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Hackney Council security guard filmed throwing housing protester to the floor
Campaigners spent two hours in the foyer demanding a home for a family in one-bedroom temporary accommodation
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Clapton nursery ordered out of church hall as new site awaits Ofsted sign-off
Families at St Michael's Nurseries on Blurton Road say they were given days' notice
West Reservoir path opens — but row grows over fence that keeps non-swimmers from the water
Residents say the scheme has created a 'place of segregation'
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Council hands out £10,500 to open repair cafés across Hackney
Volunteers will fix broken household items for free as the Town Hall marks Zero Waste Week with grants for seven community groups
Residents can claim unused council land to grow food under new pilot
Groups of five or more people can apply for verges, vacant plots and land around council buildings, with the first ten schemes to be approved this year
Hackney MP ‘scoping out’ run for City Hall if Sadiq Khan stands down
David Lammy, who has represented Woodberry Down and Brownswood since 2024, held a fundraising dinner that party sources say was a testing ground for a run at the mayoralty
Ombudsman faults Hackney over disabled man’s care delays
Council pays £2,500 compensation over 18-month supported living delay
Empty Stoke Newington Town Hall costs council £850,000 a year
Grade II-listed landmark has stood empty for seven years, with asbestos and a hidden coal bunker delaying repairs
Council delays left autistic boy without teaching for months
Watchdog orders Town Hall to pay £4,500 to the family for causing 'avoidable distress'
Titbits – Locks, frocks and five-year plans
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Council hires Wates to finish stalled Britannia regeneration
Council officers used delegated powers to move the contract to a parent company that later folded
Labour attacks Green record as Garbett marks 100 days
Labour has used the Green administration's 100-day mark to accuse it of neglecting repairs, buses and nursery fees. The mayor's office calls the charge sheet an 'inaccurate shopping list'
Self-swab cervical screening now offered at every Hackney GP surgery
Rollout to all 1,100 practices in the capital is aimed at women six months or more overdue, who can now take their own sample without an internal examination
Plans submitted for 23-storey ‘co-living’ high rise in Homerton
A ‘co-living’ high-rise block could be coming to Hackney under plans to knock down and redevelop abandoned garages in Homerton
London Mayor warned: retrofit the capital’s overheating homes faster
Three-quarters of the capital’s social housing stock is judged at high risk of overheating
Greens and Labour trade blows over London Fields paddling pool
Cabinet member Jacob Cable says the pool 'sat closed and derelict' under Labour, as Cllr Anntoinette Bramble accuses the new administration of offering 'kind platitudes' instead of a firm commitment
Residents fight Town Hall plan to build on Hoxton community garden
Campaigners say the 16-year-old kitchen garden on St John's Estate cannot be moved, as Hackney Council proposes 32 social rent homes on the site
Hoxton playgrounds locked for years as Labour councillor launches campaign to reopen them
Repairs are underway at one Wenlock Barn play area. The other needs more than a routine fix — and the council has set no timetable for it
‘More like 20 years’: Zoë Garbett on 100 days in office
From a £53m funding gap to a fight over single-sex spaces, Hackney's first Green mayor on rearranging the furniture and setting a new tone at the Town Hall
Council must keep tenants cool under new heat law
City Hall says failing to adapt could cost London up to £36bn a year by the 2050s