Be-Bop-A-Lula, Stoke Newington, restaurant review: Nashville to N16
The old Monarch pub has been transformed into a boozy temple of rock ‘n’ roll, Americana, and high-calorie diner classics. Does the food get our reviewer jiving, or All Shook Up?
Read MoreAbuse and neglect reports double in Hackney, rising at twice national rate
Council points to awareness campaign as numbers jump from 660 to 1,261
Read MoreThree Elvises and posh nosh for Hackney’s older folks this Christmas
Weekly event for ‘swanky’ senior citizens hopes to ‘forge new friendships’ at a lonely time of year for some
Read MoreHackney parents slam ‘catastrophic’ plans to cut high needs funding
Council’s proposal to ‘speed up funding process’ could see support slashed by up to 90 per cent
Read MoreRaising Hackney: Diane Abbott and Mayor Glanville celebrate Northwold Estate community centre
The community centre is celebrating a new name and the involvement of a new charity
Read MoreHackney Quakers make amends for disowning radical anti-slavery dwarf 300 years ago
North London branch hoping to ‘resuscitate the memory’ of revolutionary abolitionist Benjamin Lay
Read MoreYour chance to win a FREE ticket to a Russian Revolution documentary
Students and those unemployed can take advantage of the offer to attend a screening of ‘myth-busting’ film 1917: Why The Russian Revolution Matters – without paying a rouble
Read MoreFringe! Queer Film Fest: pushing boundaries and celebrating queer history
We check out a screening of The Misandrists at the film festival, which is on across East London until Sunday
Read MoreBritain’s first ever HIV testing pop-up opens in Hackney
Prince Harry attends launch on Morning Lane to hand out testing kits
Read MoreHackney Winter Night Shelter teams up with local graffiti artists to raise money
Sales of a specially created #RoofTop clothing range will boost long-running homelessness charity’s coffers
Read MoreMangle E8 acid attack: Arthur Collins found guilty of ‘barbaric’ act
He threw acid over a group of clubbers in London Fields last Easter
Read MoreMayor praises council’s ‘transparency’ post-Grenfell – despite blocking release of old fire safety checks
Glanville speech lauds council’s response, but admits new FRAs are ‘not perfect’
Read MoreMayor gives out 1,000 ‘I love Hackney’ badges as part of EU nationals drive
Glanville promotes #HackneyLovesYou campaign ahead of re-election bid
Read MoreHolborn Studios granted reprieve as High Court rules Hackney Council decision ‘unlawful’
Hoxton venue hails ‘turning point’ in three-year battle against demolition plans
Read MoreSt John the Baptist school awarded top marks by education watchdog
Hoxton school is eighteenth in borough to win ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted
Read MoreTackling child sexual exploitation: Experts share ten ways to help kids
Staff from the University of Bedfordshire visited Hackney social workers yesterday to share advice over cake and comics
Read MorePolice post £10k reward in fresh appeal over children’s BBQ shooting
Detectives urge people to come forward after ‘well-known’ homeless man was shot three times in Daubeney Fields in July
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