Cllr Sophie Conway, who chairs Hackney’s children and young people scrutiny commission, said in February that the borough needs to be “tough on poor behaviour, tough on the causes of poor behaviour”.

Both the Met and council teams objected due to the risk of more noise complaints from a DJ-led sound system in the backyard.

A super-thin plotline based vaguely on the Book of Jonah presents as a series of recurring motifs which layer meaning on ...

An independent review into how complaints about staff behaviour and pupil welfare at Mossbourne schools are handled is ...

Diane Abbott has been suspended by the Labour party for a second time after defending the remarks that led to her original ...

Abbott, who has represented Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987, yesterday lost the Labour whip for a second time in ...

Campaigners are urging Hackney Council to keep the communal changing rooms at the West Reservoir Centre – amid fears that separate facilities would ruin the “whole atmosphere”. The Town Hall recently ...

Campaigners hoping to protect the legendary Moth Club are still waiting for Hackney Council to shed light on plans for a block of flats next door. Last year, organisers appealed for public support ...

Social housing residents in Hackney are crowdfunding to replace an ageing climbing fort on their estate after the council said it would get rid of it. Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service ...