Children’s designs for Shoreditch Park play centre given thumbs-up by planners
Ideas for slides and a rooftop space get go-ahead as part of huge £350k redesign
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Council accidentally leaks addresses of vulnerable residents with IT blunder that ‘could have cost lives’
Citizen investigation reveals senior managers made social work case notes, NI numbers, and locations of at-risk women free to view for every internet user
New lease of life for Grade I-listed former church in Shoreditch
Saint Michael and All Angels Church is one of only six buildings in Hackney with the top heritage status
New traffic measures to be introduced around school at former police station in central Hackney
Council to bring in two School Streets outside the Olive School, which is set to welcome all 630 pupils this autumn
Homerton medics awarded Freedom of the Borough for going ‘above and beyond’ during pandemic
Hospital chairman Sir John Gieve jokingly says he hopes the accolade ‘brings the freedom to drive sheep’
Council unveils £400k fund to help Hackney’s cultural institutions recover from the pandemic
Around 80 venues can apply for a one-off £5k grant as Town Hall launches Hello Again, Hackney campaign
Community stalwart to replace slave trader’s name at public garden in Homerton
Kit Crowley replaces Sir John Cass in first success for council’s renaming project
Hyangmok Baik: Forgotten By Us, Beers Gallery, exhibition review: ‘The more one looks, the more one sees’
The Korean painter’s solo show is ‘full of colour and off-beat imagery’
Council residents asked to share ideas for better outdoor space on their estates
Funding available for one-off changes such as play equipment, seating and plants
‘Locals need protection’: The gentrification of Shoreditch and the campaign to save Brick Lane
Controversial plans for the iconic Truman Brewery have sparked a wave of protests
London Mayor defends ‘crucial’ ULEZ expansion as 300,000 asthma sufferers say symptoms are triggered by toxic air
Sadiq Khan reaffirms commitment to extending low-emission zone following hard-hitting new study
‘Keep your mask on’: Safety measures still in place at Homerton Hospital as Covid restrictions ease
Chief nurse sends out reminder as number of Covid patients ‘creeps up again’
Hackney’s creativity and resilience during pandemic to be celebrated in new book
Life Under Lockdown will feature work from numerous local artists and photographers
Hackney protesters take the knee in solidarity with England footballers
Anti-racism vigil follows racist abuse suffered by a number of players in the wake of the team’s loss in the Euro 2020 final
Schnitzel Forever, Stoke Newington, food review: ‘It’s as if Vienna flapped her wings and landed in Hackney’
The Church Street restaurant has schnitzel in ‘almost any configuration your little greedy heart could think of’
Hackney swimmers feature in charity photographs celebrating the power of water
Local swimmers from London Fiel;ds Lido and West Reservoir Centre take part in WaterAid campaign