Police launch murder probe after man stabbed to death in Stoke Newington
Victim, thought to be in his fifties, was found with a knife wound on Northwold Road last night
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Teenager arrested on suspicion of murder following fatal stabbing on Hackney Road
Seventeen-year-old in custody after boy of the same age died on Saturday night
‘Above and beyond the call of duty’: Phone-snatching youth found guilty after off-duty police officer intervenes
A teenager has been convicted after an off-duty officer spotted him armed with a knife about to snatch mobile phones
‘Your life mattered’: Tributes paid to Hackney teenager stabbed to death in Highbury Fields
Police are urging anyone with information about the attack on 4 August to come forward
‘I want to see a violence-free community’: Mother of teenager killed in Hackney receives MBE for anti-knife crime campaign
Yvonne Lawson MBE dedicates honour to her son Godwin and to those who ‘held my hand’ and ‘showed me love’
Mother of teenager murdered in Hackney joins anti-knife crime campaign
Yvonne Lawson MBE relives the first call she made following her son’s death to encourage people to use Crimestoppers
Stop and searches in Hackney more than double in three years
Community leaders say indiscriminate use of practice risks alienating people
Town Hall ponders crime hotline for reporting suspicious activity
Council to explore ‘route for parents and members of the community to raise concerns’
Reformed gang members urge schools to stop excluding pupils at risk of exploitation
Calls made for more outreach workers able to speak to young people ‘from a Hackney perspective’
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’
Two teenagers arrested in Dalston for wielding ‘monster’ knife during fight
Youngsters were waving the 10-inch weapon during a fight in the early evening of Thursday
Boy aged 12 caught carrying 8-inch blade in Hackney
Youngster was remanded in custody after being arrested following alleged robbery in Stoke Newington earlier this month
Yet another stabbing in Hackney – but police do not believe recent incidents of knife attacks are related
Borough commander Chief Superintendent Simon Laurence admits intelligence gathering has become harder because of cuts as he calls on public to report those who carry blades
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