A group of Hackney residents are calling on Thames Water and two London councils to join them in their mission to clean up the New River.

In 2019, Hackney Council declared a climate emergency and recognised the inadequacy of global and national measures to address the ongoing crisis. The pledge, “Rebuilding a Greener Hackney”, saw the ...

Now, the book is set to be republished with a twist – it will spotlight the work of the family’s women, including George’s daughter, Jane Loddiges. While many of the magazine’s illustrations were ...

An east London landlord has failed in his bid to overturn a court’s order to repay them thousands of pounds in rent for running an unlicensed house in multiple occupation (HMO).

Crew Energy was founded after a group of Friends of the Earth members became frustrated at the slow rate of action against climate change. Costin said: “They’d been on the marches, they’d signed ...

While not as forthright as her Green opponent, Hackney’s sitting Mayor, Caroline Woodley, joined other London Labour leaders last month in condemning the Met’s “horrifying” and “disgusting” behaviour ...

The Town Hall’s planning committee was last week set to approve a bid to convert two family-sized houses in Clapton into large HMOs, with up to seven and nine tenants in each respective building.

Hackney Council is forecast to spend almost £40 million on temporary workers this year amid a struggle to recruit and retain “specialist” staff. Reports published last month show the local authority ...

The Mayor of London has been told to “get a handle” on the capital’s housing crisis as progress on building affordable homes stagnates. Data from the Greater London Authority (GLA) shows that ...

A Hackney primary school that has stood empty since its closure last year is set to reopen as a special school. After a collapse in pupil numbers, the council closed Baden Powell Primary alongside ...

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) said the Town hall had failed to come up with alternative ways to help a resident with eligible care needs, known only as ‘Miss X’, after it ...