From fast to feast
Our resident food historian on late spring’s bounty
Read MoreFlamboree, Old Street, food review: ‘Contemporary spin on an Alsatian classic’
This new tarte flambée restaurant is a ‘welcome departure’ from Old Street’s more expensive spots
Read MoreDeputy Mayor wants Hackney’s new education board to ‘keep our family of schools together’
Newly-established Schools Group Board will aim to ‘reduce exclusions’
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘We need to get used to weeds in the streets’
Kate Poland on mulching, plant dyes and the tension between wildlife and tidiness
Read MoreBird On The Wire Turns 10, live music review: ‘Eclectic and unpredictable’
The promoters, who started off in a Dalston basement, celebrated 10 years in the business with an evening of experimental sound and ‘guilty pleasures galore’
Read MoreAngelina, Dalston, food review: ‘Ambitious vision’
The new Japanese-Italian fusion restaurant is ‘well worth a visit’
Read MorePrimary school parents launch art auction to fund green playground
Art for Air, which features more than 100 pieces by prominent artists, will raise money for a scheme to make the school more eco-friendly
Read MoreEuropean elections: Parties announce London hopefuls
Polling takes place on 23 May – and the deadline for registration is midnight tonight. Find out how to vote…
Read MoreCouncil formally objects to Old Street roundabout plans
Deputy Mayor says plans will cause longer journey times, more traffic flow and harm to businesses
Read MoreHackney Road residents seek shutdown of Ye Olde Axe strip pub
Neighbours complain area is ‘inappropriate for a sexual venue’
Read MoreTitbits – Electric mice and a tractor vice
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – Float your vote
Rather than boycott smoked salmon, get out and vote in an election that is shaping up to be a proxy EU referendum
Read MoreTown Hall moves ahead with first steps of publicly-owned energy company
Partnership with energy supplier voted through as energy boss says ‘the time for deeds, not words, is well upon us’
Read MoreInvestigation finds ‘problems with working culture’ in council call centre
Report finds use of agency workers ‘unacceptably high’ as bullying and racism allegations not taken further due to lack of evidence
Read MoreSafeguarding boss calls for tougher laws on unregistered schools
Officials ‘optimistic’ on progress of child safeguarding cooperation with Orthodox Jewish community though curriculum remains ‘stumbling block’
Read MoreCouncil defends shrink in grant funding for Community Law Centre
Town Hall decision to not allocate grants ‘purely on merit’ questioned by scrutiny panel
Read MoreRoad closure campaigns square off as council approves reconsultation
Hackney Mayor characterises decision as ‘effectively a pause’ of Walford Road-area closures
Read MoreHackney politicians cry ‘scandal’ over 40 per cent jump in food bank use
Leading councillor calls for ‘national changes in policy’
Read More‘You’re meant to protect me’: Hundreds attend Clissold Park rally as council prepares to vote on road closures
Almost 500 demonstrators call for ‘other measures’ to solve Walford Road ratrunning – as counter-campaign continues
Read MoreIsland Song, Madeleine Bunting, book review: ‘A lyrical take on war-time Guernsey’
The Hackney-based author’s debut novel builds on her meticulous research into the occupation of the Channel Islands during the Second World War
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