Locals objected to prospect of 'cheap booze' from new Nisa Local at site of pub closed after multiple assaults

Opposition councillor slams ‘bureaucratic maze’ as resident says experience shattered her trust

Police complaints body says sacked Child Q officers guilty of ‘gross misconduct’ but teenage girl’s ‘humiliating’ strip-search was not prompted by her race

Deputy mayor and housing boss Guy Nicholson reveals millions spent on compensation and legal costs over past 12 months

Town Hall reveals no planning applications made yet after residents’ enquiry

Council to axe subsidies for households with combined income of 55k and over in September

De Beauvoir estate dwellers say council needs ‘permanent solution’

Report from Parliament warns there are signs that quality of local authorities’ services are in decline

Town Hall gives thousands to 'inspiring' local organisations helping borough's refugees, migrants and people seeking asylum

Council apologises for missing deadline that saw it refused an extension to carry out maintenance works

Environment chief says Climate Emergency UK chart is 'recognition of all our efforts'

The community ‘legend’ passed away earlier this month following a bladder cancer diagnosis

Thinktank Demos piloting £1m resident engagement programme expect to launch in borough in the autumn

Victim named as 46-year-old Annabel Rook, with man, 44, arrested following ‘domestic-related incident’

Daubeney Primary’s Gregory Logan recognised for his support of Deacons Academy in Accra

Social housing ombudsman tells Town Hall to strengthen the basics as mayor promises to ‘turns things around’

Housing chief says Spending Review offers 'genuine hope government shares our commitment to provide safe, genuinely affordable homes'

Data shows trust saw largest spike in patients over-65 between 2022 and 2024, with number rising

Service launching new district heating advice service following persistent heating and hot water outages

Rozel Court dwellers say lifts have been ‘constant problem’ in last decade and lambast services fees as ‘money down the drain’

Town Hall orders Civic Estate to surrender lease over community spaces due to rent arrears – but management calls for ‘full transparency’

Educators to stage 16-day walkout as local politicians decry New City College’s ‘money-making agenda’

Hill Group to rebuild 1930s redbrick estate over a decade after public campaign against rent hikes

Caroline Woodley gives emotional speech at Clapton Common in response to Israel-Palestine war

Malcolm Cripps was ‘traumatised’ after being unable to leave his building last year but is still in the same property

Greens say Wizz Air sponsorship of race ‘flies in the face’ of borough’s net-zero commitments

Local government watchdog said council defied guidelines with scoring system that caused ‘injustice’

Town Hall offers formal meeting with resident Eden Laoutaris and London Renters Union following protest

Committee signs off on changes to late-night hours before five-year policy goes to full vote 'in the future'

Council officers reject opposition’s move to call in decision, setting back parents’ plans for judicial review

Structural repairs for Grade II-listed reading room expected to start in June following scaffolding collapse two weeks ago

Cllr Robert Chapman quizzed over state of borough’s housing revenue account and plans to address ‘unsustainable’ pressure

Equalities chief says council is considering impact of Supreme Court ruling but stresses support for ‘all Hackney communities’

Council says roughly one in four houses in multiple occupation have ‘serious hazards’

Town Hall leaders say shared rooms exacerbate mental health crises for occupants

Leader Una O’Halloran cancels project tipped to deliver 200 homes over ballooning costs and ‘local concerns’

St Dominic’s, St Mary’s, Oldhill and Sir Thomas Abney schools to shut from September

Thomas Fairchild, Grasmere and Nightingale are providing 30 minutes of care before school until July

Local politicians react after swastikas daubed in blue paint over playground rocks were reported on last day of Passover

Families of Highbury Quadrant and St Jude and St Paul’s argue another way as fate of schools due to be decided next week

Local Plan delivers less than half the ‘culturally suitable’ pitches the council said were needed in 2014

Principals of two Hackney academies put in charge of Essex schools following Mossbourne Federation takeover

Thirty-two residents tell Town Hall they will not pay half of fee until ‘grave and urgent’ repairs are completed

Annual fire brigade report finds borough had highest number of people going under trains in all of London

Playhouse wants to sell booze and stage performances until midnight but some locals fear they will ‘never sleep again’

Inspectors praise educational outcomes for care leavers, with only one recommendation for improvement

Council’s decision on proposals to shut or ‘merge’ six primary schools slated for 22 April

Council's decision on proposals to shut Highbury Quadrant and St Jude and St Paul's primary schools slated for 24 April