Hoxton Street Iceland slated for demolition again as staff speak out
Decision taken in face of protests from thousands of petitioners, local councillor and store’s own staff
Read MoreHackney-born filmmaker tackles gentrification in Whitechapel Gallery show
Ayo Akingbade looks at housing in her home borough for her new solo exhibition
Read MoreOne Hundred Years, Jenny Lewis, book review: ‘Life going by in a richly textured community’
The photographer’s portraits of unique local characters cover a century of Hackney’s ‘passion and fortitude’
Read MoreTown Hall to ramp up installation of electric vehicle charging points across the borough
Council aims to rollout 3000 points by 2030 through partnership arrangement
Read MorePlans for citizens’ assembly on climate change to be developed this summer, pledges Hackney Mayor
Borough leader hints that 2040 net zero target could be moved sooner ‘on some form of emissions’
Read MoreResidents in council block with ‘inadequate fire safety’ raise concerns over repair delays
‘Trapped’ leaseholders call for answers as Town Hall pledges to provide timeline for works ‘as soon as we can’
Read MoreTens of thousands sign petition calling for Town Hall to divest from ‘companies that support occupation of Palestine’
Hackney Mayor warns against ‘politicising’ pensions committee as campaigners challenge borough leader on investments
Read More‘Simply too much at stake’: Campaigners unite to protest Hackney’s fossil fuel investments
Divest Hackney and Extinction Rebellion call on council pension fund to fully divest from a ‘reckless, dying industry’
Read MoreHackney’s smaller parks ‘must not to be overlooked’, says equalities chief
Ten-year strategy agreed for borough’s parks and green spaces
Read MoreLocal jazz musician raises enough money to continue scholarship at prestigious American college
Roella Oloro is off to Boston for her second year after spending the pandemic in Hackney crowdfunding and rehearsing
Read MoreMuseum of the Home board defends decision to retain slaver statue ahead of reopening
Despite heavy opposition, museum says keeping statue is ‘only practical option for foreseeable future’
Read More‘Living memorial’ to Covid victims opens in East London
Sadiq Khan cuts ribbon on London Blossom Garden at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Read MoreEnglish National Ballet – Reunion, Sadler’s Wells: ‘Ballet is back and in a big way!’
The renowned company performs five pieces that are ‘imaginative, danced to perfection and unique’
Read MoreHackney’s stark child poverty figures becoming ‘new normal’, warns Sem Moema
Hackney’s London Assembly Member says new figures should be ‘yet another wake-up call for ministers’
Read MoreHackney GPs ‘denying access to patients’ by insisting on proof of ID, local health watchdog finds
Healthwatch Hackney says nearly two thirds of practices go against NHS policy by requesting proof of ID or address from prospective patients
Read MoreLocal gallery to release book of poems celebrating Hackney’s linguistic diversity
Swirl of Words/Swirl of Worlds features over 100 poems written in 94 different languages
Read MoreTown Hall offers first glimpse of £3m Hackney Central station upgrade
Work to create a second entrance, new cycle parking and more greenery is set to start next month
Read MorePaul Weller, Jules Buckley & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Barbican, live music review: ‘I’m now a full-blown Weller wannabe’
The Modfather and a few special guests bring ‘new facets to his already multifaceted oeuvre’
Read MoreFlotilla of protest against ‘water safety zones’ to sail from Walthamstow to Hackney Wick
Canal & River Trust pledges ‘open and constructive discussion’ as concerns voiced over policies acting as ‘land grab’
Read MoreJean Dubuffet: Brutal Beauty, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘Art of the people, not the academy’
The French painter’s ‘anarchic rage against the establishment’ will touch a chord with many’
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