East London Painting Prize opens for entries
Bow Arts-run prize offers East London painters the chance to win £10,000 and a solo exhibition
Read MoreSex Shop exhibition to open this month
Transition Gallery is to be decked out with dildos and fetish objects for Sex Shop exhibition
Read MorePolice investigate alleged attempted rape in Abney Park cemetery
Victim being supported by specially trained police officers as enquiries continue
Read MoreHackney artists to stand in the General Election
Two Hackney artists are the latest to announce they are running for Parliament. We speak to them about their political ambitions
Read MoreKay Adshead: 'I never thought I would be seeing women shot in the street for wanting an education'
Playwright Kay Adshead talks about giving a generation of forgotten, ignored and deleted women protesters a voice in her play The Singing Stones
Read MoreThe Singing Stones – stage review: 'reflecting a familiar feeling of impotence'
The Singing Stones carries an important message about the plight of women during the Arab Spring but suffers from a lack of structure
Read MoreOver £7,000 raised for funeral of Greek cyclist killed in Homerton
34-year-old Akis Kollaros died in a collision with a tipper truck on Homerton High Street
Read MorePolice attacked with bottles after teenager stabbed on Chatsworth Road
A group of 30 people attacked police after an 18-year-old was stabbed in the street
Read MoreSquatters take over building in Grade II listed Mothers Square
Squatters say they want to open up the building and ‘collaborate with the local community’
Read MoreSilt dredging begins to create new wildlife habitat on Woodberry Wetlands
Aquatic diggers will scoop a layer of silt from the bottom of the reservoir to create 13,000 square metres of reedbed
Read MoreClissold Park ponds to be poisoned in bid to wipe out deadly fish species
Fish in ponds and moat to be killed with ‘piscicide’ to stop the spread of highly invasive topmouth gudgeon
Read MoreCyclist killed in lorry crash on Homerton High Street
34-year-old man dies at junction of Mcintosh Lane on Homerton High Street
Read MoreMade in heaven – with love from Yum Yum
Enjoy one of four special Valentine’s Day cocktails when you celebrate your evening At Yum Yum
Read MoreMade in heaven – with love from Yum Yum
Enjoy one of four special Valentine’s Day cocktails when you celebrate your evening At Yum Yum
Read MorePublic outrage mounts amid plans for Stamford Hill anti-Jewish rally
Racist group insists rally will go ahead despite widespread opposition
Read MoreRacist group announces anti-Jewish rally in Stamford Hill
March against ‘Jewification of Great Britain’ promoted on Facebook and Twitter
Read MoreMan, 52, arrested after refusing to leave Hackney Service Centre
Man who became aggressive towards staff at the Hillman Street centre released with a caution
Read MoreBob and Roberta Smith: 'Wealthy kids don’t tend to make terribly interesting art'
The Leytonstone artist running for Michael Gove’s seat in the general election outlines his views on art in schools
Read MoreCreative industry ‘at risk’ as developers plan to demolish heritage buildings
Critics slam Hackney Wick and Fish Island conservation area as a ‘waste of time’ as Swan Wharf and Wallis Road Studios face wrecking ball
Read MoreHackney Homes to be dissolved as council takes back control of housing
Cabinet votes not to renew contract with ALMO when it runs out next year
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