‘Ridiculous’: Council blocks juice bar from putting tables outside due to ‘encroachment’ on nearby park
Owner of Faith in Nature’s Juices says he doesn’t understand why tables and chairs stretching five metres are not in line with council policy
Read MoreMorning Lane campaigners accuse council of consultation ‘con job’ in scathing report
Morning Lane People’s Space urges Town Hall to ‘do better’, with ‘future of the town centre at stake’
Read MoreKokin, Stratford, food review: ‘So romantic, so artfully curated’
Learn from me though, put your best heels on, clunk on your baubles and move money over from your savings (you’ll need a fair wad)
Read MoreTitbits – Lording it up
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreBlinds, Hackney Road, food review: ‘Well-realised wine, disappointing food’
This natural wine bar fulfils its main brief, but the food feels like an afterthought
Read MoreImplaqueable women – The Hackney Society celebrates those turned down for ‘not being famous enough’
‘It’s not that they weren’t doing anything – it’s that it wasn’t deemed important enough to record’
Read MoreBad Boy Pizzeria, Bethnal Green, food review: ‘One for the die-hard pie fans’
The New York-style restaurant is proof that the ‘appetite for pies with zippy, cartoonish branding has not abated’
Read MoreGreens welcome Met’s removal of 371 school officers – but others brand it ‘most catastrophic decision in keeping children safe’
Surveys revealed that 93 per cent of Londoners supported the presence of Safer Schools Officers in school buildings
Read MoreLondon Mayor joins Green party in calling for London arms fair to be scrapped
Sadiq Khan ‘is appalled that the capital is being used as a marketplace for those who wish to trade in weapons’
Read MoreEncounters: Giacometti x Mona Hatoum, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘Escape the headlines you will not’
The latest pairing of modern art with the Italian sculptor’s work explores ‘the various ways the human form can come to harm’
Read MoreMan who killed partner in car then confessed to brother is detained under Mental Health Act
Gogoa Lois Tape was sentenced to a hospital order for the manslaughter of Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche
Read MoreLondon’s overheating crisis: Calls for Sadiq Khan to rethink new-build air conditioning
City Hall has told developers to prioritise ‘passive ventilation’ and avoid air conditioning unless ‘unavoidable’
Read MoreBetrayal in Berlin, Michael Shew, book review: ‘Full-throttle narrative’
The local author’s new thriller sees a scientist ‘torn between love and defence of the realm’
Read More‘Disappointed’: Residents and community groups condemn latest Woodberry Down masterplan
Loss of social homes and biodiversity among complaints as new proposals set to be put in front of councillors
Read More‘One of life’s true optimists’: Film about popular local rabbi to be screened at Abney Park
How to Get On with Everybody, a portrait of Rabbi Herschel Gluck, will be shown on 9 September – followed by a Q&A with the man himself
Read MoreOn the Boardwalk, Martin Sherman, book review: ‘Deliciously droll’
The playwright’s ‘intensely personal’ memoir focuses on the years before he found fame
Read MoreConcerns raised over progress of controversial Edmonton incinerator
Campaigners now believe the £1.5bn incinerator will ‘never be built’
Read MoreRedundancies at Sutton House could have ‘dramatic impact’, warns heritage group
Hackney Society alarmed over plans, which National Trust says are still under consultation
Read MorePas de Chats? How Hackney’s unsung Arkestra inspired a mural for the ages
Chats Palace Arkestra wanted an artistic experiment for the community, and four decades on, they got more than they bargained for
Read MoreOutsider Bodies: Experience Berlin’s DIY scene in your neighbour’s living room
More than 90 artists are set to deliver an ‘experiential showcase’ in Stoke Newington from next month
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