‘Holiday hunger’: Education chief hits out at government over free school meals delay
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble pays tribute to teachers after last-minute announcement left them scrambling to help families over Easter
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Woodberry Down locals fight to save Happy Man Tree from destruction by developers
Council officers accept loss of venerable plane tree would cause ‘substantial harm to biodiversity and public amenity’
Diaries and rainbows: Town Hall to celebrate Hackney’s artistic and literary talents
Speaker Kam Adams to judge winning rainbow drawing as Hackney Museum calls for diaries to give future insight into lockdown life
Tributes pour in for lost Homerton staff after ‘heartbreaking weekend’
Acute care nurse Michael Allieu and carers support specialist Sophie Fagan remembered by colleagues
Rose Vouchers for people on low incomes now accepted by all Ridley Road traders
More than 3,000 redeemed in the space of 10 days
Charity delivering hot meals to vulnerable Woodberry Down residents appeals for help
Manor House Development Trust needs donations to expand the reach of its free service to 500 people
Call goes out to community for donations of PPE to local care organisations
Town Hall works to source emergency stock as masks, goggles, plastic aprons and gloves sought for staff
Much-debated school in former police station wants to double student numbers
Olive School hopes to open with 180 pupils as residents warn of ‘intolerable conflict’ between needs of pupils and ongoing construction
Children’s ward at Homerton Hospital converted for adult Covid-19 patients
Children’s A&E remains fully operational as child inpatients to be transferred to Royal London
Town Hall urged to suspend planning amid community concern over lockdown impact
Hackney Society says residents are right to express unease over a system that ‘already suffers from many barriers to access’
Appeal for donations of smart devices so quarantined patients can video-call relatives
Homerton Hospital receives ‘tremendous boost’ with donation of 50 iPads
Stamford Hill rabbi and former councillor Avrohom Pinter dies of coronavirus
Leading figures pay tribute to a ‘giant of community politics’
Coronavirus: Thousands of Hackney businesses ‘falling through the net’
Town Hall calls for conference with Chancellor and local businesses to discuss further support
‘Hackney Heroine’ Pauline Pearce and family remain stranded in Gambia
Former local mayoral candidate appeals for help as her and her father run out of medication with no means of getting home
Homerton Hospital doctor dies of coronavirus after calling for more PPE
Local politicians pay tribute to ‘hero’ Dr Abdul Mabud Chowdhury, who leaves behind his wife and two children
Coronavirus: Families with SEND ‘struggling’, campaigners warn Town Hall
Council urged to adopt ‘explicit focus’ on vulnerable families amid concerns children with SEND could ‘regress significantly’ during crisis without support