Coronavirus: Local charity awards grants to young people helping their communities
Jack Petchey Foundation asks public to nominate youngsters ‘doing inspirational things’ for their neighbours
Read MoreMental health must be ‘paramount’ to coronavirus recovery plan, deputy mayor urges
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble says mental wellbeing of frontline staff as much a focus as physical protection
Read MoreFollow in the footsteps of Mary Wollstonecraft around Newington Green with locally made app
Enjoy a slice of Hackney history by taking a guided walk, virtually or physically, to the old haunts of the ‘foremother of feminism’
Read MorePoetry: London by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on a sleeping city
Read MoreAll My Heroes Are Dead, R.A. The Rugged Man, album review: ‘Hip-hop’s best kept secret’
The New York rapper’s new record has been seven years in the making – and it’s worth the wait
Read MoreCoronavirus: How the pandemic is reshaping green activism
Climate campaigners in Hackney on shifting strategies, and what we can learn from the response to Covid-19
Read MoreCoronavirus: Town Hall needs tens of millions more in emergency funding, report reveals
Council finance whiz lays bare dramatic impact of crisis on its budget, with further austerity measures ‘a real possibility’
Read MoreVIDEO: How to sprout beans at home
Debbie Mitchener of Cordwainers Grow shows you how to grow your own beansprouts in lockdown
Read More‘Holiday hunger’: Education chief hits out at government over free school meals delay
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble pays tribute to teachers after last-minute announcement left them scrambling to help families over Easter
Read MoreWoodberry Down locals fight to save Happy Man Tree from destruction by developers
Council officers accept loss of venerable plane tree would cause ‘substantial harm to biodiversity and public amenity’
Read MoreDiaries and rainbows: Town Hall to celebrate Hackney’s artistic and literary talents
Speaker Kam Adams to judge winning rainbow drawing as Hackney Museum calls for diaries to give future insight into lockdown life
Read MoreTributes pour in for lost Homerton staff after ‘heartbreaking weekend’
Acute care nurse Michael Allieu and carers support specialist Sophie Fagan remembered by colleagues
Read MoreHackney communities ‘pull together’ in face of pandemic’s massive impact
Ed Sheridan finds out how some of Hackney’s minority groups are coping with the coronavirus lockdown
Read MorePoetry: The small things by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on appreciating life’s little touches
Read MoreRose Vouchers for people on low incomes now accepted by all Ridley Road traders
More than 3,000 redeemed in the space of 10 days
Read MoreCulture in quarantine: Where to get your fix from home
With venues upping their online game during lockdown, Alice Jones runs you through some of the best art, music, theatre and literature on offer
Read MoreLondonia, Kate A. Hardy, book review: ‘Boisterous humour and quirky invention’
If you think coronavirus feels like an alternate reality, sink into this ‘delicious’ post-apocalyptic thriller set in Hackney
Read MoreCharity delivering hot meals to vulnerable Woodberry Down residents appeals for help
Manor House Development Trust needs donations to expand the reach of its free service to 500 people
Read MoreCall goes out to community for donations of PPE to local care organisations
Town Hall works to source emergency stock as masks, goggles, plastic aprons and gloves sought for staff
Read MoreMuch-debated school in former police station wants to double student numbers
Olive School hopes to open with 180 pupils as residents warn of ‘intolerable conflict’ between needs of pupils and ongoing construction
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