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Holly Chant

Community Reporter

Holly Chant is a reporter for the Hackney Gazette and focuses their work on covering the many diverse and vibrant communities which make the London borough of Hackney unique. 

The Mare Street McDonald's branch is one of several restaurants providing a Safe Haven for young people in the area

Education News

Students learn about McDonald's Safe Havens

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A woman died in a house fire in Myrtle Road, Harold Hill this morning

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Dalston house fire being investigated by LFB and Met Police

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The pensioner who was critically injured in a Newham collision has died

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Pedestrian dies after fatal road sweeper lorry crash

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Paul Summerson, 43, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court. Picture: Met Police

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Child Q: Third child strip-search case under scrutiny

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Prince Rodriguez, 23, of Hackney, was sentenced to four years in jail at the Old Bailey

Old Bailey - Central Criminal Court

Man pleads guilty to 'unprovoked' and 'savage' killing at Hackney hostel

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RideLondon cyclists

London Live News

Travel bulletin: Islington, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham

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EncroChat criminals Frankie Sinclair (left), 34, from Cardiff and Paul Fontaine - of the Pembury Estate in Hackney

Gun crime

Jailed: Hackney fixer given life-sentence for EncroChat murder plot

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Hackney Half marathon runners at the start line.

London Live News

Hackney Half Marathon runner dies

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Dim Sum recipes by Charlotte Smith Jarvis to celebrate the chinese New Year.

Food and Drink

7 of the best Chinese restaurants with delivery in north London

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A CCTV image shows a man police wish to trace following a Shoreditch incident

Metropolitan Police

Appeal: CCTV image released after mosque attacked with bottles

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