Quick draw: Turner winner Jeremy Deller hands out ‘golden paintbrush’ prize in art competition
Raucous Shoreditch live art competition Art Battle III combined competitive drawing with music and cabaret for a unique night out
Read MoreHundreds of pounds worth of equipment stolen from Hackney Family Cycling community project
The London Fields group have set up a GoFundMe page to replace bikes, a twin child trailer and four rear children’s seats
Read MoreLocal community football team Hackney Wick FC to turn semi-pro
The side are set to merge with Newham-based London Bari FC, but a lack of quality football grounds mean they won’t be playing in Hackney
Read MoreArt beyond borders: Affordable Art Fair returns in celebration of the art world’s internationalism
The fair will bring together more international galleries than ever before to celebrate the relationship between art and travel
Read MoreAlexandra Savior @ Oslo, Hackney Central, live music review: “vulnerability and strength”
The hotly tipped American steps out of the Shadow of Alex Turner’s side-project with a brief but mesmerising show
Read MoreHackney student and CAFOD volunteer to meet Pope Francis at environmental conference
The three day event in Fátima, Portugal will feature workshops and other events based on sustainability, inspired by the Pope’s words on climate change
Read MoreGovernment must publish air pollution plan after fight by Hackney lawyers ClientEarth
Ministers wanted to delay publication but High Court rules against them
Read MoreGroove is in the harp: Hackney-based string plucker to play Well Street venue next month
Fraya Thomsen, harpist and composer of Gaelic music, will take the stage at the NuDawn event space on 4 May
Read MoreGeneral Election 2017: Green Party announces Hackney candidates
Alastair Binnie-Lubbock to stand in Hackney North and Stoke Newington and Rebecca Johnson in Hackney South and Shoreditch
Read More‘Government’s free schools policy unsustainable’, warns Hackney MP
Report by cross-party committee of MPs led by Meg Hillier slams Department for Education’s ‘incoherent’ use of funding
Read MoreBring on the artichokes! Gillian Riley on Caravaggio, veg and violence
In her latest column, our resident food and art historian imagines the painter and GBH enthusiast storming through Hackney
Read MoreGeneral Election 2017: Liberal Democrats reveal Hackney candidates
Joe Richards is to stand in Hackney North and Stoke Newington and Dave Raval in Hackney South and Shoreditch
Read MoreThe former homeless man hoping to stand for Parliament
Hugo Sugg, who spent three months sofa-surfing after a rough break-up, wants to run as an independent in Hackney in June’s general election
Read MoreFinsbury Park residents up in arms over plans to destroy Victorian houses
Developer Rainbow Properties wants to tear down row of period homes to make way for flats
Read MoreNew phone app to gift locals a “poetic satnav” of Hackney and its history
a hackney autobiography, created by social enterprise On The Record, uses the oral history, music and GPS technology to create spellbinding ‘audio tours’
Read MoreFree concert organised by Speaker to raise money for the borough’s homeless and migrants
Choirs, rock musicians and a Turkish saz ensemble among those coming together for ‘Hackney in Harmony’ at St John of Jerusalem Church on 6 May
Read More‘Darkness to descend’ on Eastern Curve Garden as nine-storey tower threat looms
Community blog raises concerns over redevelopment plans for neighbouring Thames House
Read MoreMayor urges residents to get involved in Hackney housing strategy
Town Hall consulting on plans to tackle rogue landlords and build more homes, but local renters’ group says proposals could be ‘braver’
Read MoreHigh heels row: Government rejects Hackney campaigner’s demand for law change
Local actor sent home from work for refusing to switch shoes calls Whitehall’s response to dress code inquiry a ‘cop-out’
Read MoreMangle acid attack: Arthur Collins arrested and charged
Collins, 24, and Andre Phoenix, 21, to appear in court today in connection with incident in Hackney which has left two people blind in one eye
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