<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Hackney - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest news about Hackney with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your region!]]></description><language>en-uk</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:48:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Clapton nursery ordered out of church hall as new site awaits Ofsted sign-off]]></title><description><![CDATA[Families at St Michael's Nurseries on Blurton Road say they were given days' notice]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/clapton-nursery-ordered-out-of-church-hall-as-new-site-awaits-ofsted-sign-off/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/clapton-nursery-ordered-out-of-church-hall-as-new-site-awaits-ofsted-sign-off/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[West Reservoir path opens — but row grows over fence that keeps non-swimmers from the water]]></title><description><![CDATA[Residents say the scheme has created a 'place of segregation']]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/west-reservoir-path-opens-but-row-grows-over-fence-that-keeps-non-swimmers-from-the-water/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/west-reservoir-path-opens-but-row-grows-over-fence-that-keeps-non-swimmers-from-the-water/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Council hands out £10,500 to open repair cafés across Hackney]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volunteers will fix broken household items for free as the Town Hall marks Zero Waste Week with grants for seven community groups]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/council-hands-out-10500-to-open-repair-cafs-across-hackney/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/council-hands-out-10500-to-open-repair-cafs-across-hackney/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Residents can claim unused council land to grow food under new pilot]]></title><description><![CDATA[Groups of five or more people can apply for verges, vacant plots and land around council buildings, with the first ten schemes to be approved this year]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/residents-can-claim-unused-council-land-to-grow-food-under-new-pilot/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/residents-can-claim-unused-council-land-to-grow-food-under-new-pilot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hackney MP ‘scoping out’ run for City Hall if Sadiq Khan stands down]]></title><description><![CDATA[David Lammy, who has represented Woodberry Down and Brownswood since 2024, held a fundraising dinner that party sources say was a testing ground for a run at the mayoralty]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/hackney-mp-scoping-out-run-for-city-hall-if-sadiq-khan-stands-down/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/hackney-mp-scoping-out-run-for-city-hall-if-sadiq-khan-stands-down/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ombudsman faults Hackney over disabled man’s care delays]]></title><description><![CDATA[Council pays &pound;2,500 compensation over 18-month supported living delay]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/ombudsman-faults-hackney-over-disabled-mans-care-delays/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/ombudsman-faults-hackney-over-disabled-mans-care-delays/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Empty Stoke Newington Town Hall costs council £850,000 a year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grade II-listed landmark has stood empty for seven years, with asbestos and a hidden coal bunker delaying repairs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/empty-stoke-newington-town-hall-costs-council-850000-a-year/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/empty-stoke-newington-town-hall-costs-council-850000-a-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Council delays left autistic boy without teaching for months]]></title><description><![CDATA[Watchdog orders Town Hall to pay &pound;4,500 to the family for causing 'avoidable distress']]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/council-delays-left-autistic-boy-without-teaching-for-months/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/council-delays-left-autistic-boy-without-teaching-for-months/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Titbits – Locks, frocks and five-year plans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Read this month&rsquo;s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/titbits-locks-frocks-and-five-year-plans/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/titbits-locks-frocks-and-five-year-plans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Council hires Wates to finish stalled Britannia regeneration]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hackney Council has hired a new contractor to take over a major regeneration project after its original construction partner went bust following a High Court case. The final phase of the Britannia Project, now estimated to cost over &pound;197 million, was put on ice after the council&rsquo;s main contractor, Ardmore Construction Group Ltd, entered administration&hellip;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/council-hires-wates-to-finish-stalled-britannia-regeneration/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/council-hires-wates-to-finish-stalled-britannia-regeneration/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour attacks Green record as Garbett marks 100 days]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hackney&rsquo;s Labour opposition has marked the first 100 days of Mayor Zo&euml; Garbett&rsquo;s Green administration with a scathing attack, accusing it of ignoring local issues while quietly overturning its own manifesto pledges. The party said the Greens had no plan to carry out basic repairs, had failed to speak out over potential bus cuts or&hellip;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/labour-attacks-green-record-as-garbett-marks-100-days/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/labour-attacks-green-record-as-garbett-marks-100-days/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-swab cervical screening now offered at every Hackney GP surgery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rollout to all 1,100 practices in the capital is aimed at women six months or more overdue, who can now take their own sample without an internal examination]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/self-swab-cervical-screening-now-offered-at-every-hackney-gp-surgery/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/self-swab-cervical-screening-now-offered-at-every-hackney-gp-surgery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plans submitted for 23-storey ‘co-living’ high rise in Homerton]]></title><description><![CDATA[A &lsquo;co-living&rsquo; high-rise block could be coming to Hackney under plans to knock down and redevelop abandoned garages in Homerton]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/plans-submitted-for-23-storey-co-living-high-rise-in-homerton/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/plans-submitted-for-23-storey-co-living-high-rise-in-homerton/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[London Mayor warned: retrofit the capital’s overheating homes faster]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three-quarters of the capital&rsquo;s social housing stock is judged at high risk of overheating]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/london-mayor-warned-retrofit-the-capitals-overheating-homes-faster/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/london-mayor-warned-retrofit-the-capitals-overheating-homes-faster/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greens and Labour trade blows over London Fields paddling pool]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cabinet member Jacob Cable says the pool 'sat closed and derelict' under Labour, as Cllr Anntoinette Bramble accuses the new administration of offering 'kind platitudes' instead of a firm commitment]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/greens-and-labour-trade-blows-over-london-fields-paddling-pool/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/greens-and-labour-trade-blows-over-london-fields-paddling-pool/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greens and Labour trade blame over London Fields paddling pool]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cabinet member Jacob Cable says the pool 'sat closed and derelict' under Labour, as Cllr Anntoinette Bramble accuses the new administration of offering 'kind platitudes' instead of a firm commitment]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/greens-and-labour-trade-blame-over-london-fields-paddling-pool/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/greens-and-labour-trade-blame-over-london-fields-paddling-pool/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Residents fight Town Hall plan to build on Hoxton community garden]]></title><description><![CDATA[Campaigners say the 16-year-old kitchen garden on St John's Estate cannot be moved, as Hackney Council proposes 32 social rent homes on the site]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/residents-fight-town-hall-plan-to-build-on-hoxton-community-garden/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/residents-fight-town-hall-plan-to-build-on-hoxton-community-garden/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hoxton playgrounds locked for years as Labour councillor launches campaign to reopen them]]></title><description><![CDATA[Repairs are underway at one Wenlock Barn play area. The other needs more than a routine fix &mdash; and the council has set no timetable for it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/hoxton-playgrounds-locked-for-years-as-labour-councillor-launches-campaign-to-reopen-them/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/hoxton-playgrounds-locked-for-years-as-labour-councillor-launches-campaign-to-reopen-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘More like 20 years’: Zoë Garbett on 100 days in office]]></title><description><![CDATA[From a &pound;53m funding gap to a fight over single-sex spaces, Hackney's first Green mayor on rearranging the furniture and setting a new tone at the Town Hall]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/more-like-20-years-zo-garbett-on-100-days-in-office/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/more-like-20-years-zo-garbett-on-100-days-in-office/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Council must keep tenants cool under new heat law]]></title><description><![CDATA[City Hall says failing to adapt could cost London up to &pound;36bn a year by the 2050s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/council-must-keep-tenants-cool-under-new-heat-law/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/region/hackney/council-must-keep-tenants-cool-under-new-heat-law/</guid></item></channel></rss>