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‘Dragonfly detectives’ to boost waterway wildlife at Woodberry Wetlands
Volunteers will learn why insects such as dragonflies and damselflies are key to the health of London’s waterways
Read MoreCouncil leads the charge against air pollution with fleet of electric cars
New ‘electric fleet’ bought with an award from the Mayor of London’s Air Quality Fund will help council workers get around the borough
Read MoreStoke Newington landlord hit with £20,000 fine for cramming 28 tenants into terraced house
The illegally converted home had just one kitchen and bathroom and breached basic safety standards
Read MoreDrawing inspiration: Biro art takes centre stage at With/Draw exhibition
The different ways artists use drawing in their practice is the subject of an intriguing group show at Leyden Gallery
Read MoreJoseph Beck – the man who saved Clissold Park
New historical documents shed light on a four-year campaign in the 1880s to secure the much-loved Stoke Newington park for public use
Read MoreShadow health secretary Diane Abbott slams ‘sorry saga’ as junior doctors reject new contract
‘Disappointing we still do not have contract that junior doctors feel able to support’
Read MoreReceptionist sent home for refusing to wear high heels donates shoes to Hackney Museum
Petition launched after Nicola Thorp was sent home without pay from a temping job to be debated in parliament this month
Read MoreDiane Abbott: Guarantee NHS workers from EU countries the right to remain in UK
Shadow Secretary of State for Health told Homerton University Hospital staff that EU workers’ contributions were ‘invaluable’ to the NHS
Read MoreHomerton ‘community asset’ pub The Prince Edward to celebrate 150th anniversary
Pub that was saved from demolition to celebrate landmark anniversary
Read MoreYayoi Kusama, Victoria Miro gallery, review: ‘Infinity in a pumpkin’
A collection of spectacular mirrored environments, sculptures and paintings immerse the viewer in an expansive sublime plane
Read More‘Hoxton is no longer a place for artists’ – Paintworks art supplies shop to close after 31 years
‘The area has changed and my customers have been priced out,’ says manager of Paintworks
Read MoreNational charity warns of ‘seismic shift towards criminalisation’ of Hackney’s sex workers
Sex workers are increasingly subject to enforcement by police and local authorities in the form of dispersal orders, fines and prosecution
Read MoreScoffing offal – a Hackney history
Once considered a cheap dish fit only for the poor, offal is in fact a delicacy in its own right
Read MoreGoing solar: renewable energy brings power to the people
Hackney produces less green energy than some neighbouring boroughs, but there are ideas afoot to change that
Read MoreQueen’s Yard set for partial demolition
‘We don’t want no yuppie flats, we’re happy with our rats’
Read MoreHackney Central by-election candidates announced
Voting takes place on Thursday 21 July 2016 between 7am and 10pm
Read MoreIstanbul terrorist attacks: advice surgery for Hackney’s Turkish and Kurdish-speaking residents
Native speaker will be on hand to help with translation and counselling at free drop-in service
Read MoreDe Beauvoir Town rooftop garden house vies for RIBA award
The Garden House has been included on Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) longlist for House of the Year
Read MoreColville Estate residents step in to save magnolia trees
The trees were dug up and replanted in Shoreditch Park
Read MoreResidents slam ‘epic hubris’ of council approving its own application to build two high rise towers
Councillor says plans would never be approved if submitted by a private developer
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