The Latest Breaking News from Hackney

A man has been jailed after raping a woman in Hackney.

Familiar to millions of TV viewers through The Apprentice, the Hackney-born peer who has sunk the hopes of dozens of wannabe tycoons with the dreaded words “You’re fired” is one of the UK’s best-known business people.

Liam Taylor will be sentenced at later date over killing of Ailish Walsh, 28, in December

The speed limit will be reduced to 20mph on main roads in five London boroughs this week in a bid to improve road safety. Transport for London will cut the speed limit on 17 miles of “red routes” under its control in Camden, Islington, Hackney, Haringey and Tower Hamlets from…

Hackney Council say the popular outdoor lido will remain open during the construction phase

Three years after the Child Q incident, police are still targeting and strip-searching Black children. Here’s how we can stop this, says the musical artist, writer and community activist Franklyn Addo

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In England, the council for the London borough of Hackney has announced plans to ban through traffic from from motorized vehicles from 75 percent of city streets. Electric vehicles and bicycles would still be allowed to travel through, as will emergency vehicles and trash collection trucks. The plan will be…