‘Some institutions are so hellbent on their rules they squeeze you for any reason’: young people speak out over permanent school exclusion
Pupils expressed their ‘shock, surprise and confusion’
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Coronavirus: How the pandemic is changing the fight against child exploitation
Youth charities call for cohesive approach after warning lockdown measures could be ‘perfect storm’ for criminality
Town Hall ‘agreed to disagree’ with Home Office on counter-terror strategy
Criticism by government over lack of radicalisation referrals ends in ‘stalemate’
Councillors raise concerns over shortfall in violent crime services for young adults
Cllr Sharon Patrick also reveals issues with ex-gang members being placed in hostels alongside former rivals
Hackney Wick charity boss to scale Antarctica’s highest peak in £75k fundraising attempt
Henry Smith, founder of gang prevention charity The Wickers, will battle minus 40 degree temperatures and high speed winds during next month’s climb
‘No obvious link’ between Hackney’s drug markets and an increase in violence, report finds
Findings contradict National Crime Agency claims that drugs fuel London’s violent crime
Labour and Lib Dems clash on knife crime policy – as Caroline Selman says proposals are nothing new
Hackney Liberal Democrats say Violence Reduction Unit would ‘treat violence like a disease’
Charity launches project to prevent sexual abuse of boys in Hackney
Barnados is looking to improve the safeguarding of vulnerable boys and young men in the borough
Cache of knives discovered close to Hackney Wick following Mabley Green brawl
The haul included an example of the controversial “zombie knife”, as well as other weapons
Four jailed for murder of Hoxton teenager Marcel Addai
Brutal knife attack an example of the ‘terrible grip gang culture has on young men who embrace it’
Gang culture shot down as Our Lady’s Convent School students get organised to combat crime
Survey carried out by pupils finds safety is top of public’s concerns
‘Someone knows who killed my son’: mother’s plea at vigil for Joseph Burke-Monerville
Linda Burke-Monerville tells audience at packed St John at Hackney Church: ‘Don’t keep silent if you know who murdered Joseph’
Top Boy gets a mixed reception from Hackney’s youth
A panel of locals enjoys a preview of the Channel 4 drama’s first episode, but finds plenty of flaws in Ronan Bennett’s supposedly realistic portrayal of life in the borough
Top boy: stories of Hackney’s young drug dealers
Ronan Bennett spent two years interviewing gang members in east London for his powerfully personal TV drama, Top Boy. Here he describes their hidden, hopeless world – and the lengths they’ll go to escape from it
After the riots: the Hackney worker teaching young men to be ambitious
Youth worker Emeka Egbuonu’s book has much to teach policymakers following the riots, writes Rachel Williams
Hackney riots: why here? why now?
What were the reasons for this week’s violent disturbances in the borough?