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Iconic Holborn Studios under renewed threat of development
Objectors say plans to develop ‘heritage asset’ canal-side studios will force out local businesses
Read MoreHackney landlord Haydar Ulus cleared of assault
Enfield councillor was accused of punching a man in a Cash and Carry in Edmonton
Read MoreParents in shock as council approves flats that will ‘overshadow’ playground
Council rides roughshod over covenant designed to protect ‘the right of uninterrupted and unheeded access of light’
Read MoreOne Hackney: let’s get together and feel all right
Big players in Hackney’s health establishments are teaming up with smaller organisations to create ‘integrated health and social care’
Read MoreHackney MP Diane Abbott joins Corbyn’s new Labour shadow cabinet
Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP ‘very happy’ to be named shadow international development secretary
Read MoreThe school of hard knocks
At Hackney’s Boxing Academy, last-chance pupils are punching their way to a brighter future
Read MoreCouncil admits error over ‘out of date’ map used in waste plan
‘Densely populated’ residential area listed as industrial as North London Waste Plan relies on Town Hall map
Read MoreHomelessness costs double in five years as council struggles to meet demand
Charity warns housing shortage and budget cuts are making it hard for councils to help homeless residents
Read MoreRestoring health and vintage furniture at Spitalfields Crypt Trust
Recovering addicts are learning to make, renovate and sell old sofas, tables and much more
Read MoreTwo charged over fatal stabbing of Marcel Addai in Hoxton
17-year-old died from stab wounds on the St John’s Estates on Pitfield Street
Read MoreEel passes help endangered fish complete final leg of 3,000 km odyssey
Tunnels helping eels on their upstream battle are being refurbished by the Canal and River Trust
Read MoreCheep snack or fowl food? Debate over chicken takeaways continues
A fast food restaurant has applied to open opposite a school, sparking concerns about public health
Read MoreBootstrap Campus connects young locals with Hackney’s creative economy
The youth programme run by Dalston social enterprise Bootstrap Company is breaking down barriers to creative careers
Read MoreHackney Mayor calls on government to ‘step up’ funding for refugees
The prime minister has pledged the UK will take 20,000 refugees by 2020 but funding only announced for one year
Read MoreTurning over a new leaf: looking to the future after Victoria Park Books closes
Owner of independent bookshop Joanna De Guia has launched the events business Story Habit
Read MoreDivest Hackney Q&A: Climate activists turn up the heat on local government
Local campaign group explains why it wants Hackney Council to divest from the £42m it has in the fossil fuel industry
Read MoreLondon Fields bakery shares the loaf with bread-making project for refugees
e5 Bakehouse has teamed up with scheme for refugee women to meet, develop skills and learn to bake bread
Read MoreTeenager murdered in Hoxton named as Marcel Addai
The family of the 17-year-old stabbed to death on St John’s Estates say they are ‘devastated’ by the ‘wicked attack’
Read MoreRumble in the jumble: residents let down as council bins community sale
Concern over litter and blocked pathways prompts council U-turn on Stoke Newington Jumble Trail
Read MoreCorbyn the poet pledges ‘arts for all’ at policy launch in Dalston
Labour leadership frontrunner announces ‘national strategy for the arts’, including ring-fenced funding and protection for BBC
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