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The trial of the brother of former EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie, whose body was found in Regent’s Canal last year,  is due to start at ...

Threatened by developers, the iconic Holborn Studios in Eagle Wharf Road, Hoxton, has launched a campaign to oppose demolition. The proposal introd...

School pupils in some of London’s poorest areas, including Hackney, Lewisham and Tower Hamlets, are to receive free breakfasts as part of an initia...

A London Assembly Member has questioned Boris Johnson’s decision to increase overall travel fares in London above the rate of inflation. John Biggs...

Concerns about high numbers of tenants being unlawfully evicted, threatened, or experiencing intrusions into their homes prompts Hackney’s Citize...

Disgruntled residents object to 'flawed' consultation and mount a campaign for a comprehensive state school option

Safer Neighbourhoods officers cut as many wards share sergeants

The Hackney-born triple jumper is recognised for services to athletics

The Citizen talks to Emeka Egbounu about growing up in Hackney

The number of councillors and the size and shape of wards is set to change in advance of the next local elections in 2014

Two new constituencies for the borough are set to change the shape of Hackney politics if new proposals get the go-ahead

The Amazings! is seeking people of near retirement age for its Hackney-based venture

Moves to slash spending on young people make no sense at this volatile time

The government's proposed changes will leave many Hackney residents unable to claim free legal advice for key areas of civil law such as clinical n...

Clapton is changing fast as rising house prices in other parts make this once run-down area increasingly des res. But is an influx of newcomers cre...

He moved to Hackney almost two decades ago, but only now is celebrated director Marcello Magni bringing an ambitious international work to his loca...

A Hackney novelist gives his take on the recent unrest

Proof for many that hard work pays off

Witty, weird and wonderful - and twice as big as last year

Local people give their views at a get-together organised by church and community groups

"You could see it coming...the kids don't feel like they're part of anything, they don't feel they're being heard"

The member owned co-operative has launched a seven week consultation to find out if local people want such a store in Homerton

Pauline Pearce – the woman with a walking stick – became a YouTube sensation after tackling looters in the street. Now she fears there's more t...

Hackney is to get a new neighbourhood which will be built on the site of the Olympic Park after the 2012 Games

The borough is partnering with a North Yorkshire seaside town for a series of cultural and sporting activities

Half the borough's children live in poverty. Missing, too, are the summer courses that kept minds and hands busy

"These teenagers have got nothing better to do... they think that they're well hard"

Hackney Citizens' Advice Bureau offers information to local residents on what to do

What were the reasons for this week's violent disturbances in the borough?

Local residents and businesses pick up the pieces and hope the next few days will be calmer