‘Real community feel’: New plant-inspired mural set to brighten up Dalston
Artist Claire Ward-Thornton is finishing off a nine-metre-high artwork on Wilton Way
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Historic leisure centre in Lower Clapton set for roof repairs to ‘minimise health and safety risks’
Council applies for listed building consent to work on 126-year-old Kings Hall
‘Little happy space’: Free activities at Hackney GP surgeries prove a hit with patients and volunteers
Together Better scheme set to expand – much to the ‘delight’ of the council’s health chief
Hackney’s young parliamentarians call for back-to-school donations to help pupils feel ‘confident and ready’
Hackney’s Youth Parliament is putting together packs of essentials such as rucksacks and pencil cases
‘Disingenuous’: Rishi Sunak’s call for LTN review condemned by Hackney transport chief
Cllr Mete Coban says government has no power over the controversial traffic measures
Campaigners speak out after ‘one of largest police raids on Ridley Road in recent memory’
Police say six arrests were made for drugs and weapon offences, but campaign group calls raid ‘intimidating and traumatising’
Hackney transport chief defends ‘bold’ LTNs as campaigners again call for them to be scrapped
Cllr Mete Coban fielded a number of questions on the controversial traffic measures at full council
Politicians back move for Hackney to formally become a borough of sanctuary for refugees
Council hopes to officially join network of places in the UK that welcome asylum seekers and refugees
‘I’ve never put the safeguarding of anyone at risk,’ says Hackney Mayor as he faces questions over disgraced former councillor
Tom Dewey pleaded guilty to five child porn charges in July – just over a year after his abrupt resignation from the council left Town Hall watchers puzzled
Hackney girls’ school looks set to welcome boys in effort to combat drop in pupils
Almost half of Year 7 places at Our Lady’s Catholic School in Stamford Hill are currently unfilled
Scotland Yard’s reform plan wins cross-party praise – with Mayor of London hailing it as an ‘important step’
Force to recruit 500 community support officers as it focuses on neighbourhood policing
Parks boss ‘really proud’ as Hackney celebrates 29 Green Flag awards
Abney Park becomes the latest to meet the international standard for a well-run green space
‘Councils are haemorrhaging cycle training,’ instructors warn as they strike over pay
Campaigners have been staging protests outside Town Halls across London
‘Real privilege’: Hackney Council’s chief executive to depart in August after period of extended leave
News comes just a day after the borough’s mayor acknowledged the ‘uncertainty’ surrounding the top job
Former Hackney councillor pleads guilty to five charges of possessing indecent images of children
Tom Dewey, 36, has been released on bail and will be sentenced on 15 August
‘Nothing more distracting than hunger’: Praise for Hackney School of Food as council launches £300k free meals plan
Town Hall unveils investment to combat child hunger, with an estimated 40 per cent of youngsters in Hackney living in poverty