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Dalston’s NTS Radio to go global with international tour
Online radio station based in Gillett Square receives Arts Council funding for live shows around the world
Read MoreMan who survived 98 per cent burns says thanks to Homerton fire crew
Blaze victim Constantin Huber visits Homerton Fire Station after making remarkable recovery
Read MoreLeader – Why this betrayal of the promised Olympic legacy?
As Hackney Wick artists are booted out of their studios, the body in charge of delivering the Olympic legacy looks set on betraying its own principles
Read MoreProject inspired by Obama’s favourite ‘cradle to career’ scheme marks first anniversary
A lot has changed on the Pembury Estate in the years since the 2011 riots, writes Tara Joshi
Read MoreResidents launch campaign against plan to cut cars on Wordsworth Road
“It exacerbates danger to pedestrians, especially children, from speeding cyclists near Butterfield Green”
Read MoreResidents fume at plans to scrap cyclists’ crossing at Olympic Park
Hundred people brave rain to protest at plans to turn popular Monier Road bridge at the Olympic Park into “dangerous rat-run”
Read More“It looks like Legoland now…” – residents speak out over Nightingale Estate regeneration plan
The £200 million scheme will bring 400 new properties for social rent, shared ownership and private sale
Read MoreTunde Okewale MBE: from part-time jobs, and a 2:2, to the honours list
The barrister, who got his break at Dalston Sainsbury’s, speaks on the “confidence barrier” blocking working-class professionals
Read More‘Tear down eco-friendly beach house’, council tells artists
Experiment has ‘unacceptable impact’ on Haggerston Baths, which has been empty for 14 years
Read MoreQuitters a ‘priority’ but council failing to kick its own tobacco habit
No cuts to Stop Smoking services in Hackney despite council investing millions in tobacco through pension fund
Read MoreHackney sets date for mayoral election
Ballot to take place on 15 September following resignation of Jules Pipe
Read MoreClissold Quarter in London is UK’s first development with ‘virtual’ show apartments
Higgins Homes use Oculus Rift technology to allow prospective tenants to ‘walk-through’ at their leisure
Read More‘Rapper’ Grymey D jailed for sex with schoolgirls
“He used social media to groom children online, paying them compliments, pretending to be affectionate’
Read MoreFeminist Dissent in Shoreditch: new journal hopes to ‘amplify the voices’ of women under oppression
The inaugural issue was launched at the Rich Mix in an evening of music, comedy and debate
Read MoreVittoria Wharf demolition: Olympic legacy developers have ‘no grasp’ of community, say campaigners
Locals are launching a campaign to save the site with three-day Wickstock festival
Read MoreCllr Philip Glanville selected as Labour mayoral candidate
Current deputy mayor beats three rivals to win Labour nomination to become Hackney’s next mayor
Read MoreMissing teenager Shai Morgan found safe and well
Police confirm the 14-year-old has been reunited with her family
Read MorePolice investigating allegation of rape of thirteen-year-old girl in London Fields
Police believe attack believe took place between 9pm Saturday 16 July and 1am the following morning
Read MoreQuiz goers raise nearly £800 for Oxjam Dalston
Oxjam Dalston hosts first fundraiser ahead of huge music event in October
Read MoreChatsworth Road takeaway boss wiped CCTV and destroyed evidence to cover up double stabbing
Fast food worker handed 21-month suspended sentence for perverting the course of justice
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