A Hackney resident living in social housing has issued an urgent plea to be moved thanks to her noisy neighbour. The resident, who wished to remain anonymous, said the man who lives upstairs is ‘very ...

A Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review into Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy has been released. The review was commissioned after a number of parents with children at Mossbourne Victoria Park ...

A short film celebrates the Hackney locals who have planted hundreds of trees across the borough over the last 25 years. Everyone’s Garden explores the work of the Tree Musketeers, a volunteer-run ...

In July this year, six-month-old Abdullah Ali died after contracting chicken pox. On Monday (1 December) an inquest into his death concluded that he had succumbed to encephalitis, a rare but serious ...

Hackney’s Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission has issued a Call for Evidence as part of a review into how the council and its partners can better support children and young people. The ...

Campaigners have now called on Sir Sadiq Khan, the chair of TfL, to implement a similar plan when it comes to tackling violence and harassment of women and girls on London’s tubes and buses.

A new Aldi is set to open its doors in east London but scores of residents fear it could stoke anti-social behaviour in the area. In October, Hackney Council granted planning permission for the German ...

In the report, entitled ‘Mind the Funding Gap’, the cross-party committee called on the mayor and TfL to restart the development of Crossrail 2 – a new line linking national rail networks in Surrey ...

Organisers of the annual Winter Toy Appeal are hoping for a Christmas miracle as they issue an urgent plea for donations.