Ray Winstone: I got my big break on the way I walked down the corridor
Hard man of film talks about getting his breakthrough role in Scum and growing up in East London
Read MoreDe Beauvoir Primary investigated over exam ‘maladministration’
Key Stage 2 test results annulled as Department for Education investigates administration of school’s exams
Read MoreFollowing no-notice inspection, Jewish school remains defiant over exam question redaction
Jewish state school rated ‘good’ will continue instructing students to refrain from answering sensitive exam questions
Read MoreTerrorist suspect arrested in Hackney
21 year-old man bailed until December after being arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences
Read MoreSt Mungo’s dispute escalates as staff vote for second week of strike action
Residents of Mare Street hostel to be left with ‘skeleton service’ as over 100 staff members vote in favour of strike
Read MoreFormer councillor launches appeal against ‘illegally run’ election
Vernon Williams who ran as an independent candidate in May’s local elections accuses returning officer of breaking the law
Read MoreTricia Okoruwa obituary
Tributes paid to ‘tenacious’ Head of Hackney Learning Trust who devoted her career to improving school standards
Read MoreTeenager facing years behind bars for killing schoolgirl Shereka Marsh
Old Bailey judge hands 15 year-old boy 9 year jail sentence for shooting Urswick School pupil dead
Read MoreStokey Local loses high court appeal over Sainsbury’s development
Judge dismisses judicial reviews against Wilmer Place development as campaigners left to foot £22,000 legal bill
Read MoreHackney teenage boy missing for a fortnight
Police concerned for the welfare of 16 year-old Keiarani Hamilton-Hughes from Victoria Park
Read MoreClosed female-only gym awarded Asset of Community Value status
Community group ‘delighted’ after receiving protective status for Sunstone Women
Read MoreCouncil to ‘re-evaluate’ St Mungo’s contract as staff strike over working conditions
Workers at homeless charity in week-long strike over changes brought in by Chief Executive Howard Sinclair
Read MoreEviction of council house tenants in Hackney rises by 60 per cent
98 people in one year forced to leave their council homes due to rent arrears
Read MoreRage on Rivington Street: residents furious over pedestrianised party zone
Bars and clubs argue that prohibiting cars will increase street safety and help local businesses
Read More‘Biggest thing in the area since the Plague’: Goodsyard consultation opens
Campaign More Light More Power urges residents and local businesses to ‘get involved’ in planning consultation
Read MoreRestaurant review – Rawduck
Reopened restaurant’s quirky and eclectic menu is reasonably priced and packed with unusual (if slightly obscure) ingredients
Read MoreInside two Hackney salmon smokeries
Gillian Riley visits two smokehouses and finds the best smoked salmon
Read MoreLove Hotel documentary – leaving reservations at home
The Japanese phenomenon of short stay ‘love hotels’ is the focus of a new documentary by Hackney’s Native Voice Films
Read MoreSt Mungo’s Broadway strikers protest outside Mare Street hostel
A seven-day strike action by workers from the charity St Mungo’s Broadway has begun today to protest against pay cuts and changes to contracts
Read MoreBlighty Coffee: classic British breakfasts with a modern twist
Artisan coffeehouse takes a step back to the 1940s with vintage décor and traditional British breakfasts
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