Campaigners to ‘fight on’ after council rubberstamps bingo hall demolition
Residents demand changes to ‘unfair’ planning process after failing in last-ditch attempt to block proposals
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Residents in last-gasp effort to save old Mecca Bingo hall
Future of iconic Haggerston venue to be decided at planning committee hearing today
Number of people registered to vote has fallen, new figures reveal
Council blames drop on 2014 switch to individual registration despite past criticism over electoral roll inaccuracies
Teenage poet takes first prize in hard-fought Hackney talent show
Chifa K wins Alter Ego 2017 to mark start of borough’s long-running youth arts festival
CitizensUK demands tougher action on rogue landlords in Town Hall protest
Campaigners want council to bring in licensing scheme in Hackney to help combat criminal behaviour
Climate campaigners set for Saturday stunt in Hackney
Divest Hackney supporters to chase ‘giant fossil fuel monster’ out of borough in protest at council’s investment strategy
Tree felling in Hackney tripled in a single year, new figures show
Council cut down nearly 200 trees across the borough in 2016, but says work is necessary to ‘protect residents’
‘Darkness to descend’ on Eastern Curve Garden as nine-storey tower threat looms
Community blog raises concerns over redevelopment plans for neighbouring Thames House
Mayor urges residents to get involved in Hackney housing strategy
Town Hall consulting on plans to tackle rogue landlords and build more homes, but local renters’ group says proposals could be ‘braver’
Village Underground lodges plans to turn old ABC cinema into arts venue
Group addresses concerns over future of existing tenants as consultation on Hackney Arts Centre nears end
Hackney Council to launch ‘innovative’ house-building company
Have your say on the Town Hall’s new housing strategy, which it says ‘could enable more affordable homes to be built’ across the borough
Titbits – mediums and misspellings spook council
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Military battalion parades through Hackney in freedom exercise
Local unit marks 50th anniversary with colourful procession to celebrate council honour
Fossil fuels: ‘Council wrecking the planet’, claim green campaigners
Divest Hackney protests as Pensions Committee digs in its heels over £21m fossil fuel investments
Business rates: MP Meg Hillier and Hackney Council warn government ‘not to compromise’
Hackney’s elected representatives raise ‘real concerns’ over Whitehall plans for boroughs to keep all business rates income
London Fields Lido to close until summer
‘Urgent repair works’ on crumbling pool walls to begin in April