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I’m terrible at golf. Can a Shoreditch centre help me improve?

Juliette Fevre plays golf at Shakespeare's Golfing Academy in Shoreditch

Golf | Opinion

Juliette Fevre

My grandpa used to be the Mayor of a tiny French village, called Arc-en-Barrois, where he founded a nine-hole golf course. I recall my younger self following my dad and his friends, all carrying their cumbersome equipment and playing games that...

Mayor of Hackney, London's mayor and Cllr Mete Coban on the first day of ULEZ.

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Hackney leaders welcome Mayor Khan's ULEZ expansion

Holly Chant

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There With You This Winter

How Community Foundations fund 'under the radar but vital' groups

Chantelle Billson

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Photograph of Hackney city scape.

Data

Hackney sees house prices boom by more than 108 per cent over ten years

Holly Chant

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Ruth Seager chair of Liberal Judaism, Owen Power Liberal Judaism link officer, Rabbi Leah Jordan, Robert Freudenthal

'I think religion is a way for people to live meaningfully together'...

Juliette Fevre

Dr Paul Gilluley and Chief People Officer Tanya Carter.

Health

Hackney NHS staff celebrated for 'work beyond the call of duty'

Holly Chant

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13 Stean Street

Opinion | Opinion

Architectural view: A tribute to bricks and Haggerston's 'houses of...

Gordon Shrigley

Knives seized by Met officers at London Fields

Data

Dalston revealed as Hackney's top hotspot for weapons offences

Holly Chant

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PICTURE POSED BY MODEL. A general view of a man in a hoodie holding a knife.

Knife Crime

Hackney had worst knife crime rate in London, report finds

Charissa Cheong

There are plenty of Halloween activities going on in Hackney and Islington this weekend

Five things to do in Hackney and Islington this Halloween weekend

Emma Bartholomew

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David Amess

'Very scary': Hackney leaders respond to David Amess death

Julia Gregory, LDRS

Protests over the closures of Fernbank & Hillside children's centres

Parents protest plan to close children's centres in Hackney

Julia Gregory, LDRS

Blacktower Financial Management Group report showing maps of areas that have saved most for retirement

Personal Finance | Promotion

Opinion: Uncomfortable home truths about being retirement ready

Peter Sharkey

Protest over Morning Lane development outside Hackney Town Hall.

Morning Lane council homes only possible 'if flats are sold' - says mayor

Julia Gregory LDRS

Quiz. Hackney has a lot to offer. But how much do you know about the borough?

Quiz | Quiz

How Hackney are you? Try our quiz

William Mata

Drugs

Hundreds arrested after police crackdown on county lines

Chantelle Billson

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Hackney Foodbank will profit from the Trick or Eat campaign

Trick or Eat returns to help Hackney Foodbank

Juliette Fevre

Kelvin Steven Mnyanza is wanted by police

Man wanted after alleged sexual offence in Hackney

William Mata

Wet weather warning

London Weather

Met Office warns of flooding risk with heavy rain set to hit London

Cash Boyle

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Speakers at the Geffrye Must Fall event.

Calls to boycott Museum of Home until Geffrye statue falls

Julia Gregory, LDRS

Hackney Town Hall

Nuisance drinkers in Hackney to be fined under new order

Julia Gregory

The good weather draws the crowds out to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Easter Sunday

Women's Safety | Opinion

Olympic Park launches public consultation on women's safety

Lyn Garner, chief executive, London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC)

The Met support Hate Crime Awareness Week. Picture: Joe Giddens/PA Images

Hate crime

Hate crime rises 10 per cent in London in one year

Andrew Brookes

The area where the alleged assault happened.

Clapton: Hunt for metal pole after man badly injured

William Mata

Morning Lane People's Space campaigners.

More developers could lodge proposals for Hackney Central site

Julia Gregory Local Democracy Reporter

A swan on the track at Kensal Rise

Swan stops train in its track at Kensal Rise

Nathalie Raffray

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Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick alongside police officers during a walkabout in

'We're angry': London councillors demand Met tackles violence to women

Kat Pirnak

Many families will be plunged into fuel poverty this winter.

Diane Abbott | Opinion

There With You This Winter: Fuel poverty makes a grim outlook for families

Diane Abbott, MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington

Drug dealer Romayne Husbands, 28, of no fixed address, was found guilty of murder.

Snaresbrook Crown Court

Drug dealer jailed for murder of Jay John after Dalston attack

Andrew Brookes

The icons of social media apps, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and WhatsApp, are displayed o

Facebook | Opinion

Comedian: 'Life was so much better during social media blackouts'

Steve Allen, comedian