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A mother spoke at a gathering in Hackney offering support to Ukraine, of the trauma of her escape from her war-torn country.

Cllr Michael Desmond worked with Ukraine’s Jewish community during his previous term as Speaker, making several civic trips

Dozens of workers who repair council homes helped overturn a pay cut for two colleagues by staging a series of lunchtime protests outside the Town Hall.

The Windrush generation courtesy the Windrush Foundation The London-based sculptor Thomas Price is among four artists shortlisted to create a new monument at Waterloo Station in London honouring the Windrush generation of workers who came to the UK from the Caribbean between 1948 and 1971. All four artists shortlisted—including Basil Watson, Jeannette Ehlers and Valda Jackson—are of Caribbean descent. Ehlers, who is of Danish Trinidadian heritage, co-created the v...

Chiara Wilkinson Published: 2:00 PM April 6, 2021    Updated: 4:53 PM April 6, 2021 Climate campaigners gathered at Hackney Town Hall to call on the council to divest from fossil fuels. - Credit: XR Hackney Extinction Rebellion (XR) campaigners rallied outside Hackney Town Hall against council investment in fossil fuel companies.  The protest held on April 1 comes as a response to a report published in February by Divest Hackney about council investments in fossil fuels. This was despi...

Readers letters Government is planning to scrap the Union Learning Fund - Credit: PA Campaign to save training fund before it is scrapped Paddy Lillis, Usdaw, general secretary, writes:  Let’s stop the government scrapping the Union Learning Fund in England at the end of March. This unique scheme provides lifelong learning in many local workplaces, bringing together employers, education providers and trade unions to give workers a second chance at learning by contributing time, money and res...

Essential council services are still paralysed more than two months after a cyberattack crippled Hackney’s digital systems, causing delays and uncertainty for many. Residents have struggled to apply for trading or event licenses, join the housing waiting list, carry out property searches, or get non-urgent repairs to council homes since the attack on October 13. The council cannot change or set up direct debits, while housing benefit payments are taking longer than usual. Councillor Rebecca R...