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Gun crime in London 'incredibly rare' says Home Secretary as he speaks out after Hackney horror shooting

James Cleverly told the Standard he was receiving consistent ‘updates’ on the case

Evening Standard

The turbulent career of Diane Abbott: from first black female MP to shunned by Labour

Will she, won’t she? The Hackney MP is causing ruptures within the Labour party. Robbie Griffiths charts her remarkable — and often rocky — political career

Evening Standard

Hackney shooting: Restaurant owner tells of horror moment girl, 9, gunned down inside while eating with family

Forensics were seen searching outside the restaurant as well as church - as girl remains in critical condition on Friday

Evening Standard

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Labour, Black voters and the damage of the Diane Abbott row

The strength of feeling in Hackney has been echoed elsewhere, with dozens of prominent Black Britons signing an open letter – seen by The Independent – warning the furore risked alienating Black voters, Race Correspondent Nadine White writes. But is the party already seeing damage on the doorstep?

The Independent UK

Labour’s treatment of Diane Abbott shows the party at its most cruel

Letters: Readers respond to Labour’s investigation following the Hackney MP’s suspension from the party in April 2023, and the long delay in coming to a resolution

The Guardian - UK

Hackney shooting: girl, nine, in critical condition and three men wounded

Child seriously injured in drive-by shooting as she ate with her family at north-east London restaurant

The Guardian - UK

Hackney shooting CCTV shows gunman on motorbike as girl, 9, fights for her life

Witnesses said gunman, riding on a stolen motorbike, sprayed bullets towards diners who dived for cover

Evening Standard

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‘When I heard the news I went potty’: Diane Abbott’s Hackney constituents react to Labour ‘election ban’

People living in Diane Abbott’s Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency voiced their views as the uncertainty hangs over the future of the veteran MP

The Independent UK

‘I feel sick’: fury in Diane Abbott’s constituency at treatment of their MP

Hackney North and Stoke Newington voters express anger and unease – and most say MP should be allowed to stand

The Guardian - UK

I want to be an MP for as long as possible, Diane Abbott tells supporters

Comments at rally in east London follow Keir Starmer’s denial that the Hackney MP would be barred from standing in the election

The Guardian - UK

Three Labour names in frame with Diane Abbott’s candidacy in doubt

Three activists with links to Hackney constituency widely talked about as possible replacements to stand for election

The Guardian - UK

Met police searching for man following 'gunfire' in Hackney

Those involved had left the scene by the time police had arrived

Evening Standard

Infected blood victim from Hackney told daughter to 'keep fighting for justice' the day he died

Reverend Clifford Samuels, from Hackney, is thought to have caught the disease during an operation to remove a stomach ulcer at the Prince of Wales hospital in Tottenham in the 1970s

Evening Standard

Woman in court accused of hit and run after cyclist death in Hackney

Harry Webb, a 27-year-old music student, died in hospital two days after sustaining ‘terrible’ injuries

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Family pay tribute to 'vibrant and loving' mother found dead in car in Hackney

Man, 27, to stand trial accused of the murder of Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche

Evening Standard

OPINION - London’s best shopping has now moved from Bond Street to Hackney as sample sales and second hand boom

Cutting across Bond Street the other day was nothing short of depressing. At the crossroads with Brook Street where Fenwicks sat, three out of the four corner stores are empty. Opposite the old department store is the boarded-up chasm of where Victoria’s Secret once had queues out the door.

The Guardian - UK

‘All of them were drunk’: Iain Sinclair on Freud, Bacon and the postwar Soho arts scene

The author on his new book about photographer John Deakin, being at ease in his 80s – and walking amid London’s fast-moving phone zombies

Evening Standard

Gangsters jailed over dancefloor shooting in Hackney

The dead gunman was a ‘core member’ of the 67 gang from Brixton Hill

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Evening Standard

Gang members who carried out string of terrifying shootings in Hackney jailed

Three brothers among those convicted of extreme violence in their role in a drug operation

Evening Standard

Hackney rapist finally brought to justice 15 years after series of 'horrific' attacks

Kurt Forbes has been jailed for 11 years for raping man three times in Hackney attacks

Evening Standard

Why I live in Hackney: presenter Anita Rani on why hers is 'the best borough' in London

Twenty years after swapping Yorkshire for east London, TV and radio presenter Anita Rani still loves life in this creative community

Evening Standard

London leavers: 'We sold our £1.2m Hackney house and bought a £380k fixer-upper in Ramsgate'

Natasha and Mark McNamara bribed their children with a dog to move down to the seaside

The Guardian - UK

Man charged with murder after woman found dead in car in London

Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche, 25, found in her car on 6 April and Gogoa Tape, 27, arrested in Hackney next day

Evening Standard

Granny Takes a Trip: Cult 1960s Kings Road boutique beloved by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones is back

Granny Takes A Trip, the epicentre of Swinging London, is being reinvented in unexpected ways — we go inside the new Hackney HQ

Evening Standard

Hackney: Man in court accused of murdering his girlfriend and leaving her body in a car

A man has appeared at the Old Bailey accused of murdering his girlfriend, who was found dead in a car.

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