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Campaigners toast victory as Chesham Arms set to reopen as ‘East End boozer’
Pubs are ‘an important part of the social fabric of our cities’, says campaigner after Homerton pub is rescued from development
Read MoreSoapbox snippets: General Election debates special
Find out who got heckled, who is opposed to tumble dryers and who tried to speak ‘off the record’ at our General Election hustings on Sunday
Read MoreShacklewell Lane Mosque dome is ‘message of unity’ against Islamophobia
‘Ramsgate doesn’t have a mosque’ explains spokesperson for Reality Party, which is fielding a candidate in South Thanet
Read MoreRow escalates between Hackney’s Orthodox Jews and coroner over burial of dead
Leading religious figures say fears over autopsies and delayed burials are ‘traumatising’ the community
Read MoreSainsbury’s backs out of Wilmer Place in shock twist to supermarket saga
Dramatic week for Stokey Local as Sainsbury’s exits Newmark Properties scheme and court battle draws to a close
Read MoreDalston mosque faces questions over political slogan emblazoned on roof
The Charity Commission said will be contacting the UK Islamic Trust as a ‘matter of urgency’
Read MoreHackney South General Election 2015 debate – as it happened
Welcome to our Hackney South General Election 2015 debate – live at the Arcola Theatre, Dalston
Read MoreHackney North General Election 2015 debate – as it happened
Welcome to our Hackney North General Election 2015 debate – live at the Arcola Theatre, Dalston
Read MoreHackney free school tight-lipped over delayed opening
Mystery surrounds what role the General Election is to play in the opening of Hackney Wick Academy
Read MoreSoapbox snippets: weekly round-up from the Hackney campaign trail
Hustings galore, a Tory-annosaurus Rex and the battle over Dunsmure Road
Read MoreHackney club’s star rower makes waves in historic women’s Boat Race win
Maddy Badcott who learnt to row at Lea Rowing Club is Oxford’s youngest crew member in women’s boat race
Read MoreRussell Brand gets angry about inequality at Hackney film screening
Comedian and activist defends his stance not to vote at Hackney Picturehouse screening of his film The Emperor’s New Clothes
Read MoreBoat-dwellers unite in Hackney against ‘draconian’ clampdown on cruisers
Boaters who do not move could lose their licences as Canal and River Trust tightens up enforcement of 14-day rule
Read MoreCampaigners protest in Hackney over ‘toxic’ free trade agreement
Campaigners from 38 degrees call on Hackney Council to declare its opposition to The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Read MoreFar-right nationalists hold Clapton rally against Jewish patrol group Shomrim
Hackney Unite Against Fascists who called counter-demonstration ‘angry’ that police allowed rally to go ahead
Read MoreSoapbox snippets: weekly round-up from the Hackney campaign trail
Who has blisters from pounding the pavement, why is the co-founder of Bebo running for MP and what is transhumanism?
Read MoreHackney heckler aims to get ‘F*** off back to Eton’ song to number one
Ukulele player from Stoke Newington who serenaded David Cameron on campaign trail launches crowdfunding campaign
Read MoreStamford Hill teenager dies swimming at Hampstead Heath ponds
19-year-old from Orthodox Jewish Community named locally as Moshe Yitzchok Greenfield
Read More‘Long overdue’ Dalston Conservation Area leaves out key heritage buildings
Local conservation groups welcome increased protection but express concern that buildings such as Reeves Printworks have been left out
Read MoreGreen Party launches manifesto for ‘peaceful political revolution’ at Arcola Theatre
Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett and Caroline Lucas MP promise “a new kind of politics” at Dalston launch
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