Josh Loeb: Is nature healing?
The local journalist and animal lover on critter-spotting during lockdown, pubic lice (not from experience), the R rate for nits, and why rewilding shouldn’t be limited to the remotest parts of the UK
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Hackney councillor Jon Burke wants libraries to lend out power tools and kitchen appliances
But head of free market thinktank says he is sceptical about the idea taxpayer-funded authorities should buy goods on public’s behalf
Risk of ‘Rotherham’ situation warns Hackney councillor in unregistered Orthodox Jewish schools row
Local rabbis bemoan Ofsted’s “agenda” as concerns raised over lack of safeguarding and “missing” children
Grammar wars: Philip Glanville among speakers at Progress rally on schools
Event in Parliament follows sparring between political opponents during Town Hall debate on ‘inclusive education’
‘Let residents get their hands on cash for estate regeneration plans’
Green party politician Sian Berry champions ‘community led’ schemes as she accuses Sadiq Khan of ignoring tenants’ and leaseholders’ views
Hackney Council abandons pledge to house seven Syrian refugee families by Christmas
Home Office delays blamed as Town Hall confirms only three families will receive sanctuary in the borough by end of year
Pay all staff at least London Living Wage, urges Mayor of Hackney
Philip Glanville has called on all businesses in the borough to follow his council’s lead
Allotment tenants evicted from Olympic Park reap harvest in new plots
The Manor Gardens allotments were gifted to East Londoners ‘in perpetuity’ over a century ago but were swept away to clear space for London 2012
Housing could be built behind Stoke Newington Town Hall to help cover maintenance costs
Millions have been spent to shore up grade II-listed Church Street building, which is a popular wedding venue
Town Hall evacuated and Mare Street partially closed after explosion
‘Nobody was injured, the police and the council are dealing with the incident,’ says spokesperson
New mayor says: ‘No decision yet on Britannia’s future’
Written reply came after three campaign groups raised fears the leisure centre was set to be demolished
National Union of Teachers’ blasts shock plan to make all Hackney schools academies
All Hackney’s schools could end up becoming academies under Hackney Learning Trust’s proposal
Mother and disabled child inappropriately housed after fleeing domestic violence, council admits
Hackney woman, who declined to be named, had to carry her wheelchair-using child up stairs to reach bathroom
Anntoinette Bramble to become deputy mayor of Hackney
Leaked list shows makeup of new top team of politicians in charge at Town Hall
Battles over ‘racetrack’ and superhighway pitch cyclists against walkers
With transport a major issue in the forthcoming Hackney mayoral election, Josh Loeb asks whether new cycleways can coexist peacefully with pedestrians
Meet the candidates for Hackney Mayor: Dave Raval, Liberal Democrats
The Lib Dem candidate on why he wants to triumph in “the biggest election in the UK since the EU referendum”