Tory MP hopeful slams Keep Our NHS Public photo exhibition
Hackney North Conservative candidate Amy Gray questions both the use of a public library for the photo show and the content of the exhibition itself
Read More‘I’m not out for a day trip’: cycling superhighway criticised
Planned 11km cycle route through Hackney is too indirect, says London Assembly member
Read MoreHackney-based charities slam plans not to review legal aid
Cuts are ‘disproportionately affecting’ children who are homeless, have been sexually exploited or have mental health issues
Read MoreHackney Heroine to stand as MP for Hitchin
Pauline Pearce selected to contest her home county for the Liberal Democrats
Read MoreCouncil to roll out 20mph speed limit on all main roads
Conservative councillor brands plan for new 20mph limits ‘useless’
Read MoreHackney Council passes 2015/16 budget with council tax frozen for tenth year
Council tax frozen for tenth year running amid large spending cuts
Read MoreHackney filmmaker wins Oscar for short film The Phone Call
James Lucas was awarded an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film for his film about a crisis helpline worker starring Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent
Read MoreFishermen’s Tales – book review
18th century fishing village folklore is the starting point for Peter Kennedy’s self-published debut novel
Read MoreFishermen's Tales – book review
18th century fishing village folklore is the starting point for Peter Kennedy’s self-published debut novel
Read MoreHackney police launch investigation following Stamford Hill stabbing
Man in his mid-20s stabbed in Mount Pleasant Hill
Read MoreMayor of Hackney slams ‘out of scale’ plans for Bishopsgate Goodsyard
Jules Pipe launches campaign to ‘save Shoreditch’ from proposals for Canary Wharf-style towers backed by the Mayor of London
Read MoreBishopsgate Goodsyard: document used to justify lack of affordable housing revealed
Public ‘in the dark’ as document containing vital calculations heavily redacted
Read MoreThe rise of the Little Free Library
Artist-made libraries are popping up all over East London
Read MoreRevealed: Hackney Council’s ‘alternative’ designs for Bishopsgate Goodsyard
‘Hackable Hackney’ scheme shows employment-led designs aimed at encouraging the growth of Tech City
Read MorePalmers – restaurant review
This E2 restaurant may lack the sheen of rival eateries but the cuisine is top quality
Read MoreTechnology Will Save Us brings micro-manufacturing to East London
From a workshop in Vyner Street, a start-up is preparing the computer whizzes of the future
Read MoreINIVA Gallery evening courses begin with A Revisionist History of Art 1946-2015
Five-week programme offers an introduction to art history, covering topics from identity politics to institutional frameworks
Read MoreToo tall for school: residents slam council’s ‘imposing’ tower proposals
Proposals unveiled to pay for new schools in Hoxton and Hackney Downs through sale of private flats
Read MoreDocumentary shows 'human face' behind the UK's housing crisis
When her family were made homeless, Daisy-May Hudson picked up a camera and began filming the story of their displacement
Read MoreHackney actor is a headstrong heroine as Antigone
Savannah Gordon-Liburd talks about playing Antigone, theatre for young people – and her plans for the future.
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