Leader – Risk business
Transparency should trump the interests of private data firms seeking a public sector payday
Read MoreMayor voices ‘disappointment’ over lack of central funding for fire doors
Town Hall reveals it was sold over a thousand doors which should have been fire safe for 30 minutes but were not
Read MoreTown Hall backs campaign to resettle 10,000 child refugees
Doha Al-Halaq, 15, addresses packed town hall meeting calling on local authority to pledge its support
Read MoreMoving scenes as Town Hall passes motion to tackle rare cancers
‘All too often rare or less common cancers come as an afterthought. That can’t be the case anymore’
Read MoreControversial Britannia scheme recommended for approval
Campaigner ‘sad and disappointed’ ahead of final decision on leisure centre plans
Read MoreCouncil business chief unveils local plan in ‘mighty tome’
New centre connecting Upper and Lower Clapton Road proposed, with attention given to ‘urban heat island’ effect
Read MoreCouncillors reject government’s ‘end of austerity’ claim
‘We’ve been told that austerity is coming to an end. It doesn’t feel like it’s over here’
Read MoreEleanor Friedberger, Oslo, live music review: ‘Eclectic, cosy and unpretentious’
The American singer-songwriter’s psychedelic electro-pop proved hit and miss
Read MoreOkay Kaya, Chats Palace, live music review: ‘A masterclass in understated fragility’
The New Yorker’s ‘DIY bedroom pop’ had the audience transfixed
Read MoreMark Thomas: Check-Up – Our NHS @ 70, Arcola Theatre, review: ‘Visceral yet entertaining’
The comedian’s well-researched diagnosis of our healthcare service is both alarming and uplifting
Read MoreCouncil position on second referendum ‘left open’
Hackney Liberal Democrats call for official council motion on second EU referendum
Read MoreVeteran Hackney campaigner urges residents to have their say on new ‘health neighbourhoods’
Shirley Murgraff says residents’ input is ‘vital for the success of these changes’
Read More‘Local shops will suffer’: Traders speak out over Stamford Hill cycle lane plans
Council defends proposed route as part of commitment to safer roads and cleaner air
Read More‘A chance to recalibrate’: Street art legend Ben Eine on his ‘reflective’ new solo show in Whitechapel
Eine, whose signature New Circus lettering can be found all over east London, says a move into sculpture has been ‘challenging’
Read MoreCut + Grind, Dalston, food review: ‘No-nonsense celebration of all things meat and stodge’
Burger experts skilfully take on the contentious Sunday roast at this ‘proper East End boozer’
Read More‘Everyone versus TfL’: Residents, union members and councillors protest bus cuts
‘The effect of cutting the 242 to our disabled or elderly residents would be massive,’ says councillor
Read MoreCampaigners calling for more places for child refugees to host free evening of films
Safe Passage UK will ask the council to welcome more child refugees and push the government to do the same
Read MoreHackney Council slammed for ‘perverse’ approach to playground air pollution
Hackney ‘at odds’ with 23 other councils and City Hall over Whitehall’s air quality guidance, say campaigners
Read MoreEvros: Crossing the River, Arcola Theatre, review: ‘The horrors of forced displacement’
Seemia Theatre’s poetic tales of involuntary migration moved audience members to tears
Read MorePhotomonth 2018: East london’s annual picture festival is back – and ‘more varied’ than ever
The two-month event, featuring over 50 exhibitions, offers audiences a ‘visual smorgasbord’
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