The Latest Breaking News from Hackney

London council to slash e-bike hire costs with fare cap and take on 'wild west' parking

Hackney Council has told firms bidding to operate the borough’s electric bike sharing scheme that it wants trips capped at £1.75 – the same as a bus fare

Evening Standard · Jul 31, 2025

A reimagined almshouse, Hackney council homes and community flats shortlisted for affordable housing award

Four projects are in line for the award which aims to recognise the UK’s best new affordable housing

Evening Standard · Jul 30, 2025

This east London borough has been named one of the best places in the world for cyclists

This borough ranked 29th in the world according to The People for Bikes City Rating

Evening Standard · Jul 30, 2025

Two London boroughs record among highest measles cases in UK

The borough of Hackney has the second highest rate of measles in the country

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2025

Charli xcx marries George Daniel in low-key London ceremony

Pop star weds The 1975 drummer, who she has been with for about three years, at Hackney town hall

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2025

Hackney birdsong? Stolen Lime bikes the new sound of summer in the city

Some in an east London park say they like the incessant beeping, but others that it’s an indication of low-level crime

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2025

Notting Hill Carnival fugitive jailed for bus driver’s stab murder

Kamar Williams, 34, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday for stabbing Derek Thomas, 55, in Hackney.

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2025

Man who murdered ex-girlfriend’s bus driver father on east London street is jailed for life

Kamar Williams was caught by police at Notting Hill Carnival after killing Derek Thomas in Stoke Newington

Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2025

“She wanted to go and live in Hackney and be with the common people”: the pub encounter behind Pulp’s timeless classic Common People, the song that changed everything for Jarvis & co.

It’s 30 years since the Sheffield indie-rockers were riding high in the charts with their anthemic hit. Here’s the story of how it came together.

Louder · Jul 12, 2025

Fugitive guilty of murdering ex-girlfriend’s bus driver father after being caught at Notting Hill Carnival

Kamar Williams stabbed ‘dedicated family man’ Derek Thomas in Hackney last year

Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2025