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Anti-LTN group and Hackney Council await High Court ruling on road closures

Traffic filter in Hackney Downs Low Traffic Neighbourhood. Picture: Hackney Council

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The High Court is considering a legal challenge mounted by anti-LTN campaigners, with a ruling expected next month. A judicial review over the way low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) were introduced, via experimental traffic orders without prior...
London Fields low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) traffic filter. 

Hackney Council

Top places in London with the healthiest streets

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Hackney council's future chief executive Mark Carroll is set to take on the role later this year. 

Hackney Council

'It's an exceptional job': Meet Hackney Council's new chief

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Hackney Town Hall entrance. Picture: Hackney Council

Hackney Council

Hackney social workers "burnt out" after traumatic 12 months, report says

Jacob Dirnhuber, Local Democracy Reporter

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Residents from Hackney, Islington and Tower Hamlets march to Town Hall in protest of road closures.

Hackney Council

Council raises £2.7m by fining drivers for breaching LTNs

Jacob Dirnhuber, Local Democracy Reporter

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Cllr Sheila Hancock has been criticised for "victim-blaming" after a rape allegation in Finsbury Park

Crime

Councillor denies victim-blaming after Finsbury Park rape report

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Protesters are demanding the removal of the statue of Robert Geffrye.

Diane Abbott

'Geffrye must fall', say protestors as Hoxton museum reopens

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90 per cent of the 171 fines issued at London Fields since lockdown began have been for urination. P

London Fields

London Fields alcohol ban proposed to tackle antisocial behaviour

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Cllr Carol Williams and Hackney Mayor Philip Glanville with 9.29 signs to mark one year since the death of George Floyd

Sadiq Khan leads anniversary tributes to George Floyd

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Mayor Phil Glanville. Picture: Polly Hancock

Hackney Council

Residents will get the chance to Grill Phil at Mayor Question time

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Hackney by-election results 2021

Local Elections 2021

Election 2021: Hackney by-election results revealed

Ed Sheridan, Local democracy reporter

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The new Speaker of Hackney, Cllr Michael Desmond. 

Meet Hackney's new speaker and deputy speaker

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Cake being taken out of pan. 

Recipes

Supported living residents create lockdown cookbook

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Local Election

Stamford Hill West by-election 2021: All your candidates in one place

Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy reporter

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Hundreds get wrong ballot papers

Local Elections 2021

All you need to know about the Hackney by-elections on May 6

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Hackney Council

Hoxton East and Shoreditch by-election 2021: All your candidates in one...

Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy reporter

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Open water swimming is now available all year round at West Reservoir Sports Centre in Woodberry Dow

Local Elections 2021

Woodberry Down by-election 2021: All your candidates in one place

Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy reporter

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Hundreds get wrong ballot papers

Local Election

King’s Park by-election 2021: All your candidates in one place

Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy reporter

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Hackney Town Hall entrance. Picture: Hackney Council

Hackney Council

Council cyber attack has delayed payments to people self-isolating...

Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

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Elections

Days left to register to vote in May elections

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Extra enforcement officers to curb anti-social behaviour in Hackney parks

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Ivan Worrell, 93, gets his covid-19 vaccine in Hackney.

Coronavirus

Vaccination clinic set up for Hackney's Black communities

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People in the crowd turn on their phone torches as they gather in Clapham Common, London, after the

Women's Safety

Sarah Everard: Hackney mayor calls for widescale policing review

Ed Sheridan, local democracy reporter

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Waste crews delivering new wheelie bins in Hackney. 

Fortnightly waste collections launched to 'encourage recycling' in Hackney

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Clair Battaglino and Niall Crowley standing on a Hackney street.

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Hackney road closure campaigners to stand in by-election

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Portrait image of Cllr Mete Coban

Hackney Council

Hackney reshuffle sees two new cabinet members and interim deputy mayor

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Portrait photo of a smiling Ruth Talbot.

Hackney Council

'As a group, we are stigmatised', says single parents' rights campaigner

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Finsbury Park in winter, January 2021.

Fuel vouchers to help Hackney residents pay winter bills

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Troy Goldie

Hackney tenant who was left 'terrified' for years reaches court settlement

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Local Election

Hackney postal voters urged to reapply after cyber-attack

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