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‘Exhausted, frustrated and angry’: council block’s lift out of action for seven weeks
Second lift failure at Lower Clapton block this summer
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‘Walking the walk’: London mayor hails PM’s plan to hand cities a share of income tax
Andy Burnham's imminent announcement on devolving more fiscal powers to London and other cities should "encourage" Londoners, Sir Sadiq Khan has said.
‘Rollercoaster ride’: Hackney Labour members celebrate Diane Abbott’s return to the party
Former mayor Caroline Woodley and campaigners who lobbied Andy Burnham welcome restoration of the whip to Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP
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Haggerston couple log more than 100 noise complaints over waste site – ‘with no improvement’
Residents living opposite a waste processing facility in Haggerston say more than a year of complaints to Hackney Council and the site's operator has failed to stop overnight noise that is repeatedly disrupting their sleep
London mayor launches £1.8bn river clean-up plan at West Reservoir
Sadiq Khan blames 'decades of neglect' by water firms as Thames Water commits £1.7bn — and singles out Hackney for praise on opening up its "blue spaces"
‘A serious mistake’: Mayor says sorry for October 7 deadline in Haifa letter
Follow-up letter to Mayor of Haifa extends de-twinning consultation by a week, as council tells the Citizen the date was an ‘error’ it corrected as soon as it was noticed
Hackney votes to begin severing 58-year twinning link with Haifa
Green administration carries motion as Labour and Conservative councillors warn of damage to community relations
‘Be more French’: Sir Sadiq urged to cut speed limits during ozone alerts
The London Assembly's Green group leader wants City Hall to copy Paris, where speed limits drop by 20km/h when ground-level ozone spikes
Ofsted praises transformed support for Hackney’s care leavers
Inspectors found warm and trusting relationships, thorough planning and a well-received new hub — two years after judging the same service to require improvement
Hackney moves to end six-decade twinning with Haifa amid antisemitism row
The borough’s new Green administration has triggered a process to sever its 1968 partnership with the Israeli city, honouring an election pledge
Chatsworth public toilets spared as Greens reverse Labour plan
New administration scraps sale of the derelict Brooksby's Walk site after campaigners warn that selling off public assets is 'crazy economics'
Protesters demand return of ‘precious’ London Fields paddling pool
Families who fought to bring back the London Fields paddling pool are celebrating after the council agreed to kickstart its return, five years after it closed
Well Street Common assault: appeal for witnesses after man left in critical condition
A 24-year-old man remains in a critical condition in hospital
Post office closure sends Broadway Market reeling
Residents launch petition after London Fields branch is repossessed in a 3am lockout — with over 1,500 signatures now urging the landlord, MP and Post Office to reopen its doors
Hackney forces Sadiq Khan retreat on affordable housing cuts
Zoë Garbett claims victory after London mayor agrees to scrap his 20 per cent affordable housing floor and restore Hackney’s threshold to 35 per cent — though not until 2028
‘A work of fiction’: Draft London Plan slashes housing ambition as critics round on Sadiq Khan
City Hall pitches for 558,000 new homes by 2037 — well short of the 850,000 set by ministers — as deputy mayor Jules Pipe insists lower figure is the only 'deliverable' number
Hackney Greens distance themselves from Burnham effigy protest
Cabinet members were named as attending a trans rights demonstration where an effigy of the incoming Prime Minister was stabbed — but the party insists they witnessed no violence
Homerton community garden wins fifth Green Flag award
A community garden run by a Homerton mental-health charity has been awarded a Green Flag for the fifth year running, as the organisation behind the national scheme warns that access to safe, well-kept parks is increasingly a matter of postcode.
STIK print raises over £4,000 for the Homerton
The Hackney artist’s signed Holding Hands set sold at Bonhams, with the full proceeds going to the hospital where, as he put it, much of Hackney was born
The graveyard at Hackney Wick: sunken boats left to rot
Where the Hertford Union Canal meets the River Lee at Hackney Wick, two sunken narrow boats lie within touching distance of one another