A record 206 e-bike and e-scooter fires were recorded in London in 2025, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) can reveal. Two Londoners lost their lives in tragic blazes, taking the total ...

On Wednesday (January 21) last week, campaigners gathered outside Hackney Town Hall to urge that Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust bosses reject a new information-sharing system currently being ...

A change.org petition calling for the inquiry has been set up by Andy Leary-May, a former Mossbourne parent, who in 2024 founded Educating Hackney to draw “attention to links between the way behaviour ...

Screening coverage in London has continued to lag behind other regions of the UK, with a 62.8 per cent uptake in 2024 also significantly below the NHS’s “acceptable level” of 70 per cent. The figures ...

On Thursday (January 22) Homerton locals came to the Hackney Council’s public showcase of updated regeneration plans for the crumbling Marian Court estate, demolished in 2023. The redevelopment had ...

A social housing loophole is putting domestic abuse victims at risk of manipulation even if they flee their homes, the council has warned.

Extra bus lanes and Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) have increased congestion for private cars on some of London’s streets, Transport for London (TfL) officials have admitted. The transport body has ...

Hackney Independent Socialist Collective (HISC) is joining forces with four other organisations to form the Hackney Community Alliance (HCA). HISC — which last month became the newest political party ...

In future years, the government will extend Awaab’s Law to private rentals – forcing landlords to act fast when homes are unsafe – as well as imposing a Decent Homes Standard to ensure landlords keep ...

Housebuilding starts have fallen by 84 per cent in London since 2015 despite the capital’s housing supply crisis, new data has revealed. Research from consultants Molior has shown that just 5,547 ...