Welcome to the new Arcola
After much anticipation, months of preparation and thousands of pounds of public donations, Dalston’s theatre has a new home
Read MoreCourt date looms for Dalston Lane squatters
Occupants call on the council to allow them to live in the Georgian terraced houses until redevelopment is due to start
Read MoreHackney Council scrambles to plug £60m hole in Woodberry Down scheme
Regeneration delayed due to difficult market conditions
Read MoreSex establishments consultation: majority say no to Hackney Council’s ‘nil’ policy
Only one in three respondents support the Town Hall’s proposal to ban strip clubs, sex shops and sex cinemas across the borough
Read MoreIce man bids for Olympic flame
28-year-old Dwayne Fields, a polar pioneer from Stoke Newington, talks about breaking down barriers and his campaign to carry the London 2012 torch
Read MoreInterview: Ken Livingstone
The Labour party’s candidate for London mayor talks budgets, students, crime and the Olympics
Read MoreProposed clampdown on Hackney nightlife rejected
Council’s consultation shows overwhelming majority oppose Town Hall party poopers’ plans
Read MoreHackney must unite against government cuts
A local councillor’s view on what the cuts will mean for local residents
Read MoreHackney Council faces ‘difficult decisions’ as cuts loom
Slashing on Town Hall’s spending power is condemned by local councillors
Read MoreHackney Today, gone tomorrow?
The council’s freesheet needs to be clear about its proper function in future
Read MorePubs, cafes and markets face massive fee hikes
Local businesses protest over council plans to raise street trading charges
Read MoreWave goodbye to Ocean: new cinema on way
Picturehouse to open in Mare Street later this year
Read MoreNeighbours oppose Clapton pub development plans
Campaigners launch petition to save artistic and musical hub
Read MoreOlympics Anish Kapoor tower hopes to attract 1m visitors a year
Organisers expect sculpture to become one of London’s most loved attractions
Read MoreWoman, 92, suffers broken hip during robbery
Bag is snatched as attacker follows his victim home after a shopping trip
Read MoreWoman glassed in face on night out nearly loses eye
Police are appealing for witnesses to attack on the dance floor
Read MoreHackney duo jailed for possession of guns
Pistol, handgun and ammunition found in offenders’ car and at home in the wardrobe
Read MorePolice appeal for witnesses to New Year’s Day shooting in Clapton
23 year old man is in a stable condition after being shot in the chest outside Olympia Eatery, Upper Clapton Road
Read MoreLast chance to See ‘N’ Make
Till Saturday 8 January 2011, Hackney Central Library
Read MoreCharity’s struggle to meet demand for essentials of cookers, carpets and coats
Every week, Family Action volunteers scrutinise increasingly urgent and bleak applications for emergency welfare grants
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