Rachel Whiteread’s Place (Village) added to Museum of Childhood
The piece, which explores architecture through the ages in Whiteread’s inimitable style, joins the Bethnal Green museum’s permanent collection
Read MoreFinnish ‘baby box’ scheme to launch in Hackney
New and expectant parents to receive free baby products following successful trial
Read MoreEast End exhibitions – five of the best for April
Our regular look at the best exhibitions to be found in and around the borough in the coming month ranges from Japanese architecture to Lebanese film – with a dose of London ‘realness’
Read MoreParents face fines for driving kids to school as council pilots ban on all traffic at pick up and drop off times
Two primary schools in Hackney sign up for traffic trials to improve child safety and cut air pollution
Read MoreHackney MPs speak out on Westminster attack and bravery of PC Keith Palmer
Diane Abbott and Meg Hillier pay tribute to policeman who died trying to protect Parliament
Read MoreSolicitor denies Westminster attacker is Clapton hate preacher Abu Izzadeen
Izzadeen, also known as Trevor Brooks, was named as the person responsible by Channel 4 News, but his lawyer says he is still in prison
Read MoreMan charged with murder of baby boy in Finsbury Park
Bidhya Sagar Das to appear in court today following death of one-year-old boy
Read MoreHackney schools face ‘devastating’ funding crisis, warn campaigners
Government under fire for ‘throwing money’ at free schools as borough is hit by further cuts
Read MoreThe Last Tenant, Sarah Kisielowski, book review: ‘an elegiac look at post-war Berlin’
Dalston-based first time author Kisielowski explores the recent history of Berlin through the lens of a family coming to terms with its own past
Read MoreMan arrested on suspicion of murder after toddler death in Finsbury Park
Bidhya Sagar Das, 33, in custody after one-year-old boy was killed and his twin sister critically injured in an attack on Saturday night
Read MoreManhunt launched as baby boy dies and girl critically injured in Hackney
Tragic incident took place on Wilberforce Road near Finsbury Park
Read MoreNightingale residents force council to act on ‘dangerous’ parking
Town Hall finally ramps up enforcement following complaints that cars blocking emergency access to estate are ‘putting lives at risk’
Read MoreRough sleepers’ charity denies informing on EU nationals to Home Office
Thames Reach slams reports as ‘misleading and factually incorrect’ and says it has not helped detain anyone in Hackney
Read MoreBlack Hackney councillors at women’s day event asked ‘are you cleaners?’
Councillors Sophie Conway, Carole Williams and Sade Etti say incident highlights issues around perceptions of black women – but do not want guard to lose job
Read MoreArtist behind ‘beware of Jews’ signs in Stamford Hill apologises
Franck Allais says sign reported to police as a hate crime was not intended as an antisemitic statement
Read MoreMartello Hall, Hackney Central, restaurant review
The atmosphere may not fit Mare Street like a glove, but the Italian-meets-Mediterranean food on the menu is undeniably superb
Read MoreA Process Revealed, book review: Stadt and deliver
Timber-framed behemoth Stadthaus on Murray Grove is the subject of A Process Revealed, which demystifies the apartment block’s architectural approach
Read MoreCitadel Festival: Victoria Park shindig takes shape with Michael Kiwanuka, Bonobo, Laura Marling and more
Music and arts festival announces programme of acts and events to be staged alongside headliners Foals on Sunday 16 July
Read MoreOwners of controversial LD50 gallery told to ‘vacate premises’, claim campaigners
Shutdown LD50! declares victory in blog post but gallery boss Lucia Diego dismisses claims as ‘false information’
Read MoreDalston’s Hackney Pirates put on a show at the Rio
Literacy charity premieres film made by children at red carpet bash
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