Hackney UTC: A fragile flagship
London’s first University Technical College will close its doors after two years due to lack of student desire to study there
Read MoreHackney Downs Studios to host season of plays in "roundabout" theatre
Child rearing anxiety, the meltdown of an obsessive Kate Bush fan, and a teacher who turns into a troll, all feature in Brave New Work season of one act plays
Read MoreHow one Shoreditch firm is winning the world series of broadband
Meet the award-winning firm ushering in a new era of painless internet access
Read MoreExhibition review: Empty Streets – Noel Gibson's East London (1967–1975)
Noel Gibson’s paintings of East London have no people in them but record with affection its old buildings and streets
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week to spring into action
Always looking ahead, East London designers are set to unveil next year’s Spring-Summer collections
Read MoreBring food – not a ticket – to see Rainbow Collective's documentary about Bangladesh
Whitechapel production company to run Food for Film initiative at screening of Mass E Bhat, a story about growing up in the slums of Bangladesh
Read MoreFirefighters tackle huge fire in Stamford Hill
No injuries but roof of building ‘badly damaged’
Read MoreHackney Town Hall tackles ‘cowboy’ letting agents
Is a Council-run lettings agency the answer to the borough’s housing crisis?
Read MoreTitbits — Charity knit-picking, turfed out terrapins and hipster hassle
Mayor Pipe and Hackney Heroine have trendy tiff, government’s ‘Victorian’ stance on charities and predators finally purged from Clissold Park pond
Read MoreLeader — Children pay for Gove’s tinkering
Schools see mixed GCSE results amidst shifting goalposts
Read MoreFlippin’ brilliant: Dolphin Pub wins late licence court battle
Mare Street party pub wins right to open till 4am
Read MoreSam Lee and the Unthanks to play lost and found folk music of First World War
Collaboration between Sam Lee and The Unthanks is inspired by lives and stories of generation that witnessed World War I
Read MoreExhibition review: Tell Me Again at Invisible Line gallery
Group exhibition at Dalston gallery focuses on the ubiquity of patterns
Read MoreSpoiling review: a post-apocalyptic look at Scottish 'independence'
An imagined ‘yes’ vote to Scottish Independence is the backdrop to darkly humorous two-hander at Stratford East
Read MoreSir Charlie Darwin Film Festival's 'natural selection'
Audiences get to decide whether films are worth watching at the Sir Charlie Darwin Film Festival
Read MorePeople’s March for the NHS to pass through Hackney
The final day of a 300-mile protest march to Westminster will pass through Hackney and stop for lunch in Clissold Park this Saturday
Read MoreNew Era Estate residents continue fight against rent increases
New owners say building more floors on top of estate is ‘an option’
Read More‘Pay what you can’ community café opens on Morningside Estate
Young food enthusiasts say ‘everyone is welcome’ to visit new cafe on Cresset Road
Read MoreWin tickets to Richard Sides: Don’t blow it in the Vector at the ICA
Tweet or share this post to win tickets to a live music event curated by artist Richard Sides at the ICA this weekend
Read MoreCouncil goes to new lengths as installation of Lido floodlights begins
After-dark swimming to be available in London Fields by December
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