Facelifts meet resistance as developers begin ‘intensification’ of Finsbury Park
Developments threaten to turn the Victorian rail hub into a clutch of high-rise towers
Read MoreCampaigners battle to save Norton Folgate from demolition
Historic site including Victorian warehouses and one time residence of Christopher Marlowe are under threat of redevelopment
Read MoreScience and art combine to highlight River Lea pollution
Project to creatively document pollution in the River Lea produces some stunning results
Read MoreLeader— Hackney: a place for everyone?
The audience was left ‘grasping for real answers’ at Hackney Council’s recent debate
Read MoreWetlands in Hackney and Waltham Forest to be linked by ‘green corridor’
Project delivered by London Wildlife Trust and Hackney Council to receive £120,000 from Mayor’s Big Green Fund
Read MoreTitbits— Croatians, consultants and over-involved residents
A Croatian surge at the polls narrowly avoided, confusion reigns over interim consultants, and doth ‘citizen’ Pipe protest too much?
Read MoreDenai Moore: new album Elsewhere showcases new direction
As Denai Moore releases her debut album, the 22-year-old singer and songwriter from Stratford is being talked up as the next big thing
Read MoreHannah Moss: silent play is 'my way of saying goodbye’ after Dad's death
The death of her father and Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five inspired Hannah Moss’s acclaimed play So it Goes
Read MorePolitrix – stage review: disillusioned youth and Westminster politics
An educational trip to the Houses of Parliament only serves to further alienate a group of inner-city youngsters in Politrix
Read MoreEducation re-imagined: Big Creative offers new opportunities in Walthamstow
With new campus, Big Creative Village will expand training for 16-19 year-olds seeking careers in the creative industries
Read MoreWrapped in wool: Yarn-bomb at playground encourages kids to get outdoors
Easter surprise as KIDS Adventure Play in Upper Clapton is covered in yarn
Read MoreArtists accuse cider giant of ‘pirating the spirit’ of Hackney Wick
Swedish cider brand Kopparberg wants to hold the Urban Forest Festival over six weeks this Summer
Read MoreCharities urge end to ‘devastating’ policy as ‘no recourse’ families triple in Hackney
Hackney Migrant Centre and Project 17 warn that a growing number of families are living in ‘extreme poverty’
Read MorePetition launched to stop Rich Mix from closing
Legal dispute with Tower Hamlets Council puts future of Shoreditch arts organisation in doubt
Read MoreHackney Energy offers shares to fund solar start-up
Community group sets out to raise £142,000 to fund borough’s first community-owned solar project
Read MoreTUSC announces parliamentary candidate for Hackney South and Shoreditch
Brian Debus is to stand as the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition’s candidate for Hackney South and Shoreditch
Read MoreHackney's Finest – film review: an endearingly silly crime caper
Cartoon gangsters and dodgy accents produce underwhelming results in this film about Hackney’s grittier side
Read MoreArchdeacon of Hackney Rachel Treweek to become next Bishop of Gloucester
‘My overwhelming feeling is one of excitement,’ says the Ven Rachel Treweek
Read MoreRevealed: tampering of exam papers at Hackney primary schools
Schools to be given new guidance as investigations find exam papers at De Beauvoir and Southwold primary schools were compromised
Read More‘Politics is dead’: Russell Brand opens café on estate that fought off developers
Comedian and activist says the Trew Era café will be a ‘self-supporting new economic enterprise’ staffed by former addicts
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