Hackney school students bag Olympics jobs
Two hundred Hackney students working at Olympics to be paid London Living Wage after help from community campaign group
Read MoreHackney public sector workers strike over pensions
Strikes hit Hackney’s services as its public sector workers heed their union’s call to fight pension cuts
Read MoreUBS squatters at ‘Bank of Ideas’ face eviction delay
Squatters occupying a UBS-owned building in Hackney are optimistic after possession order delay
Read MoreSecond exhibition set for Sainsbury’s Stoke Newington proposal
Agreement reached for public exhibition of revised proposals for Wilmer Place development
Read MoreFestive art and design: Chocolate Factory N16 Winter Open Studios 2011
Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 December 2011, 11am – 6pm
Read MoreHackney community gardens get cash boost
Generous Groundwork grant enables Hackney residents to transform neglected space into fruit and veg patches
Read MoreAnger at Sainsbury’s store bid nearby Hackney’s Broadway Market
Traders and residents are up in arms over a new proposal for a Sainsbury’s Local store near Broadway Market
Read MoreWoman killed in Homerton road accident
Police appeal for witnesses to fatal collision on Homerton High Street after pedestrian dies of injuries
Read MoreMurder she wrote: new play highlights Sam Hallam ‘miscarriage of justice’ case
A new ‘verbatim’ play, Someone To Blame, highlights the case of Sam Hallam, who is fighting a ‘miscarriage of justice’
Read MoreBBC to mark 2012 Olympics with ‘biggest ever free live music event’
Elbow commissioned to write BBC Olympic theme tune as plans for Proms, Shakespeare season and Radio 1 event revealed
Read MoreGoldfrapp – review
St John at Hackney, London
Read MoreThe Awakening – review
The Awakening, a 1920s British ghost story, is showing at the Rio Cinema, Dalston until Thursday 24 November
Read More‘I predict a riot … again’ – trader Alessio Rastani speaks at Occupy London’s new Bank of Ideas
Speaking at the newly-open Bank of Ideas, Alessio Rastani the Bank of Ideas warns of more global protests and riots
Read MoreHackney gang members convicted of Hoxton murder witness intimidation
Trident police claim victory as Hackney gang’s ‘wall of silence’ is broken
Read MoreOccupy London protestors open Bank of Ideas
Occupy London hails ‘symbolic’ occupation of UBS offices in Sun Street, Hackney. Controversial banker gives speech at opening of the ‘Bank of Ideas’
Read MoreOccupy London’s Bank of Ideas to open in Hackney
Occupy London’s third outpost, the ‘Bank of Ideas’ in Shoreditch, will be a place for ideas and meetings say campaigners
Read MoreOccupy London protesters take over empty UBS bank offices
Activists host press conference in building owned by Swiss bank as St Paul’s Cathedral camp faces high court action
Read MoreFuture Shorts Film Festival 2011 – review
The Future Shorts Film Festival launches at the Hackney Picturehouse
Read MoreLondon Mayor Boris Johnson launches schools inquiry
The Mayor of London announces a inquiry to look into the challenges facing schools across the capital
Read MoreRiot-hit Hackney businesses: London Mayor’s compensation scheme is a ‘joke’
Hackney businesses hit by the summer riots are yet to find out if they will be getting compensation
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