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Elections chaos: higher voter turnout was not biggest problem
Post election post mortem leads to calls for Government to make legal changes to avoid another voting fiasco
Read MoreDogs: face to face with my worst enemy
Many Muslims, growing up in devout households, are taught that dogs are dirty and scary. So could Sarfraz Manzoor learn to love Cookie the bulldog?
Read MoreClimbers for the garden
The gloves are off for local food growing at the Castle in Green Lanes
Read MoreHomeless charity fails to find cash
Rhythms of Life appeals for help to find a new premises so it can continue feeding Hackney’s homeless
Read MoreNew academies plan will bring chaos, say MPs
Concerns over education proposals which may leave schools less accountable to local parents and elected representatives
Read MoreStreet markets on the up
Council to take steps to remedy its ‘haphazard and uncoordinated’ approach
Read MoreUrban fox hunt video was hoax aimed at the media, say film-makers
Chris Atkins and Johnny Howorth, the team behind Starsuckers, say film was satirical swipe at press coverage of fox attacks
Read MoreCuts could ‘create ghettos’
Government axe could cost Council up to £80m by 2014
Read MoreJoseph Kahn obituary
A dedicated anti-fascist, he fought in the Spanish civil war
Read MoreTram shed campaigners fight on
Local residents object to decision to develop historic site, whilst businesses and their employees claim it will destroy livelihoods
Read MoreTesco Towers turned down
Planning permission refused for 13 storey development on Morning Lane
Read MoreBen Eine: the art of the States
PM David Cameron recently gave US President Barack Obama a painting by street artist Ben Eine, whose latest work is brightening up Hackney Road
Read MoreHackney WickED festival 2010
The borough’s creative hotspot for art and music opened its studios and galleries again this summer
Read MoreGolden nights continue to motivate European champion Phillips Idowu
Hope of Olympic glory and leaving a legacy for his new family are the inspirations behind latest championship success
Read MorePhillips Idowu produces leap of gold to soar to triple jump title
• Idowu sets personal best of 17.81m in triple jump final
• Briton now holds world, European and Commonwealth titles
Muslim schoolgirls show that faith and fashion are not incompatible
Students gave traditional dress a makeover after winning places on an Islamic fashion course
Read MoreOne last thing… Professor Green
He looks like Michael Cera, sounds like a Cluedo character, and sings with Lily Allen. Rich Pelley wises up to Professor Green
Read MoreAu revoir, Bardens Boudoir
Dalston says goodbye to iconic underground club
Read MoreOlympics nuclear waste trains are potential terrorist target, warns London MEP
Jean Lambert slams toxic transit through Hackney
Read MoreDiane Abbott labels Labour leadership rivals as ‘geeks in suits’
MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington stirs things up with jibe at her opponents
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