Historic Newington Green Meeting House shuts for a year as work begins on £1.8m revamp
The National Lottery is funding a new visitor centre and disabled access – as New Unity church moves out temporarily
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Heart-stopping CCTV shows man narrowly avoid a collapsing roof in Stoke Newington
Shocking near miss happened on the busy high street on Sunday as gale-force winds hit the UK
Shush, this is a building site!: Recording studio ‘reassured’ by promise of quiet construction tests
Historic Strongroom Studios secure condition that neighbouring development won’t go ahead without noise controls
Hackney’s female politicians mark International Women’s Day
‘We’re blazing a trail’, says borough’s newest councillor Penny Wrout
Jennette Arnold calls for more blue plaques for women – as Hackney charity welcomes nod for activist Claudia Jones
Hackney’s London Assembly representative says current disparity between men and women ‘nothing to celebrate’
Town Hall slammed for ‘chronic failure’ in releasing data under Freedom of Information
Council responds to only two-thirds of requests within statutory time limit
BrewDog bar greenlit despite ire of Dalston residents
Residents’ association raises concerns over cumulative impact
‘Enough is enough’: Bus drivers for Hackney’s disabled children to strike over pay
Trade union hits out at Town Hall ‘intransigence’ over split shift compensation
Ofsted rebukes council over slip in ‘quality of practice for vulnerable children’
Town Hall urged to take swift action over ‘areas of weakness’ in child protection
Thames Water admits Lea Bridge floods were ‘too much’ for it to handle
‘If this was in another country, you would have had the Red Cross there, because it was that devastating’
Bullying row rumbles on as council hits back at unions with counter-allegations of ‘intimidatory behaviour’
Town Hall reacts angrily to trade unions pulling their support for investigation into working culture at its call centre
Supervisor removed from Morning Lane roadworks following alleged assault
Police enquiries continue as victim claims Marlborough employee ‘pushed me aggressively in the chest’
Brownlow Road residents complain of ‘Rolls-Royce prices’ in service charges
Housing chief vows to go through 17-page list of charges ‘line by line’
Backlash as Hackney North Labour passes motion rejecting claims of ‘institutional racism’
Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy calls on Labour’s executive committee to investigate Diane Abbott’s local party
‘They’re your figures!’: Petitioners and deputy mayor again lock horns over controversial road closure scheme
Petition to scrap closures signed by over 700 residents and almost 60 businesses
Mayor declares ‘climate emergency’ as Tory councillor repeats denial of manmade global warming
Divest Hackney repeat calls on council to cease investment in fossil fuel companies