Exploding grannies and sleepy pears
Our resident food historian on Italian legends and the joys of pears with cheese
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘We can do our bit to save water’
Kate Poland on an impending water crisis in the UK, and what gardeners can do to help protect this precious resource
Read MoreSewage flowed into East London’s Olympic Park wetlands six times during early summer heatwave
Campaigners say Thames Water’s failure to make data publicly available is ‘unacceptable in the 21st century’
Read MoreHackney Conservatives throw support behind Haggerston Baths campaign
Locals call for building to be kept to ‘original height’ as developers promise submitted scheme will ‘save, repair and restore’ Baths’ heritage
Read MoreCall goes out for spare laptops to support Hackney pupils cut off by digital divide
Town Hall estimates 4,000 pupils are still without sufficient equipment despite existing loan schemes
Read MoreHackney artist reveals long-term effects of coronavirus with Instagram diary
Monique Jackson is documenting her experience in a unique way to raise awareness of Covid’s sometimes lingering impact and to push for more support for health workers
Read MoreWomxn’s theatre collective launches podcast to showcase global playwriting talent
Fizzy Sherbet, which began as a series of readings at Hackney Attic, wants to ‘amplify womxn’s voices’ at a difficult time for the theatre industry
Read MoreBroadway Market to reopen on Saturday as visitors told: ‘Queue, shop, go’
Soft launch over weekend has Broadway ‘ready to go’ as warnings repeated over ‘flouting’ of social distancing making reopening difficult
Read MoreCouncil health boss voices ‘major concerns’ over Homerton Hospital path lab partnership
Hospital moves to reassure that new arrangement will see ‘no change to the way patients receive or find out about tests’
Read MoreHackney councillor offers clothes alteration service for donations to local food bank
Alterations to dresses, trousers, cardigans and handmade facemasks part of Katie Hanson’s ‘socially useful and productive’ charity drive
Read More‘Geffrye must fall’: Stand Up To Racism protest calls on museum to remove statue
Councillors join protesters in accusing Museum of ‘disrespect’ as demands repeated to take down ‘reminder of oppression’
Read MoreCo-living flats on Kingsland Basin approved despite ‘totally unconvinced’ councillors
Scheme ‘threatens the very characteristics that have created this quiet, tucked-away refuge’, says council’s public realm chief
Read MorePublic health director warns social distancing has ‘slipped’ due to confusion
Work continues to ‘nip in the bud’ rise in cases in N16 as borough-level lockdowns dismissed as ‘unlikely’
Read MoreBrain injury charity Headway East London is on the lookout for Community Support Workers
Successful applicants will ‘work one to one and collaboratively with survivors in their own homes and the local community’
Read MoreSomerford Grove renters face eviction as Hackney Mayor calls out billionaire landlord
Councillors speak out over ‘poor treatment’ of residents as calls repeated for ‘complete end’ to use of Section 21 no-fault evictions
Read MoreUnions celebrate ‘fantastic victory’ in fight for better pay for Homerton Hospital workers
ISS staff to receive same sick pay as NHS colleagues as hospital commits to impact assessment of bringing workers inhouse
Read MoreCross-party calls made to safeguard future of domestic violence charity Sistah Space
Council urged to offer reduced rent at Mare Street premises as founder advocates for domestic violence victims’ right to ‘place of safety’
Read MoreMuseum of the Home’s decision to keep Robert Geffrye statue sees swift backlash
Campaigners call for boycott following announcement Museum aims to ‘reinterpret and contextualise the statue where it is’
Read More‘Outdated and grossly unfair’: Discrimination against benefits claimants in Hackney rental market called out
Local resident says prejudicial advertising for properties still going on despite being ruled unlawful earlier this month
Read MoreCouncil finance director warns of ‘big challenge’ on business rates relief
‘The double whammy for businesses will be having less income and higher costs,’ says Ian Williams
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