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Town Hall launches online hub to gather ideas that celebrate ‘local heroes, inspirational stories and incredible history’

Richmond Road Medical Centre in Dalston will offer online yoga, meditation and fitness classes for three weeks from 24 November

Cat Taylor, who used to work in child protection in the borough, has teamed up with her best friend to fund gifts for children in poverty

Moniker inspired by Hackney’s Giro d’Italia champion among options shortlisted for the CS1 route

Council releases specially commissioned poster by artist Marcie Mintrose that highlights points of interest, both past and present, across the borough

Town Hall celebration of ‘very best in architecture’ adds Young People’s Choice prize to recognise child-friendly developments

The Wick venue is inviting applications to Live Lab, a paid course designed to teach artists from all disciplines how to direct a stage show

Transport for London agrees to council request to lift series of restrictions on Richmond Road, Queensbridge Road and the A10

Dr Kirsten Brown says young kids are ‘known to be super spreaders’ and urges parents to have them inoculated using nasal spray

Dr Sandra Husbands on how people can help stop the spread of Covid, advances in testing, and whether or not a vaccine will end the pandemic

Traders were forced to close early last weekend as people ‘congregated around shops selling takeaway alcohol’

Labyrinthine: Sapphire Slows performs at The Waiting Room. Photograph: Andrew Barnes

The Waiting Room and the Lexington among 30 venues on red alert after missing out on sufficient government funding

Stoke Newington-based Home Instead’s ‘Be a Santa to a Senior’ campaign is asking for donations of Christmas gifts

Council teams up with Local Buyers Club to create free online directory for shoppers, and vows to promote borough’s businesses over the next year

Eight-year-old Ben Boyt is inviting kids to do a sponsored activity this Sunday while wearing a Christmas jumper

Tribute to the ‘mother of feminism’ by renowned artist Maggi Hambling to be installed on Newington Green tomorrow

The Arcola Theatre’s deputy artistic director on a ‘devastating’ year, plans for an outdoor venue, and an upcoming festival aimed at ‘rebuilding community bonds’

Hart’s old teacher at Stoke Newington School jokingly forgives the sports star for bunking off ten years ago to attend the Team Sky launch

Detectives say posters appear to have been stolen ‘somewhere along the supply and distribution chain’ for Town Hall newspaper Hackney Today

The annual scheme, run by a local discount card firm, distributes donations of new toys to families most in need across East London

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Residents invited to submit inclusive names for Hackney’s roads, buildings and public spaces

Hackney GP surgery to host free virtual retreat to help people ‘struggling during lockdown’

‘Having a special toy means everything’: Former Hackney social worker raises over £2,300 for the Winter Toy Appeal

Give us a handle: Public invited to vote on names for London’s major cycleways

‘This inspires us to think’: Town Hall puts Black history on the map in Hackney

Hackney Design Awards 2020: Judges announce 32-strong shortlist with residents invited to vote in two categories

The Yard Theatre announces new programme for artists following £250k survival grant

Banned turns in London Fields removed following feedback on low-traffic scheme

‘More important than ever’ for children to be vaccinated against flu, warns Hackney GP

Hackney’s public health director: ‘Let’s make this lockdown count’

Police and council to bolster officer numbers at Broadway Market after last week’s crowds

Local venues in ‘imminent danger’ join fresh drive for support

Hackney home care firm launches festive appeal to ‘give a little cheer to seniors’

Town Hall urges residents to ‘Love Hackney, Shop Local’ in new campaign

Winter Toy Appeal: Hackney children urged to take part in sporty fundraiser organised by local boy

‘Her ideas changed the world’: Mary Wollstonecraft sculpture set for unveiling after decade-long campaign

Leyla Nazli: ‘We can’t wait to bring people back together, safely’

Tao Geoghegan Hart’s former school and cycling coach pay tribute to new Giro d’Italia champion

Police investigating theft of thousands of Stik prints intended as ‘gifts for Hackney residents’

Winter Toy Appeal returns with call to ‘end devastating year with a little Christmas magic’