News
Warming up the Wick: community’s charity coat rack heats up
A local project that provides free winter clothing is growing in popularity
Read MoreBenefactor of controversial LD50 art gallery denies interest or involvement in its activities
Brian Caffyn explained that he had made the loan to help his friend follow her art dream
Read MoreHackney lawyers reveal pesticide industry is ‘making mockery’ of EU ban
Bees in danger as countries ‘exploit loophole’ that allows the use of outlawed insecticides, new analysis finds
Read MoreVictory for Digs as bank bows to pressure over ‘rent rise clause’
Santander vows to remove wording that campaigners say encourages landlords to raise rents to maximum
Read MoreProtestors to march on Hackney art gallery after it hosted ‘openly racist’ shows
Owner Lucia Diego say attacks calling for it to be closed down ‘come from a position of ignorance’
Read MoreStoke Newington landlord slapped with £40,000 fine for illegal roof extension
Sternglade Ltd’s director is wanted by police after ignoring repeated demands to demolish extension
Read MoreTraders’ ‘future in doubt’ as government moots business rates rise
Town Hall business chief says increase will ‘tear the heart out of local communities’ as council joins forces with Hackney traders to launch petition
Read MoreSisters Uncut slams Hackney mayor’s ‘broken promises’ at Valentine’s Day protest
Domestic violence campaigners say Philip Glanville is “breaking their hearts”
Read MoreMayor launches year-long LGBTQI+ festival
Events throughout 2017 will celebrate Hackney’s LGBT+ community as part of drive to commemorate its history in the borough
Read MoreArtist accuses council of ‘appalling treatment’ in business rates row
Pangaea Sculptors’ Centre says it has been ignored by Town Hall bosses since 2015 in battle to claim vital rebate
Read MoreVicar found guilty of abusing choirboy at Stoke Newington church between 1979 and 1981
Victim tragically died on the same day his abuser was found guilty without hearing the verdict
Read MoreHoxton Citizens launches Shoreditch Park charter
Community action group uses first ever meeting to announce its demands over Town Hall’s park plans
Read MoreMayor announces council tax hike and £13.8m cuts
Philip Glanville blames ‘austerity years’ for tax rise but vows to protect key services in the face of further cuts
Read More‘You have to look deeper than a Pinterest board’
John McDavid, from new ‘design-literate’ estate agency Aucoot, on buying, selling and creating an inspirational home
Read MoreHackney poet Anthony Anaxagorou penned words for star-studded climate film ‘A Love Song’
The wordsmith calls for ‘immediate action’ in the wake of President Trump’s threats to pull out of climate deal
Read MoreRecorder quartet Palisander to launch debut album at St John’s Smith Square
Group hit the headlines last year with a 24-hour ‘Recorderthon’ in Haggerston to raise money for six-foot tall instrument
Read MoreAll Hackney councillors have been offered personal attack alarms as security precaution
Ongoing review of safety at ward surgeries which could lead to guards being stationed there to protect local politicians from any attackers
Read MoreBrick and mortar-board: Hackney Community College’s Brickwork courses building a plumb reputation
HCC’s Paul Reed and James Bragg on the how, what and why of studying this most crucial of trades
Read MoreHackney waterway in the running for new wildlife-friendly reedbeds courtesy of charity Thames21
Nine potential Lea Navigation sites, five of which are in the borough, included in online poll – with voters being entered into a special prize draw
Read More‘Poking starts from 10’: Tattoo promotion prompts warning to zero rated Stokey Bears
Burger joint’s owner Tom Reaney gets the needle after threat of prosecution and insists ‘We aren’t tattooing people’ before attacking critics in belligerent birthday outburst
Read More