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Read MoreMayor of London pledges £25,000 for Clapton toilet revamp – but campaigners must raise the same amount in the next month to get it
Local group has been working with the council since 2014 to turn an abandoned loo into a community space
Read MoreRegeneration Songs: Sounds of Investment and Loss from East London, book review: ‘Unusual in its diversity’
‘Real pleasure’ to be found in this 500-page collection of essays and literature centred around urban renewal
Read More‘Big step forward’: Hackney Council to get half of its power from renewables by April 2019
Town Hall proposes working with other local authorities ‘to put rocket boosters under investment in renewable energy’
Read MoreFelipe Baeza, Maureen Paley, exhibition review: ‘Rupture and regeneration’
The Mexican-born artist’s first solo UK show explores migration and mythology
Read MoreAction plan to contain multimillion pound overspend at Homerton Hospital
‘We will have an overspend here, but we are working with the Homerton to deal with it as fast as we can,’ say CCG
Read MoreAndi’s Wadadli Kitchen, Stoke Newington, food review: ‘Family and flavour on the menu’
The Great British Menu judge has rebranded her Stoke Newington haunt to reflect her Antiguan roots – and it does not disappoint
Read MoreCouncil’s use of embedded Home Office staff criticised as part of ‘hostile environment’
Project 17 and Hackney Green Party urge Town Hall to think again on ‘very intimidating’ policy
Read MoreStreet artist unveils First World War mural in Shoreditch to mark Remembrance Day
Jerome Davenport, also known as Ketones6000, previously painted a tribute to suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst in nearby Bow
Read MoreHackney writer wins prestigious flash fiction award
Tim Craig placed first in the Bridport Prize for his very short story
Read More‘Grim reading’: Net loss of hundreds of social rent homes expected under Woodberry Down plans
Town Hall contest figures though unable to directly refute them due to poor record-keeping in the 2000s
Read MoreMenace Beach, Oslo, live music review: ‘No better way to spend a Thursday night’
The few there to witness it were treated to a special performance by the Leeds five-piece
Read More‘No obvious link’ between Hackney’s drug markets and an increase in violence, report finds
Findings contradict National Crime Agency claims that drugs fuel London’s violent crime
Read MoreYoung Black Men programme’s Inspirational Leaders speak out
Youth mentors call for ‘nuanced avenues’ in community support
Read MoreUK’s first ever postcode gardener gets to work in Homerton
Award-winning grower Kate Poland picked to beautify E5 over the next year
Read MoreThe Naturalist, Woodberry Down, food review: ‘The toilets are nice’
Compliments were hard to find after slow service and mediocre food at the borough’s new pub
Read More‘Explosive’ report questions Town Hall’s proposed tower repair work
Morland leaseholders demand ‘firm evidence’ from council for basis of remedial proposals
Read MoreCommunity garden looking for trainees seeking to improve their mental health
St Mary’s Secret Garden wants green-fingered residents with common mental health problems to take on volunteer placements
Read MoreSocial Enterprise Manifesto aiming for a ‘fairer economy’ in Hackney set for launch
The manifesto is the culmination of a two-year drive to commit the borough to supporting businesses that benefit society
Read MoreHomerton nurse recognised at first ever national awards for health volunteers
Yusuf Hossenbaccus earned second place in the staff category at the Helpforce Champions Awards
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