The first community “parklets” have sprouted up in Hackney after the council backed down and decided they were a good idea after all.

Health chiefs are calling for more blood donations especially from the black community to help cope with a surge in demand from people with sickle cell disease.

Anaesthetists at Homerton University Hospital became the first in the country to receive re-accreditation for a prestigious industry scheme.

A man has thanked the optician who saved his life, after an eye test led to a diagnosis of chronic myeloid leukaemia.

Seeing young people vulnerable to gang violence and postcode wars inspired a Hackney basketball coach to create a place for young people to play ball, keep them off the streets and better themselves for their futures.

Hundreds of supporters turned up for the ninth annual ‘red run’ at Victoria Park to mark the 30th anniversary of the first World Aids Day.

Stephen Fry has spoken out about the use of arts in treating mental health.

A rough sleeper being treated in hospital faces the stark choice of returning to a ‘building site’ B&B - or discharge to the streets.

A 10-month-old baby with the UK’s only known case of a new mitochondrial disease is fighting for his life in Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Health chiefs have moved to address a multimillion pound overspend at Homerton Hospital.

A 10-month-old Upper Clapton boy stuck in unsuitable temporary accommodation has the UK’s only known case of a new mitochondrial disease – and his family are desperate to track down other affected people.

Doctors are laying on extra immunisation clinics for children after measles returned to Hackney for the first time in years.

When GPs across Hackney were asked to formally join forces in 2014 so they could better work together, no one expected them all to say yes.

A drunken football fan left with life-changing injuries after falling head first off a traffic light on the night of England’s World Cup exit has warned – “know your limits”.

Fears have resurfaced that Homerton’s A&E could be downgraded to an “urgent care centre” if proposals outlined in a radical plan about the future of the NHS in north-east London go ahead.

It may sound like something out of a bad sci-fi film, or 1999, but computer systems at Homerton Hospital actually did go down on Saturday night because of the clocks going back.

Care workers across Hackney who provide care and help for vulnerable people in the borough, were honoured at a special ceremony at Hackney Town Hall.

A Hoxton man who set up a rave for deaf clubbers has been featured in a Facebook video about people who use social media to drive positive social change.

A whopping row has broken out over a Stoke Newington minicab firm’s decision to set up a burger van in its car park – yards from a GP surgery.

Youngsters were reported missing more than 700 times last year in Hackney, new figures show.

Smokers in Hackney trying to quit the habit are getting the best help in the country thanks to to a free service from GPs.

Two men have conquered their fear of swimming to take the plunge and raise £42,000 for their friend who was paralysed on holiday this summer.

The social media website Tumblr has teamed up with mental health platform Made of Millions to present Seen; an art exhibition curated to explore the many layers and intricacies of mental illness at Hoxton Arches.

Famed Hackney chip shop Sutton and Sons opened a vegan branch this week – and the fishmonger behind it has told of his own attempt at a plant-based diet.

An artist from Stoke Newington is joining 31 other women and men who have had breast cancer in a fashion catwalk show tonight (Thu), to highlight how you can “still look and feel amazing” after diagnosis.

Construction work at an old studio site in Hackney Wick has been halted after complaints that odours from the ground were giving children at a nearby primary school headaches.

Hackney Council is set to tackle its obesity problem by signing an agreement to reduce sugar and promote healthier foods.

Shocked Shoreditch residents are horrified EE is holding the UK’s first ever trial of superfast 5G mobile internet outside their homes.

A filmmaker from Crouch End has produced a “no-holds barred” documentary about a brain injury survivor’s life-changing experience.

Youngsters at risk of sexual exploitation will benefit from a £1million grant awarded to Hackney Council by the Home Office.

Health chiefs in Hackney will hold their AGM next month explaining future plans for services in the borough.

Homerton Hospital’s maternity service has been rated “Good” by health inspectors – after years in the spotlight due to a string of deaths.

Well-wishers have raised more than £20,000 to support the “extraordinary” Sarah Doone, who lost a leg after being run over by a cement truck on the Old Street roundabout on July 25.

A troubled young man found dead in his Upper Clapton flat should have been saved, says a neighbour who made 200 calls in a year about his problem behaviour.

Parents fighting Stoke Newington road closures because traffic will be diverted past their children’s already polluted school say the council got their traffic data wrong and want the scheme stopped.

Plans to improve cycling provision and air quality around Stoke Newington by closing more streets to rat-running traffic have proved controversial – but neighbours say the benefits are obvious.

Four families fighting against “wrecking-ball” cuts to special educational needs services will take on Hackney Council at the High Court in October.

Fears are growing that valuable NHS buildings in Hackney will be sold off to developers with profits used to bail out other health trusts.

A “genius” Breaking Bad inspired cocktail bar could be coming to the Hackney Central arches – but one neighbour has blasted the theme for making class A drugs “fun”.

Mental health officers will be placed in all Hackney schools in September, if a council-run scheme is successful.

Unwanted terrapins have been dumped in the ponds at Clissold Park by their owners – and the town hall says the “voracious predators” will be removed.

An east London mental health trust has retained its ‘outstanding’ CQC rating.

Dozens of catering students got their hands dirty in a “field to table” course in Suffolk.

Delays in patients leaving hospital because their care arrangements weren’t in place almost got Hackney’s healthcare funding withheld last year.