Calling all Hackney filmmakers!
Hackney Film Festival 2011 calls for submissions; closing date 12 August
Read MoreLet the games begin
It’s a year to the start of the 2012 Olympics. Iain Sinclair, writer and arch critic of the project, takes on Labour’s Tessa Jowell who played a key role in the London bid
Read MoreMissing 15 year-old Hackney girl Roche Hector-McQueen found ‘safe and well’
The missing schoolgirl has now been found, according to Hackney Police
Read MorePolice appeal for missing Hackney man
Campbell Anderson is classed by the authorities as a vulnerable male and is not likely to approach anyone
Read MoreAt Home with the Ludskis
A new avant garde night at the Rio Cinema, Saturday 30 July 2011
Read MoreShoreditch film project captures local life
At the Intersection: Art and Economies documents the area
Read MoreAnti-social behaviour: how Hackney residents can get help, advice and report it
Trained officers from Hackney Homes, the police and the council are out and about to meet residents concerned about noise nuisance and ‘difficult’ neighbours, 20 July – 3 October 2011
Read MoreMuslim Tory minister Baroness Warsi visits Hackney Jewish communities
Stamford Hill residents welcome co-chairman of the Conservative Party and Eric Ollerenshaw MP, former Hackney councillor
Read MoreLittle reporters’ competition: win tickets to The Apple Cart Festival 2011
Get to be a reporter for the whole festival, and talk to the bands, the comedians, the magicians and more (for 14 year-olds and under)
Read MoreClissold Park play area to become smoke-free
The council, as part of the Hackney Tobacco Control Alliance, is introducing a new no-smoking initiative in the borough’s most popular park
Read MoreTwenty arrested in Dalston immigration and drugs swoop
A joint operation by Hackney Police, Hackney Council and the UK Border Agency cracks down on Class A drug dealing and immigration offences in Ridley Road and at Dalston Junction
Read MoreHackney GP joins protest against NHS changes
A human chain thrown around the Homerton Hospital included some of Hackney’s most senior NHS staff who joined patients and others to protest at radical plans to overhaul the health service
Read MoreHackney floating allotments win green award
Boaters’ gardening efforts are praised by top botanist
Read MoreHave your say: council consults on dog control in Hackney
The Town Hall is asking what residents think about its proposals to introduce three new measures to tackle ‘dog nuisances’
Read MoreHow power, money and art are shifting to the East End
The Olympics have fuelled regeneration, but while many welcome the changes, some fear its character will be lost
Read MoreIain Sinclair’s struggles with the city of London
Iain Sinclair has spent decades documenting the capital and its edgelands. Now he has launched a furious attack on the Olympic development project.
Read MoreCitizens’ Advice: Your DIY PPI complaint can save you £100s
High Court ruling means banks will have to pay back up to £9 billion in mis-sold insurance
Read MoreInterview: Iain Sinclair on his new book, Ghost Milk
The Hackney-based author fears the impact the 2012 Olympics will have on the borough
Read MorePolice appeal for missing 15-year-old Hackney girl
Roche Hector-McQueen was last seen at 5.45pm yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon
Read MoreInterview: Owen Jones on The Demonization of The Working Class
Owen Jones will be speaking at Pages of Hackney bookshop on Wednesday 20 July 2011
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