Crew Energy was founded after a group of Friends of the Earth members became frustrated at the slow rate of action against climate change. Costin said: “They’d been on the marches, they’d signed ...

Hackney Council is forecast to spend almost £40 million on temporary workers this year amid a struggle to recruit and retain “specialist” staff. Reports published last month show the local authority ...

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) said the Town hall had failed to come up with alternative ways to help a resident with eligible care needs, known only as ‘Miss X’, after it ...

The Mayor of London has been told to “get a handle” on the capital’s housing crisis as progress on building affordable homes stagnates. Data from the Greater London Authority (GLA) shows that ...

A Hackney primary school that has stood empty since its closure last year is set to reopen as a special school. After a collapse in pupil numbers, the council closed Baden Powell Primary alongside ...

The Town Hall’s planning committee was last week set to approve a bid to convert two family-sized houses in Clapton into large HMOs, with up to seven and nine tenants in each respective building.

A Hackney church has been dubbed the “greenest” in the country after it was transformed by a community energy project. Last year, in an ambitious final project of outgoing Reverend Niall Weir, St Paul ...

A Hackney teenager has received a British Citizen Youth Award (BCyA) medal for his writing and community involvement. At 17, Romeo Bremmer has yet to complete his A-levels but has already penned nine ...

A Hackney charity which provides free legal advice to residents has less than six months to solve a funding crisis which could force it to close after 32 years. The Hoxton Trust has offered help to ...

This is an urgent question for those running the country, but it also makes for a great plotline in the new thriller The Boy on the Train by Martin Goodman. The Hackney-based author has wormed his way ...

A Hackney couple who won a High Court challenge against the council over incorrect service charges could be facing higher costs as a result. Husband and wife John and Adenike Williams came before a ...

If you ever thought a plant-based diet was not for you, We Cook Plants is a challenge you are sure to relish, quite possibly to your surprise. We Cook Plants by Sarah Bentley is published by Nourish.