Rio Cinema performance of the musical version of the 1992 Whoopi Goldberg film, taking place this Friday, will be the culmination of a two-week scheme run by Hackney’s Mind Your Language
Urswick is first school in Hackney to bag national equality award
Staff ‘extremely proud’ of tribute recognising the school’s commitment to challenging discrimination
GP practice for homeless people wins ‘Outstanding’ rating from health watchdog
Greenhouse Surgery director describes Care Quality Commission accolade as ‘an honour’ and welcomes ‘wonderful’ feedback from patients
Campaigners ‘mystified’ over Diane Abbott’s failure to sign fossil fuel pledge
Hackney MP’s team cites ‘Shadow Cabinet protocol’ and unfair media scrutiny
Residents to boycott Finsbury Park Post Office stationery shop over merger
Campaigners hoping to save the current Crown Post Office drum up support as deadline for public consultation looms