‘Shame and disgust’: Stamford Hill residents launch campaign to clean up ‘unsanitary’ streets
Member of residents’ group Stamford Hill Unites says dumped waste is becoming an ‘increasing problem’
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Pro-Palestinian protesters camped outside Town Hall vow to stay ‘until council divests’
Campaigners, who have already spent two weeks in their tents, are prepared for the long haul if their demands are not met
‘We are all one’: Dalston Curve Garden features in London-wide exhibition inspired by refugees
Artist Kate Daudy has teamed up with the UN Refugee Agency to plant felt flowers across the capital
Council block built on former community garden in Clapton wins architecture prize
Chowdhury Walk impressed RIBA judges with its ‘elegant’ design and environmentally-conscious construction
‘Voice of reason’: London Fields councillor Lee Laudat-Scott appointed Deputy Speaker
New Speaker Sheila Suso-Runge welcomes Laudat-Scott and says he’ll be a ‘great partner’
Labour councillor Sheila Suso-Runge named Speaker of Hackney
Mayor Woodley was among those to pay tribute – though her speech was eerily similar to Suso-Runge’s own 2022 campaign profile
Councillors hit out at ‘lily-livered’ Labour in first press conference since quitting party
Three newly independent councillors addressed pro-Palestinian protesters outside the Town Hall this morning
Three Hackney councillors dramatically quit Labour to form independent group
Cllrs Claudia Turbet-Delof, Penny Wrout and Fliss Premru say they can ‘no longer in good conscience continue campaigning for Labour’
Dawn Carter-McDonald to be appointed as chief executive of Hackney Council
Carter-McDonald has filled the role temporarily for the past 10 months
Petition to salvage plans for wild swimming park in East London reaches 10,000 signatures
Campaigners are trying to save the site from being turned into a ‘secure children’s home’
Mental health charity to open beautiful garden ‘sanctuary’ in Homerton
Core Landscapes, part of Core Arts, is inviting residents to a big launch event on 8 June
Critics round on Woodberry Down plans as next phase narrowly wins approval
A Labour schism meant plans for more than 500 new homes passed by a hair
‘Source of inspiration’: Civil rights icon James Baldwin to get blue plaque in Dalston
The author and activist will be commemorated at the Hackney CVS building on Dalston Lane, which he visited two years before his death in 1987
Pro-Palestinian protestors descend on Town Hall to demand end to Israeli weapons investment and Haifa twinning
Amid ongoing conflict in Gaza, local protestors call on Hackney Council to cease funding and axe relationship
Researchers are on the hunt for stories about the Old Fire Station in Stoke Newington
A project team at the iconic community venue is hosting an open day next week – and they’d love to hear people’s memories of the place
Labour’s Sem Moema re-elected as Assembly Member for north-east London
Moema took more than 50 per cent of the vote in a dominant performance