Family and friends of Godwin Lawson, will march on Sunday 25 April, to remember him, build up awareness to the recent spate of stabbings amongst young people in the capital and to convince young people to leave “knives in the kitchen”. Lawson 17, died in the early hours of Saturday, March 27 after he was [...]

Police were called at 5:15 pm today (Sunday) April 11 after residents reported gunshots along Upper Clapton Road E5. There are no reports of injury or fatalities and police are still at the scene conducting investigations. Upper Clapton Road between Lea Bridge Roundabout and Evering Road are sealed off and closed to traffic. The shooting [...]

Hackney Council has ordered the closure of a 260-pupil strictly Orthodox girls’ school in Stamford Hill. The school, Beis Trana in Upper Clapton Road has until August to stop using the play area and to remove play equipment and portacabins. Five years ago, the council refused retrospective planning permission, for the development of the rear [...]

A home owner whose property has been described as illegal and invasive will have to tear it down again in line with an enforcement notice issued by Hackney Council. Mr Dreyfuss, of Lingwood Road, Upper Clapton E5, had originally knocked down his house and built a significantly larger property in its place without planning permission. [...]