London 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
Read MoreResidents start Stamford Hill Neighbourhood Forum in advance of Localism Bill
The Stamford Hill Neighbourhood Forum has been formed in anticipation of new powers to be given to local communities by the government
Read MoreChannel 4’s Top Boy lands second series
East London gang drama starring Ashley Walters will return next year
Read MoreEast London Design Show 2011
The eighteenth annual East London Design Show and shopping event features products and collections from a plethora of Hackney-based designers
Read MoreAnger grows over Olympic proposal for Fish Island
Residents complain that second corporate Olympic venue on small industrial area in Stratford, which will include the UK’s largest TV screen, is a disaster waiting to happen
Read MoreBid to curb betting shop ‘blight’ gains support from local councils
Council leaders are calling for extra local powers to curb the ‘blight’ of betting shops on the high street
Read MoreThe Moringa Tree charity launches SuperSeed Challenge
How much money can you raise from a single seed? Hackney charity The Moringa Tree challenges local residents
Read MoreHackney ‘Anti-Library’ celebrates unread books
The Anti-Library at Space Studios is an exhibition of books which have never been read by their owners
Read MoreHackney Council defends ‘slowest’ adoption rate
Hackney Council has been ‘named and shamed’ as having the ‘slowest’ adoption rate in the country – but the service is also one of the most sustainable
Read MoreCuts put brakes on Hackney Playbus
Hackney’s community Playbus warns of a reduced service due to funding cuts
Read MoreHackney teenager amongst three jailed for gun possession
Three jailed over Sterling sub-machine gun found stashed near Marden House on the Pembury Estate
Read MoreHow Hackney reclaimed child protection social work
Is a model of social work that radically transformed child protection in one borough about to go mainstream?
Read MoreMan charged with murder after Hackney pub stabbing
Police investigating the death of Tommy Lawrence found stabbed outside the Glyn Arms in Clapton have charged a man with murder
Read MoreHackney hoard of gold coins goes up for sale
The buried gold coin hoard discovered in Stamford Hill is to be auctioned off by its rightful owner, Max Sulzbacher
Read MoreThe Ides of March – review
Until 10 November 2011, Rio Cinema
Read MoreHackney artists flock to Well Street
In spite of controversial rent hikes and recent shop closures, Well Street may be about to enjoy an artistic and cultural renaissance
Read MoreSavage Messiah – review
Laura Oldfield Ford’s dismal prognosis for a gentrified London is a hard pill to swallow
Read MoreCoverGirl: Grrrls on film
A brief encounter with the unusual five-piece band CoverGirl
Read MoreSeeing through the spin: experts call for greater council transparency
Too dangerous, too complicated, too expensive: objections raised by councillors to open data and greater freedom of council information
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