‘We must continue to take precautions’: Local public health boss issues Covid warning with Hackney still a London ‘outlier’
Dr Sandra Husbands says borough ‘not yet on brink of local lockdown, but that will only stay true if people comply with guidelines’
Read MoreDomestic violence charity ‘shocked and saddened’ by council eviction notice
Sistah Space, a specialist service for women of African and Caribbean heritage, has been asked to move back to a former home it claims is unsafe following a months-long dispute with the Town Hall
Read MorePadella, Shoreditch, food review: ‘Buzzing addition to East London – even if the food is slightly underwhelming’
This haven for pasta fans, recovering from a pre-Covid launch, offers ‘la dolce vita without needing pockets as deep as Donatella Versace’
Read MoreCondemnation and praise as Town Hall announces trial run for highly contentious road closure scheme
Air quality campaigners left ‘devastated’ by decision, while residents on affected rat-runs pleased their ‘voices have been heard’
Read MoreUnstilled Life: Artist Animations 1980-2020, Tintype Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Oneiric and thought-provoking’
The local venue presents 13 animated shorts, available online right now, which are ‘well worth a watch’
Read MoreAward-winning playwright wants to hear from mothers affected by youth violence
Eva Edo will use testimonials from mums whose sons have been victims, perpetrators or witnesses of youth violent crime as inspiration for a new project
Read MoreExploding grannies and sleepy pears
Our resident food historian on Italian legends and the joys of pears with cheese
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘We can do our bit to save water’
Kate Poland on an impending water crisis in the UK, and what gardeners can do to help protect this precious resource
Read MoreSewage flowed into East London’s Olympic Park wetlands six times during early summer heatwave
Campaigners say Thames Water’s failure to make data publicly available is ‘unacceptable in the 21st century’
Read MoreHackney Conservatives throw support behind Haggerston Baths campaign
Locals call for building to be kept to ‘original height’ as developers promise submitted scheme will ‘save, repair and restore’ Baths’ heritage
Read MoreCall goes out for spare laptops to support Hackney pupils cut off by digital divide
Town Hall estimates 4,000 pupils are still without sufficient equipment despite existing loan schemes
Read MoreHackney artist reveals long-term effects of coronavirus with Instagram diary
Monique Jackson is documenting her experience in a unique way to raise awareness of Covid’s sometimes lingering impact and to push for more support for health workers
Read MoreWomxn’s theatre collective launches podcast to showcase global playwriting talent
Fizzy Sherbet, which began as a series of readings at Hackney Attic, wants to ‘amplify womxn’s voices’ at a difficult time for the theatre industry
Read MoreBroadway Market to reopen on Saturday as visitors told: ‘Queue, shop, go’
Soft launch over weekend has Broadway ‘ready to go’ as warnings repeated over ‘flouting’ of social distancing making reopening difficult
Read MoreCouncil health boss voices ‘major concerns’ over Homerton Hospital path lab partnership
Hospital moves to reassure that new arrangement will see ‘no change to the way patients receive or find out about tests’
Read MoreHackney councillor offers clothes alteration service for donations to local food bank
Alterations to dresses, trousers, cardigans and handmade facemasks part of Katie Hanson’s ‘socially useful and productive’ charity drive
Read More‘Geffrye must fall’: Stand Up To Racism protest calls on museum to remove statue
Councillors join protesters in accusing Museum of ‘disrespect’ as demands repeated to take down ‘reminder of oppression’
Read MoreCo-living flats on Kingsland Basin approved despite ‘totally unconvinced’ councillors
Scheme ‘threatens the very characteristics that have created this quiet, tucked-away refuge’, says council’s public realm chief
Read MorePublic health director warns social distancing has ‘slipped’ due to confusion
Work continues to ‘nip in the bud’ rise in cases in N16 as borough-level lockdowns dismissed as ‘unlikely’
Read MoreBrain injury charity Headway East London is on the lookout for Community Support Workers
Successful applicants will ‘work one to one and collaboratively with survivors in their own homes and the local community’
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