Hackney girls’ school looks set to welcome boys in effort to combat drop in pupils
Almost half of Year 7 places at Our Lady’s Catholic School in Stamford Hill are currently unfilled
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Scotland Yard’s reform plan wins cross-party praise – with Mayor of London hailing it as an ‘important step’
Force to recruit 500 community support officers as it focuses on neighbourhood policing
Parks boss ‘really proud’ as Hackney celebrates 29 Green Flag awards
Abney Park becomes the latest to meet the international standard for a well-run green space
‘Councils are haemorrhaging cycle training,’ instructors warn as they strike over pay
Campaigners have been staging protests outside Town Halls across London
‘Real privilege’: Hackney Council’s chief executive to depart in August after period of extended leave
News comes just a day after the borough’s mayor acknowledged the ‘uncertainty’ surrounding the top job
Former Hackney councillor pleads guilty to five charges of possessing indecent images of children
Tom Dewey, 36, has been released on bail and will be sentenced on 15 August
‘Nothing more distracting than hunger’: Praise for Hackney School of Food as council launches £300k free meals plan
Town Hall unveils investment to combat child hunger, with an estimated 40 per cent of youngsters in Hackney living in poverty
Housing campaigner accuses council of ‘roping in tenants to collude in cutting services’ with online survey
Pat Turnbull criticises Town Hall questionnaire, which asks council tenants to prioritise services in order of importance
Hackney Mayor acknowledges ‘uncertainty’ as he unveils council’s third chief executive this year
Dawn Carter-McDonald to replace the departing Ian Williams as acting chief later this month
‘Deeply offensive’: Hackney residents hit out at council plans for events in Abney Park Cemetery
Town Hall applies to host a range of activities that it says will help pay for cemetery’s running costs
‘Duty of care’: Hackney Foodbank urges community to help fund holiday lunches for children in poverty
‘Ten pounds can fund lunch for one child for a week,’ says CEO Pat Fitzsimons
‘Overwhelming pride’: Hackney GP surgery wins prestigious NHS Parliamentary Award
Richmond Road Medical Centre wins in ‘Excellence in Primary Care and Community Care’ category
Hackney Mayor ‘not made aware’ of police investigation into Tom Dewey until after council elections
Dewey was charged last week with three counts of making indecent images of children, possession of extreme pornographic images, and possession of prohibited images of children
Four in 10 Londoners unable to ‘live with dignity’ amid ‘devastasting’ economic forces, report shows
Charity foundation finds ‘decent standard of living is just not possible for lots of people’
Ex-Pogues drummer releases charity single to raise money for St Joseph’s Hospice
St Jospeh’s chief says Andrew Ranken’s song ‘perfectly captures’ the serenity of the hospice’s garden
Haringey Council accused of dodging scrutiny over major events at Finsbury Park
‘So much for the ‘Haringey deal’ which claimed the council was now ‘doing things together’,’ says local Liberal Democrat leader