Hackney Council launched a campaign this week to raise the awareness of private fostering and are urging residents to let them know if they are ‘caring for someone else’s child’.

If you got carried away this Valentine’s Day and did not take all of the necessary precautions to protect yourself, do not panic. Hackney has set up a scheme making it easier for residents to get tested for the sexually transmitted disease Chlamydia and to help those infected get treatment as soon as possible.

Health officials in Hackney will use Valentine’s Day this year to remind everyone of the benefits of a healthy

Women across the East London Line boroughs of Hackney, Lewisham and Tower Hamlets are being urged this week to protect themselves from cervical cancer, as part of European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week.