Hackney Council’s CEO Dawn Carter-McDonald was in court on Wednesday (22 October 2025) after resident Thomas Leveritt filed a contempt application against her which alleged she had failed to comply ...

Last week a group of Hackney charities, businesses and non-profits submitted their vision for how they would “revitalise” the empty historic school site as ‘Colvestone Co-Lab’, a community space that ...

Parents who fear their children’s lives are at risk due to unsuitable housing say they’ve been left “speechless” by their local council reportedly asking NHS staff to stop writing letters supporting ...

“Our goal is to keep Hackney’s markets fair and competitive. For most traders at Ridley Road, the proposed changes mean only small daily increases (often under £4, and sometimes less than £1), with ...

Hackney Council’s CEO is facing charges of contempt of court after the local authority missed a legal deadline to carry out maintenance works, despite a judge’s warning. In her role as the borough’s ...

The future is uncertain with not only war, but environmental chaos, looming. It’s easy to give up or become desensitised, to cocoon or simply despair. But there is another option, and there’s a couple ...

Plans for London’s only secure children’s home are moving forward, but campaigners have doubled down on their opposition. The Pan-London Secure Children’s Home, situated on the 14-acre Thames Water ...

A forgotten London is glimpsed as you dip away from Liverpool Street and into the warren of snaking streets. Rain and a light fog add to the medievalism, although our destination is far from archaic.

Former Spice Girl Mel B and skin care brand Dove joined the campaign to have the emoji’s added by the Unicode Consortium, a US-based organisation that decides which emojis are distributed across the ...

Hackney Council left a child without education for almost a year, causing a mother “distress and worry”, an ombudsman has found. The local government and social care ombudsman ordered Hackney Council ...