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Fireworks spark flat fire and tree burns as LFB handles highest number of Bonfire Night calls in a decade

Crews responded to a flat fire in Whitechapel sparked by a firework, a box of fireworks alight in a Hackney park, and a tree fire in Brixton Hill, among other incidents

Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025

Hackney primary school closed due to falling pupil numbers set to reopen as a SEN school for 48 pupils

The school would be repurposed to offer 48 new special school places for SEN students, providing tailored support as an expansion of Ickburgh School

Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2025

Fury as London council plans to open libraries just four days a week in 'salami slicing' budget cuts

Hackney Council planning to reduce opening hours for its eight libraries due to ‘severe’ budget cuts

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2025

East London council pays out £572,000 in compensation to residents after record rise in complaints

The number of housing complaints sent to Hackney council has nearly trebled in four years

Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2025

40% of London's Young Adults Can't Afford Even the Cheapest Homes — Here Are the Best Boroughs for Renters

Young Londoners face a housing crisis as 40% can't afford the cheapest homes, while average rents soar to £2,121 per month - Tower Hamlets and Hackney lead for renters.

International Business Times UK · Sep 26, 2025

Meet the former Londoners who left Hackney to build a creative community on the north Devon coast

After travelling the world for a year, the creative couple decided not to return to Hackney but settle on the comparatively affordable north Devon coast

Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2025

E-bike firms at war as Hackney council agrees £93m deal with Lime and Voi but rejects Forest

Cheap rides promised for residents - but blow to hopes of implementing Londonwide set of e-bike rules

Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2025

Rabbi, 77, 'verbally abused and pelted with chicken bones' outside London Boots in apparent antisemitic attack

Shomrim said they are currently supporting the Jewish man who was left ‘shaken and traumatised’ in Hackney

Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2025

Man who died in park double shooting is ‘suspect’ in incident, say police

There were reports of gunshots in Clissold Park, Hackney, east London, at around 7pm on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2025

Man dies and woman injured after shooting in London park, say police

Woman in her 40s has been discharged from hospital after incident in Clissold Park in Hackney on Wednesday evening

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2025