The Latest Breaking News from Hackney

A young man who died after being stabbed in east London has been identified by police as 20-year-old Jason Junior Romeo.

Police have arrested two men, aged 23 and 25, on suspicion of murder over the attack in Bodney Road, Hackney on Tuesday evening.

The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to reports of an altercation in Bodney Road, Hackney, at around 6pm on Tuesday.

The 16-year-old defendant chased and stabbed ex-friend Pharrell Garcia once in the heart in Stellman Close, Hackney, north London, last July.

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

Locals have lobbied the Town Hall over “aggressive, brainless snapping”, ring-barking and other “sophisticated” techniques used to vandalise and destroy trees throughout Cazenove ward

Hackney's popular venues, Netil360 and NT's Loft, have warned about plans for a ‘luxury block of flats’ nearby

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Hackney Council’s cabinet has approved plans to close or merge several primary schools as student numbers continue to drop

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

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