Rent campaigners blockade letting agency to protest ‘daylight robbery’
Tenants’ group targets branch of Savills as it calls on government to ‘stick to its guns on fees ban’
Read MoreTop self-portrait prize won by Hackney artist Benjamin Ogbebor
The 41-year old ‘unknown’ thought beating the likes of Tracey Emin to the Ruth Borchard Prize and its £10,000 winnings was “a practical joke” at first
Read MoreTwo teenagers arrested in Dalston for wielding ‘monster’ knife during fight
Youngsters were waving the 10-inch weapon during a fight in the early evening of Thursday
Read MorePop Up a whole new living in six Hackney weeks
A new support for brand new micro-businesses – Six Weeks to Pop Up starts 24th May in Hackney
Read MoreCouncil gets candidate’s name wrong in General Election announcement
‘Let’s hope the ballot papers are correct!’ says Lib Dem Dave Raval, who was wrongly listed as Dev on list of hopefuls for Hackney South
Read MoreLegendary gay pub The Joiners Arms “back in business” with events on Hackney Road
Parties to be held at Ye Olde Ax club, opposite the original Joiners building, as campaigners fight for an LGBT+ hub in the derelict space that closed in 2015
Read MoreDe Beauvoir Association to host Hackney South hustings on 22 May
General Election candidates to answer the public’s questions at St Peter’s Church
Read MoreEast End exhibitions – five of the best for June
In our recurring feature, we cast an eye over the top art exhibitions this month, in the borough and beyond
Read MoreParent power on show as ‘huge threat’ of cuts looms over Hackney schools
‘This is not inevitable’, urged campaigners as banners warning of £26 million shortfall were pinned to playground fences across the borough
Read MoreMarc Ribot, Cafe Oto, live review: ‘the gentle sentiments of a man who worships music’
This Elvis Costello collaborator and Americana expert, said to be ‘one of the greatest living guitar players’, hunkered down in Dalston for a two day residency
Read MoreDangerous superbug on the rise at Homerton Hospital, new figures show
Local expert says increase is further evidence of an ‘alarming’ boom in antibiotic resistance across the globe
Read MoreBoy aged 12 caught carrying 8-inch blade in Hackney
Youngster was remanded in custody after being arrested following alleged robbery in Stoke Newington earlier this month
Read MoreClimate campaigners set for Saturday stunt in Hackney
Divest Hackney supporters to chase ‘giant fossil fuel monster’ out of borough in protest at council’s investment strategy
Read MoreHackney gardens to open for June weekender
Dalston’s Eastern Curve Garden and Abney Park Cemetery are among 20 green spaces in Hackney participating in the Open Garden Squares Weekend in June
Read MoreGeneral Election 2017 : Full list of candidates for Hackney North and Hackney South
Nominations have now closed for the General Election on 8 June
Read MoreGreens promise ‘bold action’ on environment at Hackney launch
Caroline Lucas vows to revamp energy market and create bottle deposit scheme in manifesto announcement at Woodberry Wetlands
Read MoreAlas! Royal Shakespeare Company’s Hamlet tour to stop at Hackney Empire next year
Londoner Paapa Essiedu to star in the production, which reimagines Denmark as a modern, African-influenced state
Read MoreTree felling in Hackney tripled in a single year, new figures show
Council cut down nearly 200 trees across the borough in 2016, but says work is necessary to ‘protect residents’
Read More“We’ll be unemployed”: meet the locals caught up in Hackney Wick’s ‘Industrial Devolution’
Non-profit LandSky & The Yard theatre partner up for new interview project aiming to bring voices of the Wick to life
Read MorePregnant driver jailed for ramming cyclist into tree in Hackney
Police release shocking footage of Justine Henshaw-Bryan ‘using car as a weapon’ following row over mobile phone
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