Councillor calls for CCTV cameras on Cazenove estate to stop drivers blocking emergency access
Town Hall says parking officers have visited Broad Common Estate 255 times in the past six months
Abraham Jacobson
2016 – A look back on the year we woke up as strangers in a strange land
What have we learnt? What has changed? And what is likely to stay the same? As the year draws to a close, we look back on a momentous 12 months
Anger at council’s plan for new parking controls close to Stamford Hill
Opposition politicians voice fears motorists are seen as cash cow – but council insists revenue will be reinvested in transport schemes
Nazi swastikas painted on vans outside Jewish school in Stamford Hill
Community safety chief acknowledges need for reassurance following spate of incidents, but councillor cautions against giving crimes too much publicity
Shouts of ‘Shami Chakrabarti!’ as councillors debate ‘inclusive education’
Lib Dems abstain from voting and Tories oppose motion proposed by Cllr Mete Coban lambasting grammar school expansion
Duo of advisers to Mayor Philip Glanville look set to receive £37,000 annually
Opposition councillor says sum is ‘not to be sniffed at’ ahead of changes to Hackney Council’s constitution expected to be approved tonight
Titbits — Handbags, prize gags and glow-in-the-dark posters
Doubts over whether the council’s ‘edgy’ signs are working, and will Mayor Pipe and Cllr Simche Steinberger ever patch things up?
Register, criminalise or ignore? Hands tied over Stamford Hill yeshiva schools
Unregistered faith schools are no secret, but they aren’t likely to enter the state system anytime soon
Titbits – Four Communications, Hackney Today and parties’ row over Cazenove
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Talmud Torah Chaim Meirim Wiznitz School warned against ‘slapping’
Ofsted report warns ultra-religious independent Jewish school not to use corporal punishment
Hackney Council meeting ends in farce amid accusations of Standards Committee ‘bias’
Dalston Special Policy Area plans voted through earlier in evening
Hackney census: a question of religion
Jewish and secular groups have raised concerns regarding ‘flaws’ in the filling-in process