‘Kind, thoughtful and principled’: Former Hackney councillor Geoff Taylor dies aged 70
Labour colleagues pay tribute to the talented musician and ex-teacher who served on the council for 16 years until illness forced him to step down in 2018
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48 bus to be withdrawn this weekend – as number 30 goes two-way on Wick Road
All change as TfL pushes ahead with controversial scrapping of the 48 route despite local opposition
‘Towers of privilege’: East London politicians call for return of powers from Olympic legacy corporation
Councillors brand lack of affordable homes in recent Hackney Wick developments ‘egregious’
‘Not good enough’: Mayor hits out at Thames Water’s response to Finsbury Park flooding
Mayor delivers withering assessment of the organisation’s reaction to yesterday’s burst pipe, which saw at least 250 homes suffer water damage
Doomed from the start: Early designs for Bridport House included combustible insulation
Town Hall maintains Willmott Partnership Homes still bears full legal responsibility despite tender docs detailing non-compliant materials
‘Raise the alarm’: Hackney climate strikers take to the streets to demand change
Hackney Mayor promises ‘largest new tree planting programme in a generation’
Protesters stage Town Hall takeover in solidarity demo for Marian Court residents
Council meeting disrupted by demonstrators as Town Hall denies claims that campaigning has influenced families’ treatment
Local campaigners doubtful Hackney children ‘will see a penny’ of extra £700m for SEND
Town Hall ‘disappointed’ that funding only covers half of nationwide deficit with no guarantees of continuation beyond next year
Hackney Carnival 2019 – the biggest and greenest yet
Sustainability-themed celebration marked with eco-friendly initiatives
A-level Results Day: Hackney students get their grades
Jitters and joy aplenty as we bring you news from schools across the borough
Titbits – Tory blues, Mayor stews and hold the front page, we’ve got breaking… information
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Campaigners to hold Marian Court ‘protest party’ over threats of intentional homelessness
Thursday evening’s protest planned as family event with ‘speeches, food and music’ as campaigners say safe housing ‘a right, not a privilege’
Campaigners and council to scrutinise plans for Bishopsgate Goodsyard
Revised proposals to be studied ‘forensically’ as Hackney Mayor keeps up pressure on affordability
Hackney rated bottom in England for ‘liveability’ as activists call for change
Liberal Democrats argue for more borrowing to build housing as borough posts low scores in combined index of ‘opportunity, affordability and desirability’
Town Hall breaks ground on new homes ‘firmly rooted’ in Stamford Hill’s Jewish community
Tower Court will feature 50 family-oriented properties, Shabbat-compliant lifts and a new base for Hatzola ambulance service
Hackney pupils show off their pedal power for 2019’s Bike Around The Borough
Nine hundred children from 42 schools joined in the annual ‘bike bus’ earlier this month