Family charity to launch mentoring service for Hackney care leavers
Family Action appeals for volunteers who can offer support and guidance to youngsters
News
Road closures: Residents complain of ‘shocking crime rise’
Council says police data does not show a problem amid concern over new traffic plans
Abney Park wins £315k grant for ‘exciting’ restoration plans
Lottery money could lead to a multi-million pound investment in the cemetery
Borough now fifth worst in UK for child poverty, new report finds
Council says its work to tackle the issue is being ‘put at risk’ by government cuts
Hackney to get three more cycle routes
London Cycling Campaign welcomes plans announced by Mayor of London
Cladding at four Hackney blocks to be replaced as tests reveal it fails current fire safety standards
Council says cladding is not the same as that found on Grenfell Tower and there are ‘no immediate fire safety concerns’
Titbits – Lying little rags and political handbags
Plus ça change – it’s the monthly column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Leader – Road to ruin
The current approach to public consultations could lead to good schemes falling by the wayside
Council tackles 3,000 urgent fire safety issues discovered post-Grenfell
Mayor says council is ‘working flat out’ to act on FRAs as front doors are checked on estates
Holocaust Memorial Day: Powerful testimony as Hackney remembers ‘defining event in human history’
Survivor Manfred Goldberg delivers harrowing personal account at Town Hall ceremony
Hackney Council to install sprinklers in 114 homes at Haggerston tower block
Queensbridge Road property is first in borough to get sprinklers since the Grenfell fire – due to the high average age of residents
Hackney Council reaffirms efforts to make borough ‘dementia-friendly’ at Town Hall meeting
Cllr Yvonne Maxwell’s motion was welcomed by the Alzheimers’ Society
Owner of vandalised Churchill-themed café in Hackney hits back at critics
Blighty UK’s Chris Evans was attacked in the media after the Finsbury Park eatery was targeted by protesters
Community group running Hackney’s only solar-powered public toilet ‘outraged’ as council pulls plug
Town Hall will not renew Clapton Improvement Society’s lease for Brooksby’s Walk loos due to concerns over income and health and safety
School cleaners call off Hackney strike
Union lifts threat following compromise over pay and contracts
London Fields cinema apologises for Kevin Spacey ‘oversight’
Institute of Light used an old poster for ‘All the Money in the World’ featuring the disgraced star