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Hackney Weekend pop gig made no money for Marshes upkeep admits Council
2012 concert that caused damage to green space was cited as example in debate about money-making events
Read MoreWildlife trust makes splash with plans to open up Hackney reservoirs to visitors
Birds could also benefit from scheme to make manmade Victorian lakes more accessible to public
Read MoreKill time at death talks: Morbid Anatomy lecture series at Last Tuesday Society
Batty events for those with grave concerns take in such subjects as the Neapolitan cult of the dead and London’s folk medicine
Read MoreOver a decade after Stephen Lawrence inquiry, how has stop and search changed?
Judicial inquiry into 1993 murder condemned disproportionate use of powers. Now experts hear too many young people still feel the law is ‘not for them’
Read MoreCompetition – win tickets to see Circle Mirror Transformation at the Rose Lipman Building in July
Toby Jones stars alongside Imelda Staunton in hotly anticipated Royal Court show
Read MoreStill no automatic right to film or tweet Hackney Council meetings despite new guidelines
Town Hall refuses to amend constitution that bars use of electronic devices but claims to have a ‘relaxed approach’ to bloggers
Read MoreHackney Mayor Jules Pipe re-elected as Chair of London Councils
Political leader of borough vows to help protect city’s funding as he begins fourth term as chair of cross-party organisation
Read More‘Even memorial as big as the Empire State Building would not do justice to Maureen Middleton’
Couple unveil their own plaque to late Hackney councillor after Town Hall allegedly gives plan the thumbs down
Read MoreMiscarriage of justice victim Sam Hallam injured in police incident just months after release
Court hears he was wrongly accused of assaulting officers who stopped a car he was travelling in with his brother and friends
Read MoreHackney climate activist ‘doorstepped by counter-terrorist police’
Ewa Jasiewicz says she received ‘intimidating’ visit from SO15 officers at her home in Clapton before she was convicted for role in protest
Read MoreTEDx marks the spot for hive of ideas
Super high brow events company behind illuminating talks at Arcola Theatre on 29 June
Read MoreMoving East is staying put – and going from strength to strength
Interdisciplinary martial arts and contemporary dance centre survives rent hike and funding cut
Read MoreHackney Mayor: ‘We’ll bill organisers for canal rave cleanup’
Town Hall wades into ‘Canalival’ controversy announcing desire to recoup costs
Read MoreYour home, only bigger and better
Cutting-edge Hackney architects offer up some free advice on how to improve your home
Read MoreFoster puppies: a fetching proposition
With charities struggling to house strays, Josh Loeb went to see a man about a dog
Read MoreUniversity of East London opens Islamic Finance Research Hub
Business school Dean Nora Colton says popularity of sharia banking is growing – and not just among Muslims
Read MoreLeaseholders in ‘David and Goliath’ legal fight over Town Hall contract bid
Council denies agreement with Hackney Homes would lead to less transparency
Read MoreCouncil mistakes Dungeon Master for Speaker of Hackney Michael Desmond
‘Unrelated image’ of cartoon version of 1970s Dungeons and Dragons character mistakenly sent to media by Town Hall
Read MoreArtist appeals for return of gigantic pike head stolen from filter beds
Part of ceramicist’s four-piece work pinched 22 years after being commissioned by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
Read MoreRat urine bug threat to canal revellers
As messy fallout from chaotic party continues to attract scorn, new warning of potentially fatal Weil’s Disease
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