Police post £10k reward in fresh appeal over children’s BBQ shooting
Detectives urge people to come forward after ‘well-known’ homeless man was shot three times in Daubeney Fields in July
Read More‘We’ve got the homeless of Hackney sick of sourdough!’: Volunteer project dishes up weekly meals for the needy
A spin-off from a project born in the Calais Jungle, Refugee Community Kitchen sets up shop every Thursday outside Hackney Central Library
Read MoreHackney Council ordered to cut back freesheet – as Town Hall plans £1 million for printing and distribution
Sajid Javid threatens court action unless Hackney Today switches to quarterly
Read MoreBanner Repeater, Hackney’s train platform art gallery, to celebrate new deal with fundraising party
The former shop at Hackney Downs station has inked an agreement with Arriva and TfL that secures its existence until 2020 at least
Read MoreHackney: portrait of a community 1967 – 2017, book review: Pillar of Society
The Hackney Society is celebrating 50 eventful years with a new book full of fascinating essays, from a broad church of Hackney citizens
Read MoreHackney Winter Night Shelter opens doors for 25th year
The charity is hunting for new volunteers, as well as welcoming financial and physical donations
Read MoreSmoking Goat, Shoreditch, restaurant review: ‘like they’ve entered a cheat-code to my heart and stomach’
New Shoreditch restaurant Smoking Goat takes inspiration from Northern Thailand and its culture of aharn glam lao – drinking food
Read MoreACM cladding found in Hackney schools is safe, says Mayor Glanville
Report sheds light as council blocks fire ratings release
Read MoreInsignificance, Arcola Theatre, theatre review: ‘Bailey Johnson plays Marilyn with speedily unwinding energy’
This production of the witty, contemplative 1982 play brings together thinly-veiled versions of Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein, Joe McCarthy and Joe DiMaggio
Read MoreHackney Mayor ‘proud’ as London Living Wage hike announced
Rate up 45p to £10.20 an hour as borough celebrates start of Living Wage Week 2017
Read MoreTitbits – The Apprentice’s surprising guest star, Akehurst’s dream and some RAG bull
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – Mayor Culpa
As ‘all up to date’ claim made post-Grenfell falls apart with a welcome apology, we call for the fire safety information blockage to be cleared
Read MoreMayor apologises for misleading public over fire safety on day of Grenfell blaze
Claims that all fire risk assessments were ‘up-to-date’ and that priority work has been done were false
Read MoreConcert pitch: Hackney’s gig guide for November ’17
From punk to experimental electronics; Strong Asian Mothers to the “worst rapper ever” – it’s this month’s gig guide
Read MoreLabour and Lib Dems slam ‘regressive’ council tax hike for Hackney’s poorest
Town Hall is asking for residents’ views on plans to cut council tax relief
Read MoreLondon Fields Lido: ‘Substandard finish’ means pool remains closed
Council says it will provide a new update when it is confident that the work will be completed to its satisfaction
Read MoreEast End Vernacular, book review: ‘striking vistas, rather than despair’
Harvested from the 1930s to the present day, Spitalfields Life’s gorgeous collection of East End paintings is more knees-up than misery-fest
Read MoreResidents slam council plans to turn ‘thriving’ community garden into housing
Local group Daubeney Fields Forever calls for a rethink, but Town Hall says it is ‘doing all it can to build the homes Hackney needs’
Read MoreGuy Fawkes, garlic and and the Great Pyramids: notes on November in food history
In hiding from Halloween, our resident historian Gillian Riley turns her imagination to Bonfire Night and the transgressive thrills and benefits of so-called ‘Papist’ garlic
Read MoreHave your say on Hackney Council’s ‘Local Plan’ blueprint for 2033
Council invites residents to ‘help shape the future of the borough’
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