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Neighbours block off London Fields street, protesting rat run traffic and 'dangerous levels' of air pollution

18:15 Sarah Burgess

Protesters in Sheep Lane, London Fields, who say the road is a rat run with too much air pollution. Picture: Sarah Burgess

Protesters blocked off Sheep Lane from Westgate Street to the Bush Road junction this afternoon over "dangerous levels" of air pollution outside London Fields Primary School.

'Earth will be a desert soon - where will we live?': Hackney youngsters skip school to raise the alarm at climate change rally

17:36 Emma Bartholomew

Mayor Phil Glanville was impressed with the turnout at the climate emergency protest outside Hackney Town Hall. Picture: Emma Bartholomew

"All of our animals could die. We could die. We have to be careful," a young pupil from Daubeney Primary School warned sombrely outside Hackney Town Hall today, on an unseasonably blazing hot September afternoon.

Hackney mental health charity Mind given £130,000 to help clients with Universal Credit applications

17:20 Sam Gelder

A file image of a job centre in east London. Picture: Philip Toscano/PA Archive

A mental health charity in Hackney has been given a £130,000 grant to help people navigate their Universal Credit applications.

Hackney Council teams up with City Hall for scheme making solar panels easier and cheaper for homeowners

14:18 Sam Gelder

Mayor Phil Glanville and environment chief Cllr Jon Burke.

Homeowners in Hackney are being urged to take advantage of a new scheme making it easier and cheaper to install solar panels.

'My life at the Mothers' Hospital under World War Two bombings': Kathleen Bateman's memories 75 years on

09:58 Kim Willis

Kathleen Bateman with a picture of herself as a nurse in 1944. Picture: Kim Willis

Some 75 years have passed since the V2 bombings began the 'mini Blitz' in September 1944. Kim Willis interviews her great aunt Kathleen Bateman, who was a nurse at the Mothers', about her memories from the time, and the bombs that prompted her evacuation from the maternity hospital

Upper Clapton fire: Police say blaze 'suspicious' but people demand answers after wooden cladding deemed safe

Yesterday, 10:35 Sam Gelder and Adrian Zorzut

Firefighters tackling the blaze in the Upper Clapton block. Picture: Ciara Lawless

People are demanding answers after their Upper Clapton block it went up in flames months after bosses deemed there was no "unacceptable" fire risk.

Homerton man with 'vile and obnoxious views about women' jailed after attacking and threatening to kill partner

Yesterday, 10:12 Sam Gelder

A domestic abuser with "vile and obnoxious views about women" has been jailed for two-and-a-half years after threatening to kill his girlfriend.

Hoxton pub where Franz Ferdinand and Florence and the Machine played keeps live music licence - but must now close at 11pm

Yesterday, 09:31 Emma Bartholomew

The Macbeth pub has had its hours cut back by Hackney Council's licensing chiefs, but is still allowed to host live gigs.

Hackney Council praised by clothing reuse charity as report reveals rise of commercially-run textile banks

Yesterday, 09:27 Sam Gelder

A Traid clothes bank. Picture: Peter Kelleher

Cash-strapped councils are ditching charity clothes banks and favouring commercial companies who pay for the privilege - but not Hackney.

Crime & Court

Police appeal after man's leg broken in Stoke Newington hit and run

Yesterday, 07:56 Sam Volpe

Police are appealing for witnesses who saw a man's leg broken when he was hit by a car in Stoke Newington.

Springdale Road hit and run driver leaves man in hospital with leg injury

Mon, 09:48 Ramzy Alwakeel

The section of Springdale Road where the crash took place. There is no suggestion that any of the cars pictured were in anything to do with the collision.

A hit-and-run driver in Stoke Newington left a young man in hospital with a serious leg injury on Saturday night.

County lines in Hackney: Drug dealing rapper ASCO and four others facing combined 41 years behind bars

Mon, 08:29 Sam Volpe

Asfa Allen, known by his stage name Asco. Picture: Met Police

A rapper who ran a county lines drugs network out of Hackney has been jailed for 12 years and six months, with four accomplices also facing long stretches behind bars.

