Council aiming for an electric vehicle charge point on every residential street
Transport boss says current pledge for 80 per cent of locals to be within 500 metres of a charge point by 2022 ‘not good enough’
Read MoreNew documentary dissects ‘anatomy of gentrification’ on Hoxton Street
Renowned photographer Zed Nelson’s debut feature The Street charts the ‘break-up of a community’ in a fast-changing sliver of Hackney
Read MoreHackney gardeners win Europe-wide award for work on Regent’s Canal
Members of the Wildlife Gardeners of Haggerston travelled to Austria last week to collect the prize
Read MoreHackney Labour says meeting with anti-LGBT education campaigner was ‘not about curriculum’
Photo tweeted by local MP Diane Abbott shows her and borough’s education boss posing with controversial activist Shraga Stern
Read MoreGreens wade into road closure debate with suggestions for wider scheme
Campaign groups remain divided in their reaction to proposals as transport chief says he is ‘up for doing what works’
Read MoreHackney North Lib Dem candidate dropped over ‘clearly offensive’ tweets
Liberal Democrats say party ‘brought into disrepute’ as Ben Mathis accuses Jo Swinson of ‘throwing him under the bus’
Read MoreTown Hall launches sexual harassment crackdown ahead of festive party season
Hackney Council teams up with campaign group Good Night Out to tackle culture of victim-blaming
Read MoreCelia Paul, Victoria Miro Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Sombre yet uplifting gaze into the human condition’
The artist’s eponymous exhibition is an ‘intensely intimate’ collection on ‘grief, time, death and spirituality’
Read MoreAcosta Danza: Evolution, Sadler’s Wells: ‘Cuban dance troupe at its eclectic best’
After returning from a critically acclaimed world tour, Carlos Acosta and his cast light up the stage with new and existing work
Read MoreRace to save ‘irreplaceable’ Vietnamese archive left on roof for months
University of East London hope to save ‘invaluable heritage’ as squatters blamed for loss of Vietnamese refugees’ records
Read MoreEarly plans for Haggerston Baths under microscope as Town Hall pushes for community use
Discussions over workspace continue over definition of ‘affordability’ for local area
Read MoreThe Taming of the Shrew, Barbican Theatre, stage review: ‘Gender reversal offers an ingenious twist’
Justin Audibert’s ‘inside-out version’ of Shakespeare’s classic is ‘highly enjoyable’
Read MoreLocal institutions win big in latest Arts Council funding giveaway
Hackney Empire and the Geffrye Museum two of 12 organisations in London to be awarded grants
Read MoreAll of Hackney’s general election candidates and their policies – in one place
Thirteen candidates across both constituencies set out their stalls for winter election
Read More‘Best birthday ever!’: Hackney music venue celebrates 12 years with funding boost
Paper Dress Vintage, boutique by day and 100-capacity venue by night, wins backing from Arts Council England
Read MoreSelection of Labour by-election candidate questioned over historic harassment and bullying allegations
Claims made public in 2017 after prospective Clissold councillor Kofo David unsuccessfully sued colleague for libel
Read MoreGiant ice cream advert ‘looming’ over William Patten playground removed
Oatly claim permission was given for ad as council say mural was installed ‘without consent’
Read MoreOnce Upon a Time in Brick Lane, Paul Trevor: ‘Camaraderie of the East End during a period of strife’
One of the leading photographers of local street life takes us back to Spitalfields in the 70s and 80s with this new collection
Read MoreAtlas of Vanishing Places, Travis Elborough, book review: ‘For the budding explorer and armchair traveller alike’
The Hackney author’s companion book to last year’s Atlas of the Unexpected explores worlds ‘savaged by nature, humanity or both’
Read MoreThe Winter Toy Appeal is back to bring ‘Christmas magic’ to families in need
Organisers urge residents to drop off gifts across Hackney with referrals from agencies already ‘coming in thick and fast’
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