Jan 24, 2025 · Hackney Citizen: latest news, events, reviews and opinion from Hackney's free, independent monthly newspaper

2 days ago · Hackney Council has defied backlash from parents, teachers and other stakeholders as it pushes forward with controversial plans to shut or merge four primary schools in the borough. In a final bid to halt proposals put forward in the autumn, parents, teachers and pupils flocked to the Town Hall on a blustery evening on Monday, chanting ‘Hey, Hackney, leave us kids alone!’ They gathered on ...

Jan 17, 2025 · Hackney Council is stepping in to fix a historic churchyard in Stoke Newington following “heritage crime” and disrepair. Broken crypts, wild overgrowth, graffiti and wall damage at Old St Mary’s Churchyard were brought to the attention of Mayor Caroline Woodley in December when resident Vicki ...

9 hours ago · A fresh wave of criminal damage to Hackney’s street trees has stoked uproar in the borough as both police and the council struggle to put a stop to the bewildering attacks. Locals have lobbied the Town Hall over “aggressive, brainless snapping”, ring-barking and other “sophisticated ...

1 day ago · Hackney’s councillors have unanimously backed a motion to lobby the Home Secretary to reverse the Conservatives’ strict rules for undocumented migrants. In a rare show of cross-party unity, councillors came together on Wednesday (29 January) to approve a joint motion, which urges Hackney’s ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Academy trust head thanks parents, pupils, staff and governors for their support amid allegations against one of the trust’s schools, which have triggered a safeguarding review Read More

Jan 17, 2025 · Graves opened and graffiti sprayed on walls of Grade II-listed medieval church in Stoke Newington Read More

Dec 12, 2024 · Hackney Council has postponed a private meeting with the borough’s displaced Travellers after it emerged that millions promised to them for a new pitch had slipped through the Town Hall’s grasp. Councillors recently provoked fury from Traveller families when they admitted that the local authority no longer had control of £2 million in ring-fenced funding for a permanent site promised over ...

Sep 5, 2024 · A surge in anti-social behaviour and crime in the Hackney Downs area over the summer months has made residents feel powerless, as police and the council attempt to get a grip on the situation. Offences ranging from drug-dealing to theft, dangerous cycling, and damage to trees have been reported to councillors, the Met and the Citizen. Cllr Alastair Binnie-Lubbock said he had been contacted by ...

Nov 27, 2024 · When she joined Hackney Council, Caroline Woodley did not have her eyes set on becoming the borough’s first directly-elected female mayor. Having entered the fray of local politics after joining the Labour party in 2015, she was chosen as a ward councillor for Cazenove three years later. Before long, she had been given the cabinet brief for families, parks and leisure under then mayor Philip ...