Finsbury Park flood: Local politicians put ‘serious concerns’ to Thames Water
Hackney Mayor joins MPs Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn to grill company bosses over their response to last week’s catastrophe
Read MoreGarden School awarded £1.5m to create Hackney’s only sixth form for autistic students
Hackney Mayor welcomes arrival of ‘long-held wish’ as grant funding goes to fund feasibility study and expansion of new site
Read MoreBeyond jam and Jerusalem: A different side to the Women’s Institute in Hackney Wick
A growing unit is combining tradition with defying stereotypes through feminist crafts, cocktails and pumpkin activism
Read MoreCouncil crackdown on rogue landlords begins after new licensing powers approved
Landlords in Brownswood, Cazenove and Stoke Newington warned to expect ‘tough penalties’ if they do not hold a licence
Read More‘Had enough’: BSix sixth form teachers come out on strike over pay and funding
Students express solidarity with educators as study shows £1.1bn required to fully reverse last ten years of cuts
Read MoreV&A Museum of Childhood gets go-ahead for ‘biggest redesign in its 147-year history’
Bethnal Green institution wins planning approval for first step in massive overhaul of its Grade II-listed building and grounds
Read MoreArrest made over Harry Zeital Way blaze as residents still without answers on fire safety
Police appeal for witnesses to come forward as urgent residents’ association meeting planned calling for further investigation
Read MoreTown Hall tests out digital noticeboards and new signs for Hackney’s estates
Screens carrying up-to-the-minute information on repairs, local events and meetings are being trialled in Homerton and Hoxton
Read MorePublic health expert warns Town Hall could ‘come to regret’ vape store partnership
Professor Martin McKee calls decision to actively promote vaping ‘incredible’, but council says it is ‘maximising support to smokers’
Read More‘Kind, thoughtful and principled’: Former Hackney councillor Geoff Taylor dies aged 70
Labour colleagues pay tribute to the talented musician and ex-teacher who served on the council for 16 years until illness forced him to step down in 2018
Read MorePeer gallery and Shoreditch Library to launch year-long arts partnership
Peer director says joint programme of exhibitions and workshops is a ‘powerful way to combine arts, culture, community and knowledge’
Read More‘Meaningful’ Town Hall plan for bringing services in-house to be published next year
Finance boss warns against ‘turning off the tap’ to local economy
Read MoreRipley & Lambert, Dalston: ‘Café paradise for film fans’
The new specialist bookshop, with its hypnotic, Twin Peaks-inspired floor, provides a ‘perfect escape from the bustle of Kingsland Road’
Read MoreAnna Laurini: Stillness Speaks, The Old Bank Vault, exhibition review: ‘Raw voluptuousness and urban chic’
The street artist’s solo show at the Hackney Road gallery features her signature faces with their ‘bold magenta lips and alluring eyes’
Read More48 bus to be withdrawn this weekend – as number 30 goes two-way on Wick Road
All change as TfL pushes ahead with controversial scrapping of the 48 route despite local opposition
Read MoreFuture Hackney backs Animal Rebellion as it follows the movement’s October protests
The youth filmmaking collective, which has previously documented changes on Ridley Road, turns its focus to the Extinction Rebellion offshoot calling for a plant-based society
Read More‘Towers of privilege’: East London politicians call for return of powers from Olympic legacy corporation
Councillors brand lack of affordable homes in recent Hackney Wick developments ‘egregious’
Read MoreBoy Blue, Barbican Theatre: ‘Hip-hop dance troupe lacking its usual punch’
The Olivier Award-winning company’s latest show, REDD, deals with grief and betrayal, but ends up feeling ‘flat and emotionless’
Read More‘Not good enough’: Mayor hits out at Thames Water’s response to Finsbury Park flooding
Mayor delivers withering assessment of the organisation’s reaction to yesterday’s burst pipe, which saw at least 250 homes suffer water damage
Read MoreCouncillors fear being ‘undermined’ by Town Hall’s slowing responses to their enquiries
‘End to end’ review of enquiry process planned as Hackney Wick councillor argues delays harm credibility
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