‘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’
Read MoreMorland residents decry council’s ‘utter contempt’ over tower repair charges
Quoted fees ‘could put me back ten years on my mortgage,’ says leaseholder
Read MoreHackney School Stars: Nominate your heroes for a special award
Children, parents and governors can put forward school staff who they think deserve recognition
Read MoreLetter: ‘Labour must now defend the national interest’
Architect Jake Ireland urges his Labour councillors in Hackney Central to formally ‘support a People’s Vote with the option to Remain’
Read MoreLabour holds on to seat in Victoria ward by-election
Winning candidate Penny Wrout puts healthy 25 per cent turnout down to hard-fought campaign
Read MoreHackney Council pays £360k to data firm whose software profiles troubled families
Town Hall confirms people who use its services are not told their data is being used in this way
Read MoreContamination sparks calls for residents to have more say over Hackney Wick’s future
LLDC states fumes which threatened closure of primary school pose “no safety issue for residents”
Read More‘Groundbreaking’: The Hackney school offering would-be doctors the ‘same chance as private pupils’
Mossbourne Community Academy says its medical bursary ‘far exceeds’ the support on offer at many private schools
Read MorePlastic-Free Hackney backs launch of waste-saving repair cafés
Local waste authority to host free events to help people avoid buying new – as it reveals 28 million toys are chucked away every year
Read MoreJewish primary school celebrates Democracy Day
Pupils at Simon Marks created manifestos with local politicians before voting for the school council
Read More‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way’: Urswick head on how the school provides free meals for all
Richard Brown responds to campaign to stop children in Hackney being denied food due to their parents’ immigration status, saying the school has funded meals for all its students for years
Read MoreCouncil braces for potentially ‘catastrophic’ no-deal Brexit
‘We could lose very significant numbers of our frontline staff very quickly,’ says councillor
Read MoreTelford Homes announces restart of works at contaminated site
Construction had been halted following complaints of fumes causing nausea and headaches
Read MoreStik sculpture fetches staggering £150k for homelessness charity
The renowned street artist’s plywood figure sold for ten times its guide price at auction last month
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