Hackney’s safeguarding chief has hit back at criticism of a hard-hitting review into Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy (MVPA) – calling it an “embarrassing misstep”. A long-awaited report by Sir Alan ...

Clapton’s Kings Hall Leisure Centre is set to close for more than three years later this month ahead of an “ambitious” revamp. Hackney Council said that without complete refurbishment, the Grade II ...

The Mayor of Hackney has said she is “deeply concerned” by a safeguarding review into one of the borough’s top schools that revealed “punitive” behaviour policies had caused significant harm to some ...

The Metropolitan Police could face further staffing cuts if the impending funding settlement from the Home Office is inadequate, officials have warned. The force has already identified a £20million ...

A Hackney school has been awarded for its exceptional work promoting student wellbeing and mental health. Staff and pupils at Daubeney Primary School in Clapton took home the Future ED Award for the ...

A Hackney resident living in social housing has issued an urgent plea to be moved thanks to her noisy neighbour. The resident, who wished to remain anonymous, said the man who lives upstairs is ‘very ...

A short film celebrates the Hackney locals who have planted hundreds of trees across the borough over the last 25 years. Everyone’s Garden by The Good Side explores the work of the Tree Musketeers, a ...