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Living in Hackney: director Nadia Latif shares her tips for her diverse East End community

Film and theatre director Nadia Latif lives in Hackney’s real-life Albert Square. She explains why it’s the best part of London

Evening Standard · Apr 20, 2022

Man taken to hospital after fire near Hackney’s Broadway Market

A man has been rushed to hospital after a fire broke out in a flat close to Broadway Market.

Evening Standard · Apr 20, 2022

Black people are often associated with deviance – but I never understood the true impact until I was racially profiled

The horrifying experience of Child Q, a 15-year-old girl who was subjected to a strip search by police officers in her school in Hackney, London, is a harrowing example of how British society associates Blackness with deviant behaviour.

The Conversation · Apr 12, 2022

Met police urged to admit racism after strip-search of black girl in Hackney

London council chief says treatment of 15-year-old at school shows institutional racism in force still exists

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2022

Man tells of living with 'rats the size of dogs' in 'mouldy' council flat

Nic, 50, moved into his Hackney flat in 2001 and claims that ever since he has had to cope with a horrific pest infestation including huge rats the "size of his springer spaniel"

Daily Mirror · Mar 31, 2022

Buying off-plan: six-year high in sales of unbuilt homes in London hotspots Hackney and Southwark

Driven by a lack of available homes on the market, the share of homes sold off-plan rose for the first time since 2016, with Cotswolds, Southwark and Hackney among the hotspots

Evening Standard · Mar 28, 2022

Handel in Hackney review – easy beauty and determined string playing

The London Handel festival takes the composer’s music into spaces that wouldn’t normally hear it – with mixed results

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2022

Child Q staff were not aware strip search had taken place, school says

Hackney school says no teachers were present during intimate search of a 15-year-old black girl by police

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2022

Leaving London: this family swapped ‘spiritual home’ Hackney for York — and now save £2,600 a month on rent

London life got harder for Franki Dammone and her husband when children came along. Now, in York, they love being minutes from city and country.

Evening Standard · Mar 25, 2022

Hackney self-build dream: a chance encounter led one architect to create a brand new home on the derelict plot next door

The pandemic gave architect and designer Daniel Sanderson the chance to fulfil his dream: creating a home and crafting furniture with his own hands. Here’s how he did it.

Evening Standard · Mar 23, 2022