Half of all homeless struggle to read, says St Mungo’s Broadway
Mare Street hostel organises Action Week of workshops to help homeless rebuild their lives away from the streets
Emmanuel Mair
Hackney rent campaigners slam London Mayor’s ‘populist’ stance on housing
Housing campaign group Digs criticize Boris Johnson for sending out ‘mixed messages’
Uniform policies spark colourful debate in Hackney Schools
Parents still divided as to whether new “Greyhurst” uniform represents social equaliser or straightjacket for individuality
Party politics: Town Hall throws celebration for ‘The Voice’ winner Jermain Jackman
Singer congratulated by his ‘role models’ Ed Miliband and Diane Abbott at reception on Sunday
Hackney GPs ‘gobsmacked’ by Government’s defence of NHS cuts which may close 12 surgeries
Health Minister claims current system, which tends to benefit poorer areas, is “out of date”
Hoxton squatters in standoff with officers as police station occupiers face eviction
Cop shop squatters who face being booted out are ‘vulnerable and homeless,’ supporter says
Uniform will ‘suck colour out of’ Gayhurst Community School, parent warns
Petition signed by over one hundred people demands greater debate over grey and black colour scheme
Oh no, not again! ‘Environmental destruction’ warning over Canalival 2014
Revellers who trashed waterway could return, Canal and River Trust warns
Greens would have won seven council seats under proportional representation
Research suggests party would have been by far the largest opposition locally under ‘fairer’ system
Hackney has highest male lung and bladder cancer death rates in London
Smoking and air pollution blamed for diseases as charity fumes at ‘invisible public health crisis’
Anger at fly-tipped waste on Mabley Green
Waste dumped on green near Hackney Marshes appalls community leader
Travellers given 24 hours to vacate Mabley Green
Notice to leave site near Hackney Marshes is cut after evidence of fly-tipping found
Hackney Labour’s leaflets claim pioneering living wage status
How accurate are boasts that Hackney Council will soon be at the forefront of implementing fairer pay?