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Mayor launches art gallery project to build community-inspired model of future Hoxton
Large-scale replica of the area is on show at PEER gallery – and will evolve based on residents’ ideas
Read MoreCampaigners considering legal action after council approves Clapton garden build-over
Town Hall’s plan for 11 ‘genuinely affordable’ homes gets go-ahead – but new, permanent site for garden fails to win over opponents
Read MoreHackney Carnival project for young adults with autism returns this summer
Two local theatre companies team up again to bring back the popular Carnival Collective
Read MoreCampaigners stage ‘satirical’ dodgeball protest outside oil giant’s clean energy festival
Activists, including local group Divest Hackney, take aim at Shell’s ‘sickeningly cynical’ Make the Future event
Read MoreComic – Save Hackney Wick
Our artist Francisco de la Mora gives us his take on the predicament facing one of Hackney’s most creative quarters
Read MoreTitbits – football fever, Feryal fury and the environmental approach to sex
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreSave Britannia campaign boost as ‘high-powered’ objection letter reveals major developer’s concerns
Anthology says council leisure centre plans are ‘not value for money for residents’ in merciless 12-page dismantling
Read MoreLet it Bee: Hackney’s Petchey Academy proud home to rooftop bee colonies
Student beekeepers are hoping for a rich honey harvest next summer
Read MoreLGBT+ gardening group in Hackney could bag £12k in supermarket cash giveaway
Rainbow Grow has been selected for Tesco’s community funding scheme – and shoppers can help them nab the biggest grant
Read MoreCampaigners fighting railway arches sell-off deliver petition to transport secretary
Seven thousand people back Guardians of the Arches’ efforts to halt Network Rail’s billion-pound fire-sale
Read MoreHackney Council denies claim of a ‘democratic deficit’ in bid to build on Clapton community garden
Town Hall’s application to create 11 affordable homes on Daubeney Road will go before a planning committee next week
Read More‘Secularist plot’: Controversy-hit Jewish school lashes out at Ofsted after ‘Inadequate’ rating
Yesodey Hatorah says watchdog’s report shows ‘disrespect for the Orthodox community’ amid calls from humanists for the school to be shut
Read MoreHackney brothers to ‘celebrate London’s gravel paths and dirt tracks’ in charity cycling event
Bike enthusiasts Andrew and Phil Diprose, who run The Ride Journal, are raising money for St Mary’s Centre
Read MoreHackney’s Caribbean elders join councillors to mark Windrush Day
Deputy Mayor Anntoinette Bramble hosted a Town Hall ceremony on 22 June for the 70th anniversary of the ship’s arrival in Britain
Read MoreRole models required: Council appeals for male volunteers to ‘inspire the next generation’
Town Hall wants men who love their jobs to take part in a special careers event in October
Read MoreHackney Mayor says council payments are secure after reported data breach in nearby Islington
Islington Council asked for residents’ card details over email, according to BBC report
Read More‘Drag nuns on the 55 bus’: Special tours to uncover Hackney’s LGBT+ history
Queer Tours of London announces two interactive walks this month as part of the borough’s Pride 365 celebrations
Read MoreRashan Charles: Family slams ‘flawed’ investigation by police watchdog after accidental death ruling
Relatives say Independent Office for Police Conduct probe ‘felt predetermined’ and claim ‘evidence was excluded’
Read MoreDrawing back the Curtain: Landmark event to explore history of recently discovered Elizabethan playhouse
The Curtain Theatre was excavated just two years ago
Read MoreStoke Newington music venue Total Refreshment Centre issued with closure notice by council
Manager Alexis Blondel vows to ‘keep the ship afloat’ as events are put on hold
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