Today in the Life? Town Hall insists replacement for controversial freesheet contains ‘information, not news’
Council confirms attempt to appeal judge’s ruling that it abide by the law and publish its freesheet quarterly rather than every fortnight
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Transport for London lays out plans for new Cycleway between Dalston and Lea Bridge
Public can have a say on the first phase of the route, which is designed to make it easier to get around east London on foot or by bike
Tempers rise as Dalston bakehouse goes for 5am extension of booze licence
Councillors to settle debate next week as residents’ association ‘outraged’
Town Hall ‘agreed to disagree’ with Home Office on counter-terror strategy
Criticism by government over lack of radicalisation referrals ends in ‘stalemate’
Over 13,500 cigarettes seized in raid on Hoxton shop amid council crackdown on illegal tobacco
Sniffer dog Pippa helps trading standards officers track down the stash, hidden in a sink unit and under the chocolate stand
Town Hall ‘highly commended’ for commitment to 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2020
Hackney Green Party calls for further action on fossil fuel divestment and glyphosate use
Hackney pupils show off their pedal power for 2019’s Bike Around The Borough
Nine hundred children from 42 schools joined in the annual ‘bike bus’ earlier this month
Hackney’s East Asian charities win £35k grant to revamp old Bath House in De Beauvoir
The run-down building could reopen as a kitchen and hub for borough’s Chinese, Vietnamese and Filipino populations – if final fundraising push is successful
Blurton Road residents speak out over ‘life-threatening’ speeding on their street
Transport chief promises to visit area as figures over speeding on residential street deemed ‘out of date’
Father of blind 10-year-old ‘humiliated in Kafkaesque nightmare’ over disabled parking bay
Lack of clarity over policy leaves family ‘passed as a buck between uncaring officials’
Local councillors united in criticism of Chris Williamson’s return to Labour following antisemitism row
Hackney Mayor expresses ‘regret’ at decision while Conservative councillor calls out readmission as ‘utter disgrace’
Two pedestrian crossings in Hackney get a rainbow remake for Pride
The crossings have been painted on two roads with historical ties to the local LGBTQI+ community
Hackney becomes first council in the UK to make Windrush a cabinet duty
Cllr Carole Williams, who has led the Town Hall’s response to the immigration scandal, adds Windrush to her portfolio
Over 200 new homes could be built in final phase of council’s award-winning Kings Crescent Estate project
Plans submitted this week also include refurbishments to 174 existing properties on the Stoke Newington block
Marian Court resident still without new home amidst reports of hate crimes and vandalism
East End Sisters Uncut hit out at council as mum-of-four offered vandalised property
Town Hall lays out action plan in response to Ofsted criticism of children’s services
Town Hall commits to prioritising children’s ‘lived experience’