Brother of former EastEnders actor Gemma McCluskie admits responsibility for her death
Tony McCluskie, 35, charged with murdering his 29-year-old sister Gemma and dumping her body in the Regent’s Canal, has admitted responsibility for her death
Read MoreBlur guitarist Graham Coxon launches Oxjam in Dalston
Singer-songwriter plays gig in Oxfam shop to launch charity festival
Read MoreHackney charity Skyway celebrates ten year anniversary
Dalston Eastern Curve Garden plays host to the celebrations on Friday 28 September
Read MoreKilling Them Softly – review
Brad Pitt plays a hitman in this black comedy thriller, adapted from a 70s crime novel of the same name
Read MorePutting fashion on the Hackney map
Explore a world of cutting-edge style with our guide to east London’s fashion hotspots
Read MoreRidley Road Market row – is eating cane rat really any different to eating zebra?
Cane rat meat isn’t the problem – we should be more concerned about regulation
Read MorePica Pica – one for sorrow, two for joy
For the WW Gallery’s 11th Patio Project, artists Kate Davis and David Moore choose the humble magpie as their subject
Read MoreAhoy, matey! Hackney Pirates get kids’ literacy ship-shape
Innovative after-school education project seeks swashbuckling volunteers to foster literacy and creativity
Read MoreJens Lekman – review
Thursday 20 September 2012, Hackney Empire
Read MoreSilicon students start up at Hackney University Technical College
Principal Annie Blackmore says opportunity for vocational training and work experience through the new UTC is second to none
Read MoreThe future of education in Hackney – a word from councillor Rita Krishna
Cabinet Member for Children’s Services looks to what lies ahead for the borough’s schoolchildren and college students
Read MoreLearning Trust returns education services to Hackney Council control
Council takes over the running of its education services as decade-long contract with private provider comes to an end
Read MoreKirsty Treloar death – Hackney teenager Myles Williams found guilty of murder
Ex-boyfriend killed mother Kirsty Treloar after texting her a New Year resolution not to hurt her again
Read MoreBlue Plaque unveiled at Harold Pinter’s childhood home in Clapton
Harold’s widow, Lady Antonia Fraser Pinter unveiled the commemorative plaque which has been sponsored by Clapton Pond Neighbourhood Action Group
Read More‘Let them eat rat’ says diversity expert over Ridley Road Market bushmeat row
Lester Holloway calls for “cultural awareness” in Dalston rat meat scare
Read MorePolitician plays cheeky stunt in Broadway Market ‘closed road’ row
Conservative London Assembly Member Andrew Boff attacks ‘misleading’ road signs
Read MoreBroadway Market traders fear ‘race track’ cycling event
Protest planned against car-free experiment in Broadway Market
Read MoreCaucasian Chalk Circle – review
Marxist playwright’s famous work seems quite at home in Shoreditch Church
Read MoreSwap Westminster for ‘Eastminster’ says Hackney MP Meg Hillier
Is Hackney the answer if Parliament has to close for repairs? Meg Hillier MP proposes an alternative Olympic legacy
Read MoreBorough Wines opens in Stoke Newington
Borough Wines have opened a new specialist wine shop on Stoke Newington Church Street
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