Corbyn the poet pledges ‘arts for all’ at policy launch in Dalston
Labour leadership frontrunner announces ‘national strategy for the arts’, including ring-fenced funding and protection for BBC
Read MoreElderly residents targeted as bogus call robberies increase
‘Calculating thieves’ pretend to check water pressure before making off with possessions
Read MoreThe secret garden: Woodberry Wetlands nature reserve to open after nearly 200 years
Sealed off East Reservoir to become ‘haven for wildlife and people’ with a visitor centre fashioned from a 19th-century coal house
Read MorePlans to build on Hackney Marshes get green light
Inquiry finds in favour of new sports pavilion as objections from environmental groups are overruled
Read MoreThe Fantasy of Representation at Beers Contemporary – art review
Some clichéd content is the Achilles heel of an otherwise striking exhibition at Beers Contemporary on representational art
Read More‘Beholden to tycoons’: Diane Abbott accuses fellow Labour London mayoral candidates
Hackney MP condemns rival contenders for accepting donations from property developers
Read MoreHamlet – stage review: 'ambitious, visually lavish and perfectly-pitched'
Benedict Cumberbatch delights as the indecisive Prince of Denmark, but a stunning set is the real star of the Barbican’s production
Read MoreMillion pound price tag slapped on ‘affordable’ shared ownership flat
‘Stylish’ housing association property in Hackney requires buyers to have income of at least £77,000 pa
Read MoreComplaints relating to prostitution in Hackney up 70 per cent
Police report a significant rise in residents’ complaints about anti-social behaviour linked to sex work
Read MoreBakkhai – stage review: Greek tragedy's modern makeover
Ben Whishaw impresses as a Greek god in Anne Carson’s slick adaptation of The Bacchae by Euripides
Read MoreEarmark apprenticeships for young people in care, Barnardo’s urges
Hackney highlighted as an area of concern as charity calls for jobs to be set aside for care leavers
Read MoreBailiffs come knocking for 1,000 residents to recover council tax
Report finds that thousands in Hackney can’t afford council tax payments
Read MoreLondon Feminist Film Festival gets underway
A packed programme of films about subjects ranging from a Cuban drummer to Judaism starts tonight at the Rio cinema
Read MoreDiane Abbott defends Jeremy Corbyn against extremist ‘smears’
Hackney MP says critics of the Labour leadership frontrunner are ‘frozen by fear’
Read MoreEnd of an era: Hackney school-leavers collect GCSE results
Grades roll in for exam students across the borough
Read MoreResidents of New Era Estate in Hoxton secure means-tested rents
Housing charity managing the New Era estate has announced a “radical new rent policy”
Read MoreNow ‘impossible’ to save for a deposit in Hackney
New figures estimate it would take over 19 years for buyers to save for their first property
Read MoreCrossing Jerusalem: stage review – 'We’re all the same stinking family!'
Julia Pascal’s play focuses on two families living in Jerusalem during the Second Intifada
Read MoreHackney Conservatives back Boff as candidate for London Mayor
Councillor Steinberger says he would travel ‘all the way to Australia’ to vote for him
Read MoreThirteen arrested following Dalston shooting
Man is shot in the leg in broad daylight on Ridley Road
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