To find their protagonists for the film, Wells and her colleague Dr Haroon Forde interviewed a range of academics and then narrowed it down to four people that they wanted to focus on: three ...

On 7 May 2026 the Green Party won 42 of the 57 seats on Hackney Council and, with Zoë Garbett’s victory in the parallel mayoral contest, took control of a borough that Labour had governed almost ...

Under the arrangements set by the previous Labour administration, there is no requirement — and has been no discussion — about applying the council’s Climate Action Plan to the redevelopment of the ...

Hackney has more secure on-street cycle storage than almost any other London borough, yet new research suggests the private bike spaces developers are required to build inside blocks of flats are ...

David Lammy with Bets Off Blackstock campaigners. Photograph: Nick Hodges Deputy prime minister David Lammy has come out against plans for a 24-hour adult gaming centre on Blackstock Road, in the ...

Hackney Council. Hackney Council is to open two new children’s homes in a bid to keep looked-after children close to their sc ...

Around 70 firefighters and ten fire engines were called to a hotel fire on Amhurst Road yesterday afternoon, in an incident that forced the evacuation of 16 people but no injuries were reported. The ...

Photograph: Hackney Council. Hackney Council has begun reworking how its pension fund is invested, with the aim of excluding comp ...

Ishaque Ali. Photograph: supplied by Ansar Ahmed Ullah. The racist murder of Altab Ali in May 1978 is widely recognised as a turning point for the Bengali community in East London ...

Climate change will cost London up to £15bn a year by 2050 unless drastic action is taken at all levels of government, according to a new report from a group of central boroughs that includes Hackney.