Questions asked over Hackney Credit Union collapse
Members of community-based initiative still await full explanation
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School uniform grant increased to £100
Hackney’s Citizens Advice Bureau explains how its campaign is helping local parents
Parents fail to get their choice of schools
Kids packed off to primaries in other boroughs as applications in Hackney surge
Mesothelioma: Hospice wins landmark victory in asbestos cancer case
Court decision to make engineering firm pay £10,000 towards care of victim to open door for more claims from hospices
The new public space: how Britons have reclaimed the streets
From guerilla gardening to outdoor ping-pong, we are becoming more creative with the gaps developers leave behind
Jewish schools are not a faith school ‘menace’
My local Jewish primary is multicultural and academically excellent, and shows Dawkins is wrong about faith schools
Hideously diverse Britain: The world is getting smaller
Growing up in east London, I walked north, west and south and rode buses to explore the city. A couple of generations later, young men can’t walk to the end of the street
Beating the loan sharks
Falling into the poverty trap can be a nasty business, according to Mark Hannam of Dalston-based lenders Fair Finance
Dogs: face to face with my worst enemy
Many Muslims, growing up in devout households, are taught that dogs are dirty and scary. So could Sarfraz Manzoor learn to love Cookie the bulldog?
Homeless charity fails to find cash
Rhythms of Life appeals for help to find a new premises so it can continue feeding Hackney’s homeless
New academies plan will bring chaos, say MPs
Concerns over education proposals which may leave schools less accountable to local parents and elected representatives
Urban fox hunt video was hoax aimed at the media, say film-makers
Chris Atkins and Johnny Howorth, the team behind Starsuckers, say film was satirical swipe at press coverage of fox attacks
Tram shed campaigners fight on
Local residents object to decision to develop historic site, whilst businesses and their employees claim it will destroy livelihoods