Meet the candidates for Hackney Mayor: Amy Gray, Conservatives
The Conservative candidate criticises Labour’s record on development and crime in Hackney
Read MoreMeet the candidates for Hackney Mayor: Philip Glanville, Labour
Our interview with the current Deputy Mayor touches on education, the housing crisis, and employment
Read MoreConcert pitch: September gig guide for East London
From Thurston Moore to opera cabaret, we highlight the best live music in East London this month
Read More‘Lobbying’ twist in Holborn Studios saga after demolition plans given go-ahead
Photography studio boss claims councillors have not followed their own official procedures in giving green light to development
Read MoreBarred: prison play asks if art and education can rehabilitate offenders
Writer and ex-offender Dean Stalham bases his plays on searching questions that interrogate the prison experience
Read MoreLeader – Housing and bad air on the agenda of next Mayor of Hackney
The political coalescence around certain areas of interest leaves little doubt as to which complaints are being heard loudest by those who would lead us
Read MoreTitbits – Among the ‘purged’, and a councillor’s shrewd move
Find out who is name-checked in the column that pecks at the crumbs of local politics
Read MoreHackney Playbus bids sad farewell to ‘Bugsie’ after eight years on the road
Charity wheels out ‘Katy-Lou’ after malfunction near Winston Churchill statue, but hopes to buy new double decker soon
Read MoreDivest Hackney demands council show ‘true leadership’ by shifting cash from fossil fuels
Campaign group is turning up the heat on council ahead of key meeting this month
Read MoreDecision time as voters prepare to elect next Mayor of Hackney
Five candidates to take part in biggest UK poll since EU vote
Read MoreNew benefits cap will ‘damage life chances of over 3,000 Hackney children’
Borough will be one of the worst affected areas in the UK, according to new government figures
Read MoreSaddled with Shakespeare: The Handlebards ride to Geffrye Museum
An all-bicycling theatre company is giving new meaning to the phrase ‘play cycle’
Read MoreThree men jailed for stealing ‘life-saving equipment’ from fire stations
Thieves stole £100k worth of fire-fighting kit in London crime spree
Read MoreDo me a flavour – Gillian Riley on umami
Known as the fifth taste, Umami is both a trendy concept and chemical substance – but above all a way of getting deliciousness into our food
Read MoreStrictly orthodox Jews in Stamford Hill ‘raise £1 million’ to fight child custody battles
Critics raise fear of new barriers for women wishing to leave Haredi community
Read MoreCache of knives discovered close to Hackney Wick following Mabley Green brawl
The haul included an example of the controversial “zombie knife”, as well as other weapons
Read MoreSave Haggerston Park group fights council over community garden “land grab” plan
Hackney Council “unable to provide assurance” that parkland will be reintegrated after use as temporary school site
Read MoreToo late to stop Nao: interview
Nao is one of the brightest stars on the UK’s musical horizon, with a sound born of the hustle and bustle of East London
Read MoreToo late to stop Nao: interview
Nao is one of the brightest stars on the UK’s musical horizon, with a sound born of the hustle and bustle of East London
Read MoreThe Hard Stop, an interview with filmmaker George Amponsah: Language of the unheard
Documentary-maker George Amponsah talks Mark Duggan, Met policing and the best way to protest police violence
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