The Latest Breaking News from Hackney

Welcome to Tropic-hell Tuesday. London is sizzling in the big 4-oh, the Met Office has issued its first-ever red weather warning for extreme heat and, what do you know, Londoners from Hackney to Hounslow are acting like the world is going to end. Again.

Average fares for a two mile journey are set to go up by more than 13 per cent

It’s no one-off. The problems cannot be laid at the door of a single rogue officer or isolated WhatsApp message. The Metropolitan Police, London’s police service, has essentially been placed in special measures after being hit by a series of scandals, from the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving…

Police continue to appeal for those with information to come forward

The proposal for a fare increase was brought forward by drivers due to an increase in the price of fuel and the cost of living

Three men have now been arrested over the 22 reported sexual assaults on lone women in the area since February. But why did it take so long and how can locals be sure it won’t happen again? Katie Strick reports

Thomas J Price’s Warm Shores was created from composites of 30 residents connected to the Windrush generation, and shows how monuments can represent the communities they stand in

Proposals from the Hackney Carriage Alliance also include a charge increase for waiting times

Forest Gate and Deptford, and not Hackney, are apparently the places to live now