‘It’s our local park’: Primary school pupils fight for ‘basic right’ to have playtime in De Beauvoir Square
Candidates for upcoming De Beauvoir by-election line up in support of the children following complaints from local residents
Kelly Reid
De Beauvoir by-election: Independent Network candidate calls for a ‘more diverse political make-up’ in Hackney
Youth worker Kelly Reid says residents’ voices in her home ward ‘need to be heard’
Local elections 2022: Housing, racism and LTNs on the agenda for Hackney’s Independent Network
The Citizen caught up with the 11-strong group of candidates ahead of voting on 5 May
Council’s anti-crime chief Caroline Selman joins police on weapons sweep following spate of stabbings
Cracking down on knife crime remains ‘massive priority’, she insists amid alarm about attacks and concern over changes to police use of stop and search
Arrests follow yet another stabbing, this time in Coopersale Road, Homerton
Incident happened on same day as sergeant apprehended suspected knifeman in Stoke Newington and follows troubling spate of violent attacks
Rise in knife crime blamed on declining use of stop and search
Two Hackney youth workers at the Crib say figures show stabbings spike coincided with dwindling use of the police powers