Campaigners considering legal action after council approves Clapton garden build-over
Town Hall’s plan for 11 ‘genuinely affordable’ homes gets go-ahead – but new, permanent site for garden fails to win over opponents
Read MoreHackney Carnival project for young adults with autism returns this summer
Two local theatre companies team up again to bring back the popular Carnival Collective
Read MoreCampaigners stage ‘satirical’ dodgeball protest outside oil giant’s clean energy festival
Activists, including local group Divest Hackney, take aim at Shell’s ‘sickeningly cynical’ Make the Future event
Read MoreComic – Save Hackney Wick
Our artist Francisco de la Mora gives us his take on the predicament facing one of Hackney’s most creative quarters
Read More‘Deities, not dinner’: Hackney and a plant-based past
Our resident food historian Gillian Riley points out that the vivid, varied vegan food we can now enjoy around the borough is rooted in traditions from hundreds of years ago
Read MoreTitbits – football fever, Feryal fury and the environmental approach to sex
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – Hack to the future: the next ten years
An evocation of ‘the world of Hackney in 2028’ in honour of our 10th anniversary
Read MoreSave Britannia campaign boost as ‘high-powered’ objection letter reveals major developer’s concerns
Anthology says council leisure centre plans are ‘not value for money for residents’ in merciless 12-page dismantling
Read MoreEast End exhibitions – five of the best for July 2018
In our recurring feature, we cast an eye over the top local art exhibitions this month
Read MoreLet it Bee: Hackney’s Petchey Academy proud home to rooftop bee colonies
Student beekeepers are hoping for a rich honey harvest next summer
Read MoreLGBT+ gardening group in Hackney could bag £12k in supermarket cash giveaway
Rainbow Grow has been selected for Tesco’s community funding scheme – and shoppers can help them nab the biggest grant
Read MoreCampaigners fighting railway arches sell-off deliver petition to transport secretary
Seven thousand people back Guardians of the Arches’ efforts to halt Network Rail’s billion-pound fire-sale
Read MoreConcert pitch: Hackney’s gig guide for July 2018
This month’s local live music listings ranges from the A$AP Mob to a pair of ‘howling’ violins, via indie-pop and free-jazz
Read MoreHackney Council denies claim of a ‘democratic deficit’ in bid to build on Clapton community garden
Town Hall’s application to create 11 affordable homes on Daubeney Road will go before a planning committee next week
Read More‘Secularist plot’: Controversy-hit Jewish school lashes out at Ofsted after ‘Inadequate’ rating
Yesodey Hatorah says watchdog’s report shows ‘disrespect for the Orthodox community’ amid calls from humanists for the school to be shut
Read MoreHackney brothers to ‘celebrate London’s gravel paths and dirt tracks’ in charity cycling event
Bike enthusiasts Andrew and Phil Diprose, who run The Ride Journal, are raising money for St Mary’s Centre
Read MoreHackney’s Caribbean elders join councillors to mark Windrush Day
Deputy Mayor Anntoinette Bramble hosted a Town Hall ceremony on 22 June for the 70th anniversary of the ship’s arrival in Britain
Read MoreRole models required: Council appeals for male volunteers to ‘inspire the next generation’
Town Hall wants men who love their jobs to take part in a special careers event in October
Read MoreLetter: ‘People don’t choose to teach for the thank you alone’
Hackney educator urges everyone to get involved in #ThankATeacher Day
Read MoreHackney Mayor says council payments are secure after reported data breach in nearby Islington
Islington Council asked for residents’ card details over email, according to BBC report
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