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Protestors ‘reclaim’ Passing Clouds after landlord changes locks
Dalston music venue ‘repossessed’ by supporters and campaigners
Read MoreClapton Girls’ Academy wins award as Carnegie shortlister Kate Saunders hails ‘sophisticated response to novel’
Nine Clapton Girls’ Academy students pip teams from 11 other Hackney schools to win prestigious prize
Read MoreStik takes pride in Hackney with specially-made LGBT+ banner
Street artist has designed a two metre high flag for this month’s Pride in London parade
Read MoreGlastonbury festival-goers denied EU referendum polling station as Hackney councillor’s legal bid fails
Judge rejects legal challenge by Cllr Michael Desmond at Royal Courts of Justice
Read MoreHackney man jailed for stabbing guest at Bethnal Green wake
Khalid Ahmed followed and attacked the man using a knife from a kitchen drawer
Read MoreHackney Central ward by-election called
Ballot to take place on 21 July following Sophie Linden’s resignation as local councillor
Read MoreEast End Trades Guild launch crowdfunding campaign for Independents’ Day
EETG is working with local independent enterprises to launch East End Independents’ Day on Small Business Saturday
Read MoreChampion of LGBT+ inclusion ‘gobsmacked’ to receive MBE
Former Stoke Newington School teacher Elly Barnes included in birthday honours list for her pioneering charity work
Read MoreGiving back and mucking in – expert vollies benefit everyone
From cookery to befriending, Volunteer Centre Hackney provides an abundance of ways to help out in the community,
Read MoreChatsworth Road shooting: Moses Fadairo killer jailed for 18 years
Christopher Erunse sentenced for the manslaughter of his childhood friend
Read MoreFree school’s bid to convert former police station blocked
Council’s planning committee scuppers cop shop school scheme
Read MoreMorito, Hackney Road, restaurant review: tapas with North African twist
The founders of Moro have branched out with a new restaurant on Hackney Road
Read MoreHackney Council staff sacked following fraud investigation
Seven workers given their marching orders following probe into wrongdoing
Read MoreHackney Foodbank appeals for help amid record demand for emergency supplies
Charity to hold fundraising events to contend with a 25 per cent rise in residents using its services
Read MoreThe Strongroom American Beer Festival is back, and bigger than ever!
Independence Day celebrations, a huge range of imported beers, spirits and more
Read MoreYou’re hired! Sophie Linden accepted as London’s deputy mayor for policing and crime despite ‘worst CV ever seen’
Police and crime committee ‘deeply disappointed at paucity and shortness’ of nominee’s supporting documents and questions her judgment
Read MoreA Walk in the Park: The Life and Times of a People’s Institution – book review
Historian Travis Elborough charts the fascinating history of parks, those little pockets of nature most of us take for granted
Read More‘Wholly incompetent and dishonest’ fake medical staff employed with help of Homerton biomedical scientist
Two women landed themselves jobs with the ‘assistance and connivance’ of Homerton biochemist
Read MoreChatsworth Road shooting: man found guilty of Moses Fadairo manslaughter
Christopher Erunse found guilty of manslaughter following broad-daylight shooting of a young father on Chatsworth Road
Read MoreBig Lunch: Shrubland Road street party is first in residents’ living memory
Whole road closed for the day so that residents could have fun and get to know each other better
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