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Outrage as mystery vandal targets Hackney street trees in fresh wave of attacks

Locals have lobbied the Town Hall over “aggressive, brainless snapping”, ring-barking and other “sophisticated” techniques used to vandalise and destroy trees throughout Cazenove ward

Evening Standard

Beloved Hackney rooftop bar Netil360 and nightclub NT's Loft at risk from 'luxury block of flats'

Evening Standard

Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis review – vital viewing from Hackney’s A-list crusader

Elba is at his magnetic best in this fantastic documentary: challenging racist myths, comforting victims’ families and packing in more nuance than you’d think possible. He’s like a supernatural force

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Hackney Council presses ahead with plans to close four schools as student numbers plummet

Hackney Council’s cabinet has approved plans to close or merge several primary schools as student numbers continue to drop

Evening Standard

'London could be childless': Parents and teachers in last-ditch attempt to save Hackney schools from closure

With four primary schools already forced to shut their doors permanently, Hackney faces becoming a ‘ghost area’ for education. The Standard speaks to locals fighting a council they say has already made its mind up

Evening Standard

Labour-run Hackney Council under fire for using casual staff contracts despite calling them 'exploitative'

Unison says casual employees have ‘covered over 1,000 hours per month’ in Hackney

Evening Standard

Peter Kenyon obituary

Other lives: Journalist and Labour party activist who helped to save Hackney reservoirs from development

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Hackney residents ‘up in arms’ as disabled access home rented on Airbnb

Detectives called in as campaigners claim 50,000 social homes in London could be subject to fraud

Evening Standard

Forest to launch first e-bikes with child seats for hire in London - and version with adult passenger seat

Firm hopes to expand into Hackney and to launch in Paris after £13m investment

Evening Standard

Detectives investigating 'rape' of 13-year-old girl in Hackney release e-fit of man

The suspect is believed to have fled scene in white Audi after alleged attack on girl

Evening Standard

‘I know someone in a warehouse with a master’s degree’: how to break the cycle of youth unemployment

The number of young people without jobs is poised to tip 1 million, unless proper steps are taken to help them find work and secure their – and Britain’s – future

The Guardian - UK

Two men shot and one stabbed in ‘potentially related’ incidents

Police were called at 10.35pm on Saturday to reports of gun shots being fired in separate incidents in Hackney, east London.

The Independent UK

Homerton attacks: Two men shot and one stabbed in 'potentially related' incidents

No arrests have been made yet following the incidents

Evening Standard

Academy trusts have been central to UK government vision for schools for years – but that may be changing

The transformation of a local authority school into an academy is supposed to lead to school improvement. This seemed to be the case at Mossbourne Victoria Park academy in Hackney, at least in terms of its results and good-behaviour policies.

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The Guardian - UK

What kind of society would willingly traumatise its children in the name of education?

As claims about practices in two flagship London academies are investigated, it’s time to stop and think about what schools are really for, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

School in leading Mossbourne academy trust faces safeguarding review

Observer investigation into London school has sparked an inquiry into allegations that teachers harmed mental wellbeing of children

Evening Standard

Met police firearms officers who arrested Hackney boy playing with water pistol 'did nothing wrong' - IOPC

Marksmen surrounded the 13-year-old boy, who was “rammed” off his bike and handcuffed during the incident in Hackney

The Independent UK

Mum hits out at police watchdog after son’s arrest over water pistol deemed ‘reasonable’

The boy was knocked to the ground, handcuffed and arrested on suspicion of having a firearm after a water fight with his younger sister near his home

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Top London academies face mass claims of emotional harm as Whitehall acts on crisis

Government says allegations ‘deeply distressing’ as dossier of allegations grows in wake of Observer investigation into Mossbourne schools

Evening Standard

Hackney fire: Seventy firefighters tackle huge blaze at Mossbourne Federation School

Emergency services rush to scene after east London school reports fire on second floor

Evening Standard

Hackney Council backs Edmonton incinerator despite fears over ‘dirtiest form of power’

Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace are among campaign groups deeply concerned about the new facility

The Independent UK

Venue where Lady Gaga and Rick Astley played says new flats would threaten its future

The Moth Club in Hackney is fighting a proposal to build two blocks of flats next door, amid fears it would lead to noise complaints from residents

The Independent UK

Teenager who shot innocent mother dead as she tried to protect her children wrote rap ‘glorifying’ her murder

‘Remorseless’ Joshua Alexander jailed for minimum of 29 years for shooting Lianne Gordon during a turf war

The Independent UK

Teenager jailed for shooting woman dead through her front door

Joshua Alexander, 17, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 29 years at the Old Bailey on Monday.

Evening Standard

Teen convicted of killing 17-year-old in Hackney after stabbing him in chest with machete

Nathan Bawuah, 17, was knifed in the chest in a Hackney street

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