Grenfell: Diane Abbott urges retro-fitting of sprinklers in Hackney blocks
Shadow Home Secretary calls for Lakanal coroner’s recommendations to be implemented
Read MoreHackney Museum goes Pop with new radical printmaking exhibition
Warhol to Walker: American prints from pop art to today traces the movement’s influence on Hackney’s political posters
Read MoreELATT: a learning community that helps people of all ages move forward in their lives
At ELATT we think everyone should have the chance to learn new skills. So whoever you are, whatever your age and wherever you’re from, we’re here to help you take your future further
Read MoreMeet the man monkeying around with 1970s T-shirt transfers
Andrew Rutland runs Let It Gibbon, a stall that allows people to cut and paste their selection of authentically retro decals onto their own unique shirt
Read MoreEighty-five new FGM cases in Hackney and City last year, NHS figures show
Annual report reveals number of FGM attendances dropped by just 0.5 per cent in 2016
Read MoreA cinema lover’s double-bill: council approve licence for new Hoxton cinema as Rio launches crowdfunder
Mayor Glanville lends support to the all-new Curzon planned for Pitfield Street and Sadiq Khan is among backers of the long-promised ‘RIOgeneration’
Read MoreCardinal Pole pupils raise £760 for Grenfell victims
‘Proactive’ Year Nine students organise non-uniform day for entire school
Read MoreHackney’s homeless denied ‘appropriate’ end-of-life care
Study published today finds homeless people ‘do not have same access to support as others’
Read MoreResidents up in arms over Northwold Estate ‘dumping ground’
Landlord under fire as rubbish including fridges, furniture and building materials is left outside people’s homes
Read MorePicturehouse investigates allegations of ‘cyber attacks’ by union members
Screen giant claims an email sent from a union address ‘instructed employees to encourage attacks’ on its website in support of long-running strike action
Read MoreAvant-garde musicians lend support to Grenfell Tower victims as Cafe Oto benefit announced
The Dalston event comprises two performances – a matinee and an evening show – and attendees will hear a dizzying range of genres from free jazz piano to avant-garde techno
Read MoreGrenfell fire alarms firm in fraud probe over ‘defective’ work in Hackney
Allegations relate to fire safety work carried out by Lakehouse between 2011 and 2014, including ‘incorrectly fitted’ alarms
Read More‘I found my East Berlin right here in East London’: Hackney Tours interview
We meet Simon Cole who, as the man behind the ‘alternative experience walks’, knows his Hackney history and the lay of the land locally
Read MoreGarden variety: a look at the Geffrye Museum’s plans for their grounds this month
The front and period gardens of Hoxton’s Geffrye Museum will be as busy as ever during next year’s renovation. Ahead of that, we look at what’s happening there this month
Read MoreLondon Fields Brewery snapped up by Carlsberg ahead of founder’s fraud trial
Julian Whiteway-Wilkinson denies charges of tax evasion and is set for court appearance this month
Read MoreTake the spear – Gillian Riley on asparagus and other shoots ‘n’ buds
You may get in trouble pinching someone’s asparagus, but perhaps wild Hackney borage will take your fancy? Our resident food historian focuses in on this genre of edible greenery in her latest piece for us, featuring a recipe for a very non-traditional – but incredible – risotto
Read MorePeople’s Parking Bay founder urges council to reverse removal threat
Brenda Puech’s parking space garden could be driven out following complaint from car owner
Read MoreHomerton Hospital’s surprising commitment to art continues – with a little bit of politics
We meet Shaun Caton, the man in charge of Homerton Hospital’s exhibitions (including latest Underbelly Britain) as well as its huge art collection and groundbreaking creative therapies
Read MoreSwift exit: is Hackney Council missing a big opportunity by exiling this most high-flying of birds?
Their aerial displays above Hackney’s skies thrill many, but campaigners such as Hamish Burnett are concerned that they will find nowhere to nest in the borough’s increasingly renovated old and new buildings, as he explains in this comment piece
Read MoreTitbits – council fiddles with freesheet as fire safety response put on ice
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
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