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Voila! Kingsland Waste Market could be brought back as ‘brocante’, says councillor
Regeneration chief uses French word meaning ‘flea market’ as he answers a colleague’s question about demise of hub for traders
Read MoreHackney playwright details foster care experience in debut play
Four Paintings combines art and performance to explore the experience of growing up in care
Read More‘It’s fantastic’: Night-time lobby group hails Passing Clouds’ protected status
Campaigners have ‘breathing space’, but questions remain over whether Asset of Community Value designation will change anything
Read MoreHackney MP Diane Abbott clarifies: ‘I am proud to be British’
MP’s statement comes following Daily Mail’s claims that she said she was ‘ashamed’ of her nationality because of attitude towards refugees
Read MoreResidents urged to dress up for Clissold Park fireworks display
No animals will be harmed during pyrotechnics extravaganza, insists council, after zoo creatures are given a check-up by vet
Read MoreDuo of advisers to Mayor Philip Glanville look set to receive £37,000 annually
Opposition councillor says sum is ‘not to be sniffed at’ ahead of changes to Hackney Council’s constitution expected to be approved tonight
Read MoreCouncil launches £640k recycling rewards scheme despite ‘mixed results’
Government-funded initiative is part of a fresh drive to boost stagnant recycling rates in Hackney, but research suggests such schemes are ‘unreliable’
Read MoreReborn river among weird and wonderful ideas as council invites masterplan feedback
Residents outline imaginative solutions for improving Hackney Central after council says it will consider their suggestions
Read MoreExceptional home care that is as individual as you are!
Triangle Community Services Hackney, Your Home, Your Care, Your Way
Read MoreUnregistered Jewish school shut down by Ofsted ‘flouting order to close’
Department for Education’s investigation into Talmud Torah Tashbar still has not concluded eight months after it was launched, it has emerged
Read MoreCyclist campaigners call for action over Mare Street ‘collision hotspot’
Town Hall urged to reduce ‘hostile conditions’ for people accessing the Narrow Way on two wheels after woman suffered head injuries
Read MoreBrexit blamed for impending closure of Clapton comics shop Raygun
Retailer to shut this weekend after two years in business, but manager says it will ‘maintain a presence’ in Hackney
Read MoreHackney law firm drags government back to court over ‘woeful failure’ to tackle air pollution
Air quality in the UK is ‘nothing short of a public health crisis’, says ClientEarth
Read MoreStreet art superstars take part in exhibition billed as Hackney Wick’s swansong
Save Yourselves is a collaborative installation involving some of Hackney Wick’s most celebrated names
Read More‘Tesco Towers’ could return under Hackney Central masterplan vision
Six years after a Town Hall committee declined to permit redevelopment of Morning Lane site, council now wants to encourage a similar scheme
Read MoreLondon Fields Lido forced to close until next spring for ‘urgent repairs’
Swimming pool will be out of action from November so council can fix cracking tiles
Read MoreCyclist expected to make recovery after collision with car on Mare Street
20-year-old suffered head injuries after being hit by a car in the early hours of Saturday morning
Read MoreBlack Cat Café burglary: Residents rally with funding drive after vegan eatery break-in
Police informed after glass is smashed and cash and till system are stolen from ethical eatery run as workers’ co-op
Read MoreStrut & Cluck, review: London’s first turkey-only restaurant is worth a gobble
Rather than doing Christmas dinner all year round, Strut & Cluck aims to showcase the potential of this magnificent bird
Read MoreDancing for the refugee crisis – fundraising party to be held at Stour Space
Dance music and visual art extravaganza to take place at Hackney Wick gallery in aid of the ongoing refugee crisis in Calais, Syria and beyond
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