The Latest Breaking News from Hackney

Charles Jeffrey, the lauded fashion designer adored by stars from Tilda Swinton to Harry Styles, reveals why he loves living in Hackney Central and how it inspires his collections

Three drug dealers running a line across Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Islington have been jailed for a total of almost 20 years.

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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The Repair Shop presenter reflects on growing up poor, discovering fashion, and why fame will never go to his head

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…

Like tenants across the country, residents in Hackney flats are facing unbearable conditions caused by mould and damp

Solicitor Zineb Boulefa, 31, lives with her daughter, 7, and son, 5, at a flat in Hindle House in Hackney, London, and claims she has battled mould, damp and floods of sewage