The Latest Breaking News from Hackney

Forensics were seen searching outside the restaurant as well as church - as girl remains in critical condition on Friday

The strength of feeling in Hackney has been echoed elsewhere, with dozens of prominent Black Britons signing an open letter – seen by The Independent – warning the furore risked alienating Black voters, Race Correspondent Nadine White writes. But is the party already seeing damage on the doorstep?

Letters: Readers respond to Labour’s investigation following the Hackney MP’s suspension from the party in April 2023, and the long delay in coming to a resolution

Child seriously injured in drive-by shooting as she ate with her family at north-east London restaurant

Witnesses said gunman, riding on a stolen motorbike, sprayed bullets towards diners who dived for cover

People living in Diane Abbott’s Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency voiced their views as the uncertainty hangs over the future of the veteran MP

Hackney North and Stoke Newington voters express anger and unease – and most say MP should be allowed to stand

Comments at rally in east London follow Keir Starmer’s denial that the Hackney MP would be barred from standing in the election

Three activists with links to Hackney constituency widely talked about as possible replacements to stand for election

Those involved had left the scene by the time police had arrived

Reverend Clifford Samuels, from Hackney, is thought to have caught the disease during an operation to remove a stomach ulcer at the Prince of Wales hospital in Tottenham in the 1970s