Children's summer artwork destroyed as vandals trash Homerton Grove Adventure Playground

Woman pinned to floor by police in Dalston was arrested 'on suspicion of assaulting an officer'

Health

Victoria Park Singers perform in mass choral work at Sunday's BBC Proms

Thursday, September 5, 2019 Mike Brooke

Victoria Park Singers performing at one of their regular concerts. Picture: Genevieve Girling

A community choir in east London created partly on the advice of doctors to help patients with mental issues is performing in the BBC Proms on Sunday.

Hackney NHS mental health chiefs highlight services ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day

Tuesday, September 3, 2019 Sam Gelder

World Suicide Prevention Day is on Tuesday, September 10. Picture: ELFT

Mental health chiefs have highlighted the services available to anyone experiencing a crisis ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day.

Haggerston School wins praise from government over pioneering mental health project

Tuesday, August 6, 2019 Sam Gelder

Ellie Marie Bunn with education minister Damian Hinds.

A school that piloted a pioneering mental health programme won praise from the education secretary last month.

More Hackney schoolchildren to be offered mental health support in NHS project

Stoke Newington primary school teacher crowned London's first Active School Hero

Environment

Neighbours block off London Fields street, protesting rat run traffic and 'dangerous levels' of air pollution

18:15 Sarah Burgess

Protesters blocked off Sheep Lane from Westgate Street to the Bush Road junction this afternoon over "dangerous levels" of air pollution outside London Fields Primary School.

'Earth will be a desert soon - where will we live?': Hackney youngsters skip school to raise the alarm at climate change rally

17:36 Emma Bartholomew

Council awaits test results after 10 ducks found dead in Clapton Pond

Wed, 09:37 Holly Chant

four out of the ten dead ducks found in Clapton Pond. Picture: Natasha Cox

Council environment bosses are awaiting test results from water in Clapton Pond where 10 ducks were found dead last week.

Gavin Williamson backs headteachers' right to exclude kids and touts SEND free schools but evades school climate strikes question

Yoga classes to take place in Stoke Newington Church Street for Car Free Day

Politics

Hackney Council creates £90,000 Shoreditch and Hoxton Arts Fund from levy on developers

Tue, 09:09 Sam Gelder

Hoxton Hall is one of the organisations receiving a grant.

Arts and cultural organisations will share £90,000 from a new Shoreditch and Hoxton Arts Fund - created with a levy from developers building in the areas.

Hackney South and Shoreditch MP Meg Hillier will stand to replace John Bercow as speaker of the House of Commons, she confirms

Tuesday, September 10, 2019 Ramzy Alwakeel

Meg Hillier. Picture: Gary Manhine (c) garymanhine.com

Hackney South and Shoreditch MP Meg Hillier has formally thrown her hat into the ring to replace John Bercow as speaker of the House of Commons.

Stamford Hill police officer launches breakfast club for Hackney veterans

Monday, September 9, 2019 Sam Gelder

James Higgins has launched a breakfast club for veterans in Hackney.

A Stamford Hill police officer has launched a breakfast club for fellow veterans after realising there was a lack of support available in Hackney.

Hackney Green Party confirms its candidates hoping to oust Labour in General Election

Civil unrest; fuel, food and medicine shortages: Hackney Council's emergency plans for a 'no deal' Brexit revealed

Education

Gavin Williamson backs headteachers' right to exclude kids and touts SEND free schools but evades school climate strikes question

Tue, 19:22 Lucas Cumiskey

Education secretary Gavin Williamson, pictured at the University of Birmingham. Picture: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Education secretary Gavin Williamson today told this paper he backed headteachers' right to exclude pupils, and touted a new wave of free schools for kids with special educational needs (SEND) - but wouldn't say whether he supported the school climate strikes.

Children's summer artwork destroyed as vandals trash Homerton Grove Adventure Playground

Thursday, September 12, 2019 Sam Gelder

The playground was broken into three times over the last two weeks. Picture: Hackey Play Association

Children's artwork was smashed to pieces when vandals trashed an adventure playground in Homerton three times in a matter of days.

'Ground zero': Latest head promises Hackney New School's fortunes are on the up after Ofsted rates it 'inadequate' across the board

Monday, September 9, 2019 Emma Bartholomew

Hackney New School. Picture: Hackney Council

Governors and leaders have been blamed for letting Hackney New School lapse, after inspectors rated it inadequate across the board.

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