The Mayor of London has confirmed the Metropolitan Police Service is trialling the use of handheld facial recognition devices following questioning by Zoë Garbett. Sadiq Khan today confirmed Met ...

Hackney Night Shelter’s annual comedy benefit night is back in what promises to be a barrel of laughs. The likes of Jeff Innocent, Red Richardson, Rosie Holt and Athena Kugblenu will take to the stage ...

However, concerns have also been raised over other Mossbourne schools. A joint review into the federation’s schools in Thurrock has since been launched by a new oversight committee following the ...

A primary school in Hackney has won a national award for its music education programme. Rushmore Primary School in Lower Clapton won the Outstanding School Music Department at the Music and Drama ...

Londoners with mobility issues have slammed TfL’s door-to-door transit service for repeatedly cancelling journeys and leaving them “stranded”. The network’s bookable minibus system, Dial-a-Ride, has ...

Less than two years after a landslide election victory, Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing calls to resign and his party is languishing in the polls. As the local elections loom on 7 May, Labour’s ...

The Hackney Dudes is a community for men over the age of 50, many of whom are vulnerable and isolated. Set up by the social enterprise MRS Independent Living, the group has been running for more than ...

The new campaign, ‘No Child Left Hungry’, will help the nearly 600 children who rely on the food bank’s services every month ...

Hackney Foodbank has launched a campaign to raise £50,000 to provide emergency food and provisions for children in the borough. It is hoped the campaign, No Child Left Hungry, will help the 590 ...

Niki Lampaski, whose son Erik is non-verbal autistic, last week warned the local authority that its “fragmented” system was failing families of children with special educational needs and disabilities ...

Transport for London (TfL) is “lacking depth and nuance” when it comes to engaging with the needs of disabled people travelling around the capital, a damning City Hall report has concluded.