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Woman plunged to her death from sixth-floor Hackney flat while trying to unblock broken drainpipe

Police heard that neighbours had been climbing onto their balconies to unblock pipes

Evening Standard

Stamp duty: first-time buyers in four London boroughs to face the biggest increases

First-time buyers in Haringey, Hackney, Richmond and Wandsworth face stamp duty rises of £11,250 next year, while those in Barking will pay £876 more

Evening Standard

Hackney Council to slash charity grants amid budget crisis

Council will cut over £800,000 in grants to local charities as it tackles a projected £37m overspend

Evening Standard

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Chelsea wants chicken wings and Lewisham loves Gails: The top Deliveroo orders per borough

From katsu curries to smashed burgers, here’s what every inner London borough has been ordering this year on Deliveroo

Evening Standard

Portals Festival announces more bands including Poly-Math, Spurv and Teiger and more...

Portals celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2025 at London's EartH in Hackney on May 24 and 25

Louder

Youth guilty of shooting woman dead through front door

A 17-year-old has been found guilty of the murder of Lianne Gordon, who was shot dead in her own home in east London in December 2023.

The Independent UK

Hackney: Teenager guilty of murdering mum who was shot dead trying to protect her children

A 17-year-old has been found guilty of the murder of Lianne Gordon, who was shot dead in her own home in east London in December 2023

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London universities join forces to demand safer cycling after spate of staff and student fatalities

LSE to host public meeting in wake of death of two staff and PhD student

Evening Standard

Hackney teachers warn borough will end up 'childless' as more schools face closure

Teachers have warned that secondary schools in Hackney could have to close in six to seven years as pupil numbers continue to drop

Evening Standard

Seven London boroughs get millions of pounds from Government to build homes on abandoned land

The funding is designed to help ‘end London’s housing crisis and get hundreds more families onto the property ladder’

Evening Standard

Parents fear special needs pupils will suffer if Hackney school closes

Oldhill Community School is one of six primary schools facing merger or closure under new plans

Evening Standard

Injured cyclist slams council's £19m redesign of 'danger' junction

Cars banned during daytime but no segregated cycle lanes in proposals for Hackney Central

Evening Standard

Waltham Forest Council faces backlash over plan to house 9,000 people in high-rise towers near Hackney Marshes

Campaign group Save Lea Marshes claims the development would threaten the area's ecology and be a flood risk

Evening Standard

The push for emojis in Black women’s styles: ‘We need to normalise that our hair is acceptable’

Hackney group Rise.365 is trying to tackle poor representation and spark discussions about discrimination with new designs

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Six more Hackney schools under threat of closure due to lack of children

Six more Hackney schools under threat - just one month after four closed down

Evening Standard

Gangsters jailed after ambushing car and shooting at girl, 4, in botched hit on Hackney rivals

Jordan Shaw and Joshua Fraser fired at a vehicle they mistakenly believed was being driven by rival gang members

Evening Standard

A six-storey block of flats could be built at the back of the club, with staff fearing it could ‘create a shadow’ over the popular spot

Evening Standard

School policing overhauled in Hackney after Child Q strip-searching scandal

The role of police officers in Hackney’s schools is to be overhauled, four years after the Child Q strip-searching scandal.

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Oliver Campbell: Man jailed in 1991 for murder of Hackney shopkeeper has conviction quashed

Three judges ruled on Wednesday that Oliver Campbell's conviction for the murder of Baldev Hoondle in east London in July 1990 was ‘unsafe’

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Hackney arsonist jailed for life after baby thrown from window during blaze

Neighbours were forced to jump from windows to escape after the building in Hackney was set on fire

Evening Standard

Police hunt man riding e-scooter after 10 women sexually assaulted in Hackney Marshes area in six-month period

Police have urged people to make sure they keep a charged mobile phone with them, as man on an e-bike has reportedly been targeting lone women

The Independent UK

Huge Jeremy Allen White billboard sparks planning row in Hackney

Hackney council have described the advertisement as ‘unlawful’

Evening Standard

East London station's step-free upgrade remains unstarted five years after being announced

Hackney Downs is one of several London stations which was promised step-free access in 2019, but where works are yet to begin

Evening Standard

Hackney crash: Moment lorry burst into flames after crashing into railway bridge

A lorry was in a collision with a bridge before it was destroyed by a fire, the London Fire Brigade said

Evening Standard

OPINION - We need to talk about All Points East: why is everyone at festivals suddenly so hot?

I first started to notice it on the Overground. As I made my way towards Victoria Park for the first night of All Points East on Friday, I began to feel more and more self-conscious. With each stop closer to Hackney, every other person who stepped on the train seemed…

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