Council calls for 100 extra police officers on the streets
Report by Deputy Mayor says loss of 173 officers over five years is ‘excessive, disproportionate and counter-productive’
Read More‘We don’t want a pub quiz in Year Two’: an interview with Jonny Allams
Learning consultant’s stance on education strike a welcome note of optimism during tough times for teaching
Read MoreAlbum review: Ultimate Painting – Green Lanes
New album by East London duo Ultimate Painting is enjoyable DIY fare, though limited in scope
Read MoreFrom pool to brewery? Future of Haggerston Baths up for debate
Public meeting to be held to discuss options ranging from a swimming pool, to a brewery, flats and offices
Read MoreShelter warns Right to Buy will force sale of over 2000 Hackney homes
Council’s housing chief slams extension as ‘absolute madness’ as reports emerge of GLA ring-fencing deal
Read MoreAi Weiwei and Anish Kapoor break bread in Spitalfields for refugees
Museum of immigration and diversity makes ‘symbolic gesture’ during the artists’ march through London
Read MoreKansas Smitty's – bar review: 'like a big living room but with live jazz and kickass drinks'
Jazz and juleps the perfect combination at Broadway Market’s new basement bar Kansas Smitty’s
Read MoreFood review: Sourdough Saloon at the Lord Morpeth
The Lord Morpeth pub gets on the sourdough pizza bandwagon
Read MoreIconic Holborn Studios under renewed threat of development
Objectors say plans to develop ‘heritage asset’ canal-side studios will force out local businesses
Read MoreHackney landlord Haydar Ulus cleared of assault
Enfield councillor was accused of punching a man in a Cash and Carry in Edmonton
Read MoreRadical play Brenda reflects on nature of being human
Brenda, which kicks off the Yard’s autumn season, is an experimental play that questions the very nature of selfhood
Read MoreParents in shock as council approves flats that will ‘overshadow’ playground
Council rides roughshod over covenant designed to protect ‘the right of uninterrupted and unheeded access of light’
Read MoreTurning the spotlight on Hackney's botanical and textile history
Light projections, music and an interactive trail celebrate borough’s little known roots as a haven for exotic plant life and textiles
Read MoreOne Hackney: let’s get together and feel all right
Big players in Hackney’s health establishments are teaming up with smaller organisations to create ‘integrated health and social care’
Read MoreHackney MP Diane Abbott joins Corbyn’s new Labour shadow cabinet
Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP ‘very happy’ to be named shadow international development secretary
Read MoreThe school of hard knocks
At Hackney’s Boxing Academy, last-chance pupils are punching their way to a brighter future
Read MoreNosh Hashanah! Food for the Jewish New Year
Food historian Gillian Riley looks at how new establishments are carrying on long-standing kosher traditions
Read MoreCouncil admits error over ‘out of date’ map used in waste plan
‘Densely populated’ residential area listed as industrial as North London Waste Plan relies on Town Hall map
Read MoreHomelessness costs double in five years as council struggles to meet demand
Charity warns housing shortage and budget cuts are making it hard for councils to help homeless residents
Read MoreFilm night to screen moo-ving tale of dairy farmer
For Organic September, Growing Communities is showing documentary The Moo Man, about a ‘maverick farmer and his unruly cows’ navigating the dairy crisis
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