Titbits – Indifferent reps and fruit-based peps
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – Short straw
The Town Hall’s plan to sue a building firm despite giving it a non-compliant design spec could ward off others
Read MoreDoomed from the start: Early designs for Bridport House included combustible insulation
Town Hall maintains Willmott Partnership Homes still bears full legal responsibility despite tender docs detailing non-compliant materials
Read MoreTown Hall wants formal pact with housing associations to avert property sell-offs
Regeneration director points to meeting with Peabody on planned sell-offs near Victoria Park to show agreement is working
Read MoreCouncil unveils plan to pare back waste collections in effort to boost recycling
Non-recyclable rubbish pick-ups could move from weekly to fortnightly as Town Hall asks residents to have their say
Read MoreAsbestos in two thirds of council homes as residents urged to call Town Hall before renovating
Training rolled out to all staff with planned online database for residents to check their properties
Read MoreAnna Maria Maiolino: Making Love Revolutionary, Whitechapel Gallery: ‘Bringing sensuality to politics and politics to art’
This retrospective of the Italian-Brazilian artist covers her resistance-themed work of the 60s and 70s to more personal creations from the past 30 years
Read MoreAnju, Well Street, restaurant review: ‘Inventive, delicious taste of Seoul’
Chef Taewoo Kim serves up fresh takes on his childhood favourites from his new long-term residency at The Gun
Read MoreLina Iris Viktor, Autograph ABP, exhibition review: ‘An assertive reinvention of cultural identity’
The Liberian-British artist’s first major solo show in the UK ‘hijacks demeaning portrayals of African identity’
Read MoreCouncillors call for release of tens of thousands in unspent community development cash
Housing boss to ‘give consideration’ to opening up unallocated fund at year end to benefit local community
Read MoreHackney Empire boosts youth engagement by 12 per cent in a year
Four thousand youngsters got involved in the theatre’s Creative Futures scheme in 2019, and its annual talent show is set to go global
Read MoreHackney students turn hoteliers for a day to mark launch of global work experience partnership
Twenty-five youngsters from New City College get a taste of life at the 700-room Holiday Inn in Kensington
Read More‘Disabilities should never be a barrier to employment’: Eight youngsters begin internships at Town Hall
The council’s Project Search scheme will this year see young people take up placements in a range of its own departments
Read MoreHackney Central could get a second entrance in plans unveiled by Town Hall and TfL
Proposals aimed at easing overcrowding raise question mark over future of Extinction Rebellion’s community garden
Read More‘Tremendous honour’: Hackney cadets parade for head of British army at iconic Grocers’ Hall
New unit made up of Year 8 and 9 pupils from Mossbourne Federation perform for General Nick Carter
Read MoreHannah Cohen, SET Dalston, live music review: ‘Powerful, melodic rollercoaster’
The San Franciscan gives a ‘soulful’ performance at the unassuming Hackney venue
Read MoreGiselle, Sadler’s Wells, ballet review: ‘Dark, twisted and imaginative’
Akram Khan’s interpretation of a classic is ‘utterly magical to behold’
Read MoreThe Doll Factory, Elizabeth Macneal, book review: ‘Dark thriller set in Victorian-era Hackney’
The East End author’s fast-paced debut novel ‘haunts the mind long after the pages are closed’
Read MoreCircus Circus Circus in the heart of East London
Local arts organisation Certain Blacks brings its eclectic new festival to Hackney in November
Read MoreRecord-breaking number of youngsters enjoy Hackney’s free summer of fun
Deputy Mayor praises local youth workers as kids take up over 7,000 places for a variety of activities
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