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The Latest Breaking News from Hackney Council

Week of reckoning for north London schools as fate of eight primaries to be decided

Hackney and Islington are set to decide the fates of a number of London primary schools next week

Evening Standard

‘It’s lawless’: Parents fear for children’s safety as vandals target Hackney school streets

The damage is largely concentrated around primary schools in the borough’s Springfield and Cazenove wards

Evening Standard

Teachers strike over six Hackney school closures as 28-day consultation begins

Teachers and parents take to picket line over Hackney Council plans to merge six schools in the borough

Evening Standard

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Council parking boss behind ‘war on motorists’ in London borough was accused of ‘trying to quash own tickets’

Seamus Adams rolls out programme where those with most-polluting vehicles could pay £750 to park outside own homes

Evening Standard

Beloved Hackney rooftop bar Netil360 and nightclub NT's Loft at risk from 'luxury block of flats'

Evening Standard

'London could be childless': Parents and teachers in last-ditch attempt to save Hackney schools from closure

With four primary schools already forced to shut their doors permanently, Hackney faces becoming a ‘ghost area’ for education. The Standard speaks to locals fighting a council they say has already made its mind up

Evening Standard

Labour-run Hackney Council under fire for using casual staff contracts despite calling them 'exploitative'

Unison says casual employees have ‘covered over 1,000 hours per month’ in Hackney

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Hackney residents ‘up in arms’ as disabled access home rented on Airbnb

Detectives called in as campaigners claim 50,000 social homes in London could be subject to fraud

Evening Standard

Venue where Lady Gaga and Rick Astley played says new flats would threaten its future

The Moth Club in Hackney is fighting a proposal to build two blocks of flats next door, amid fears it would lead to noise complaints from residents

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Moth Club fears future under threat by new block of flats which might start complaining about noise

Evening Standard

Woman plunged to her death from sixth-floor Hackney flat while trying to unblock broken drainpipe

Police heard that neighbours had been climbing onto their balconies to unblock pipes

Evening Standard

High Court challenge over plans to close Hackney children’s centres dropped following 'unlawful' consultation

The council had planned to shut Fernbank and Sebright centres in Stoke Newington and Haggerston

Evening Standard

Hackney Council to slash charity grants amid budget crisis

Council will cut over £800,000 in grants to local charities as it tackles a projected £37m overspend

Evening Standard

Hackney teachers warn borough will end up 'childless' as more schools face closure

Teachers have warned that secondary schools in Hackney could have to close in six to seven years as pupil numbers continue to drop

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Better than the Elizabeth Line? Chowdhury Walk wins RIBA's best new affordable housing award

Chowdhury Walk by Al-Jawad Pike is the winner of the 2024 Neave Brown Award for Housing

Evening Standard

Parents fear special needs pupils will suffer if Hackney school closes

Oldhill Community School is one of six primary schools facing merger or closure under new plans

Evening Standard

Waltham Forest Council faces backlash over plan to house 9,000 people in high-rise towers near Hackney Marshes

Campaign group Save Lea Marshes claims the development would threaten the area's ecology and be a flood risk

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Huge Jeremy Allen White billboard sparks planning row in Hackney

Hackney council have described the advertisement as ‘unlawful’

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Police accused of ‘re-traumatising’ Black child after he was seized by armed police for having a water pistol

After armed police detained him over a water pistol, officers turned up at Child X’s home again and seized his phone claiming that he was suspected of being involved in a crime - something the family has denied

Evening Standard

Hackney councillor Lee Laudat-Scott charged with sexual assault of a child days after quitting council

Lee Laudat-Scott appeared in court on Thursday charged under the sexual offences act with ‘intentionally touching’ a boy aged under 13

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Hackney Council hit by ‘avoidable’ cyber attack

Hundreds of thousands of Hackney resident records were accessed, with the attack described as 'severe' by ICO.

Evening Standard

Hackney family to pay £12,500 after building four rooms on top of home over 20 years ago

The family made ‘significant alterations’ to their home without the council’s consent in 1997, breaking the rules of their lease

Evening Standard

Parents eye legal action against 'horrific' Hackney Council decision to close school

Parents' opposition to the closure of Colvestone Primary School could be taken to the High Court

Evening Standard

Four Hackney schools to close due to 'significant decline in number of school-aged children'

Four primary schools will close at the start of the next school year due to hundreds of empty places in Hackney

Evening Standard

Could Antoinette Fernandez be the next Diane Abbott?

The Nigerian-born activist is the first Black female Green Party candidate for Hackney North and Stoke Newington. Hannah Ghorashi meets her and discovers a unique riches-to-rags story

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