General Election 2017: Diane Abbott confirms she is ‘still standing’ for Parliament despite illness
The Hackney North candidate has been temporarily replaced as Labour’s shadow home secretary
Read MoreUnion boss slams Picturehouse following employee’s suspension
Gerry Morrissey accuses film chain of ‘intimidating’ staff, some of whom have been striking over its refusal to pay a voluntary living wage
Read MoreCampaigners to ‘fight on’ after council rubberstamps bingo hall demolition
Residents demand changes to ‘unfair’ planning process after failing in last-ditch attempt to block proposals
Read MoreFamily of Hackney man believes he was killed in London terror attack
Sister of 32-year-old James McMullan says his bank card was found on one of the bodies following Saturday’s attack in Borough Market
Read MoreTravelling on an Oyster: history, biology and some local cooking tips
Our resident food historian Gillian Riley and her trusty Roman legionary are again on the move in the borough, bringing you a fascinating overview of the mighty mollusc
Read MoreResidents in last-gasp effort to save old Mecca Bingo hall
Future of iconic Haggerston venue to be decided at planning committee hearing today
Read MoreNumber of people registered to vote has fallen, new figures reveal
Council blames drop on 2014 switch to individual registration despite past criticism over electoral roll inaccuracies
Read MoreForty films in a day at Short Sighted Cinema on 18 June
The all day event at The Yard in Hackney Wick will feature hour-long blocks of shorts – from heartwarming to horrifying – on six different themes
Read MoreHUMAN Life: the Hackney artist who documented her time living in an abandoned school
Downsview School in Hackney Downs has been demolished. Photographer/producer Enter HUMAN documented her time spent living there
Read MoreHomerton Hospital gets thumbs up from Care Quality Commission
Community services praised by inspectors following wide-ranging probe
Read MoreBella Union 20th Anniversary @ OSLO Hackney feat. Will Stratton, Pavo Pavo, Mammút – live music review
The indie label Bella Union celebrates two decades with a series of ornate performances by an international swathe of their current roster
Read MoreTitbits – Binnie-Lubbock’s ‘man bun’, an eye on election expenses, and Delingpole on Dalston
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – Schools out in force
Hackney parents are right to protest the government’s plans for so-called ‘fair funding’ for schools
Read MoreSaving Hackney’s strays
Stokey Cats and Dogs founder Elzbieta Gontarska talks about her growing animal rescue service
Read MoreFinsbury Park residents fight ‘tragic’ plans to franchise Post Office
Local MP Diane Abbott says proposal will put ‘jobs in danger’ as she joins protesters on Seven Sisters Road
Read MoreEmpress Market, London Fields, restaurant review – ‘a successful culture clash’
Authentic Pakistani street food and New Orleans cocktails shaken together to create ‘spellbinding combination’
Read MoreGreen activists blast Coca-Cola’s plastic pollution
‘Our oceans cannot stomach Coke bottles’, say campaigners as they urge locals to join fight
Read MoreHackney parents protest against ‘utterly crazy’ education cuts
Campaigners march on Hackney’s parks as part of nationwide protest against school budget cuts
Read MoreHolly-wooden: the local architect aiming to raise a timber cinema and theatre in Millfields Park
Just over a week left to crowdfund ‘Cine-Theatre on Millfields’, which will stage screenings, plays and workshops in an amphitheatre made of pallets
Read MoreRichard III, Arcola, theatre review: the bovver boy royal in a bare bones production
This enjoyable staging of Shakespeare’s historic tragedy makes the most of its stark setting and a “performance on fire”
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