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Clapton garage rented out as ‘bogus’ studio flat at more than £1,000 per month
Council discovered two people living in inadequate conditions
Read MoreNew late night licences under threat amid warnings of ‘clampdown on culture’
Residents in last chance saloon to have their say on the future of borough’s burgeoning nightlife
Read MoreTech City start-up faces £3,000 bill over Shoreditch pavements ads
App founder Rich Pleeth says it is a “shame” the council has chosen to pursue and punish a small local business
Read MoreWireless Festival aftermath aggravates Finsbury Park residents
Campaign group Friends of Finsbury Park leads the complaints about weekend disruptions and damages to the park
Read MoreKingsland Fire Station to be demolished under plans for free school and luxury flats
Plans include an 11-storey residential development, but none of the 68 new homes will be affordable
Read MoreGaining momentum: nominations open for Hackney Youth Parliament
Anyone aged between 11 and 19 years old can stand as a candidate, as long as they live, work, or go to school in the borough
Read MoreFormer Hoxton headteacher banned after hitting five-year-old pupil
Amos and Faith Johnson found guilty of breaching teacher standards and abuse of position whilst running the now-closed Mustard School
Read MorePolice offer £30,000 reward for information on Joseph Burke-Monerville murder
Detectives have renewed their appeal for information and witnesses who have not previously come forward
Read MoreSecond Stamford Hill Jewish school criticised for failing to teach about same-sex relationships
‘It seems that our religious beliefs are now a barrier to our school’s success,’ says Beis Malka Girls’ School governor following Ofsted inspection
Read MoreLandlord problems? Sian Berry launches Big Renters Survey to look into London’s private renting crisis
‘My flat’s toilet is never properly fixed by my landlord and has just broken again’
Read MoreSisters Uncut seize Homerton flat in protest against lack of housing for domestic violence victims
Two out of three domestic violence victims who need rehousing are being turned away, direct action group claims
Read MoreHackney drug dealer jailed after taking over ‘vulnerable’ man’s home
George Browne of Chatham Place found guilty of possession with intent to supply heroin
Read MoreOfsted criticises Stamford Hill Jewish school for failing to teach about same-sex orientation
Pupils at Talmud Torah Machzikei Hadass school are being “shielded from learning about particular differences, such as sexual orientation”
Read MoreGeffrye Museum expansion plans given green light by council
Redevelopment approved three years after council threw out original plans
Read MoreScythes matter at haymaking event
Using this ancient tool is more meditative than macho, something residents can discover at the annual Community Haystacks event
Read MorePedal power: kids set world record for annual Bike Around the Borough
After narrowly missed out last year, Hackney schoolchildren break world record with mammoth ‘bike bus’ at council event
Read MoreStoke Newington residents furious over ‘noisy festival’ in Clissold Park
Residents take to social media to complain about noise levels at last Sunday’s DayMer Festival and to question priorities of the council
Read MoreSurround sounds: ‘pit parties’ are taking the gig to the crowd
Garage rock gigs held in secret locations across East London see bands play in the centre of the room with the crowd surrounding them 360 degrees
Read More‘Soul of Well Street’ cycle shop ordered to close over antisocial behaviour
Cycle Pitstop has been served a three-month Closure Order after receiving more than 80 complaints in a year – including for loud music and drug use
Read MoreAdrift: A Secret Life of London’s Waterways, review – ‘serious and fascinating’
Poetic, informative and thoroughly researched, Adrift is author Helen Babbs’s account of living on the canals and waterways of London
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