Stoke Newington maisonette among number of community spaces being converted back into council housing
‘Clearly we had a surfeit of social housing at one point and now we definitely don’t,’ says planning committee chair
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‘Truly inspiring precedent’: East London’s first wild swimming pond inches closer as campaign group glides past £500k crowdfunding target
East London Waterworks Park campaigners now have their sights set on purchasing the land for their ‘brownfield rainforest’
Emergency appeal launched for Stoke Newington businesses left ‘fighting for survival’ after building collapse
A number of traders on the High Street cannot access their businesses, with the road set to be closed until mid-February
LGBT+ History Month: Hackney mayor hopes ‘people of every identity feel represented’ as borough’s celebrations get underway
Walks, talks, films, performances and more are taking place across the borough throughout February
Hackney food charity raises £5k through sales of its ‘delicious’ plant-based burger
Made In Hackney has teamed up with Fuller’s brewery, which has sold 10,000 of the burgers in its pubs and hotels
‘So much local support’: Teachers striking over pay force closure of 47 Hackney schools
‘Teachers have had enough of low pay and a lack of funding,’ says local union representative
Thousands of council tenants facing seven per cent rent hike as housing costs spiral
Town Hall asks residents for feedback on the planned increase by 17 February
Two arrested on suspicion of child neglect over death of seven-year-old girl
Police took a man, 49, and a woman, 50, into custody
High Street, Stoke Newington: emergency work after rubble rains down from building
The road could be closed to traffic for another week
Increase in councillors’ allowances approved
Every councillor can claim a basic annual allowance of £12,014.
Anti-road closure campaigners raise £10,000 court costs and challenge council to donate to charities
Horrendous Hackney Road Closures appealed on social media to raise the cash
Keep NHS land for NHS use, say campaigners over St Leonard’s Hospital sell-off fears
Council should call on the government for more funding for buildings upkeep, according to Hackney Keep Our NHS Public
Safeguarding expert warning over children in unregistered Hackney ‘schools’
‘The influence that we have is fundamentally undermined by a whack-a-mole approach’
LTN extension plan: Motor vehicles to face restrictions on three quarters of Hackney’s streets
‘It’s a really ambitious plan to reduce pollution’, says Cllr Mete Coban
‘Completely unacceptable’: Cyclists demand ‘better alternative’ after Network Rail shuts major link between Hackney and Islington
Campaigners demand better alternative route to railway bridge that has been shut for safety reasons
NHS campaigners urge council to fight for beloved hospital in Hoxton – before it is ‘forever lost’
Activists ask Town Hall to lobby government for cash to ensure St Leonard’s is kept for patients