Debate rages over ‘giant glowing orb’ in Stratford as campaigners warn of ‘class-cleansing’
Newham Extinction Rebellion threaten to ‘disrupt’ MSG Sphere as campaigners demand proposal be rejected
Read More‘Rich history’ of east London’s print trade on display for new exhibition
Rendezvous Projects’ show at Bow’s Nunnery Gallery maps the changes in the industry locally over the 20th century
Read MoreAbney Park set to become major venue after council wins £4.4m in funding
Plans signed off last year include a new cafe and events space, as well as further restoration of historic chapel
Read MoreHomerton cinema becomes donation point for unused toiletries to help tackle hygiene poverty
Local resident teams up with Castle Cinema to create Hackney’s first drop-off location for national charity Beauty Banks
Read MoreCouncil forces developers to open up St-John-at-Hackney churchyard walkway
Councillors call on Thornsett to honour agreement to open up space for public use
Read MoreJob vacancy – Hackney Organiser for London Renters Union
The union is on the lookout for an organiser in Hackney – 30 hours per week for an annual salary of £24,277. Find out how to apply…
Read MoreTown Hall admits flagship scheme could build fewer affordable homes than first planned
Two over budget schemes prompt questions on how projections of housing delivery can be trusted
Read MoreThe Red Shoes, Sadler’s Wells, ballet review: ‘Lavish, beautiful and devilishly funny’
Matthew Bourne’s retelling of the classic film is full of ‘satirical and playful magic’
Read MoreConnect. Grow food. Improve your health. Give back to the community.
St Mary’s Secret Garden in Haggerston is running a free six-week course designed to improve wellbeing. Find out more…
Read MoreFat White Family, EartH, live music review: ‘Electrifying night of high intensity’
The rock band brought the house down with a frenzied set to promote their critically acclaimed new album
Read MoreBattle of the Potemkin: Town Hall seeks demolition of Hackney’s answer to Serpentine
Town Hall ‘disputes artistic merit’ of Antepavilion structure as competition aims to ‘expose and question authoritarian planning culture’
Read MoreDialogue in the Dark, Space Studios: ‘An hour in total darkness that helps us appreciate different forms of awareness’
A new immersive exhibition on Mare Street enables sighted people to experience what it is like to live with a visual impairment
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘A lack of plant diversity means one in five species could be under threat’
Kate Poland on the biodiversity crisis, how individuals can plough their own furrow amid the seed industry’s oligopoly, and why sprouts are not just for Christmas
Read MoreGoing Ananas
Out with pine needles and in with pineapples as our resident food historian slices into the background of the tropical fruit
Read MoreThames Water to make £10k community donation as ‘way of saying sorry’ for flooding
A burst pipe in Finsbury Park last year damaged 177 homes and left thousands without water
Read MoreTitbits – Cleaning up the air with Burke and Square
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – Silvertown blues
Why is near unanimous opposition to the controversial £1bn tunnel not being reflected by political leaders? Londoners deserve an answer
Read More‘Glastonbury moment’: Hackney Carnival could take a ‘one-year rest’
Council culture boss says ‘challenge’ must be put to Town Hall to seek investors for carnival
Read MoreEmployment boss calls for greater ‘flexibility’ for apprenticeship money
Town Hall officers complain of ‘massive challenge’ of limitations to apprenticeship levy
Read MoreCouncil urges move away from fashion to bring Hackney Walk back to life
Town Hall to meet with Intermediate Capital Group next week as planning boss expresses ‘frustration’ at vacant units
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