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The butcher, the baker and the bag maker – East End Trades Guild launches
Independent traders in East London join forces to resist threat of rising rents and competition from big companies
Read MoreAtomica Gallery blasts off
New pop-up gallery and shop opens off Brick Lane
Read MoreCouncil ‘kill-joys’ lack Christmas spirit say Broadway Market traders
Cafés warned against providing tables and chairs for public use ‘without a licence’
Read MoreBoff calls on Boris to take Council to task over London Living Wage
Town Hall urged to take action as contracted employees found to receive less than London Living Wage
Read MoreSeason of goodwill helps Hackney Winter Night Shelter meet demand
With more volunteers than ever, the Night Shelter is opening for an extra two months this year
Read MoreOh no it isn’t! Oh yes it is! Hackney Council’s constitutional confusion over tweeting in meetings
Councillors go against their constitution by using electronic devices in Town Hall meetings
Read MoreHackney Council’s spending on festive lights dazzles
Town Hall spends more than neighbouring boroughs on festive lights despite residents being worst hit by cuts, according to a new report
Read MoreNewington Green Unitarian Church approved for civil partnerships
Hackney takes a step closer to equal marriage rights
Read MoreHackney social services condemned over failures after mother kills children
Coroner criticises staff who allowed woman suffering from paranoid schizophrenia unsupervised overnight visits
Read MoreGreen Lanes Methodist Church to become seven storey tower block
Plans to go ahead despite lack of affordable housing, as council is accused of dismissing residents’ concerns over plans for historic site
Read MoreRow brews over Chesham Arms development
Local residents mobilise against plans to turn historic pub into flats
Read MoreBe Unpackaged: zero packaging grocery store opens in Hackney
Ecological shop and café, Unpackaged, opens its doors in Richmond Road
Read MoreHackney MP welcomes plan to tackle female genital mutilation
Shadow Public Health Minister Diane Abbott is among those supporting prosecutions for those who force girls to undergo female genital mutilation
Read MoreHackney Council to extend 20 mph speed limit to more roads
Council vows to expand 20 mph zones to more of the borough’s roads – despite police reluctance to enforce them
Read MoreBroken ceilings for property prices
Property prices in Hackney are way past the point of being affordable for those on the borough’s average income, according to a new report
Read MoreRe-igniting former glories in E5
Long neglected Clapton is quickly becoming the go-to area in Hackney, and developing more charm in the process
Read MoreHackney Mayor backs Conservative bid to block anti-Veolia deputation
Hackney Labour group splits over decision to prevent local resident from speaking to full council over controversial waste contract
Read MoreRain Room – pour show at the Barbican
New exhibit perfects the art of staying dry in a shower
Read MoreAsk Hackney Police – live webchat with Borough Commander Matt Horne
Chief Superintendent Matt Horne will be online to answer your questions today, Wednesday 28 November, starting at 6.30pm
Read MoreHackney Police Borough Commander to host first live webchat
Chief Superintendent Matt Horne will be online to answer your questions on Wednesday 28 November, starting at 6.30pm
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