London’s first fleet of hydrogen-powered double-decker buses hits the streets
London Mayor Sadiq Khan says city is ‘moving closer’ to target of completely zero-emission bus fleet by 2030
Read MoreCommon Ground, Naomi Ishiguro, book review: ‘A modern-day Howards End’
The Stoke Newington novelist’s ‘highly readable’ debut is ‘destined to challenge not a few facile assumptions’
Read MoreCouncillor shares first-hand experience of racial profiling at hands of police as she demands changes to Stop and Search
Soraya Adejare told how police officers pulled her over for “looking lost” – even though she was driving home from work
Read MoreProtesters demand Hackney Council divest from companies that operate in the ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’
Around 60 people attended the protest organised by Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) with support from Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)
Read MoreEducation boss reveals remote learning left Hackney’s poorest kids behind on writing, maths and fine motor skills
Councillors warned that attainment gap will continue to grow without ‘big bit of work’ from teachers
Read MorePersephone, Hoxton Hall, stage review: ‘Overly ambitious but spirited’
Set outside in a community garden, the actors shine amidst the spring rain
Read MoreJordy Kerwick: I’ll Come Back Again, Union Gallery: ‘Dream-like imagery mixed with personal symbolism’
The artist’s show in Bethnal Green ‘leaves one wondering what exotic stories lurk deep in our minds’
Read MoreProtesters demand removal of slaver statue as Museum of the Home reopens
Demonstration comes after Museum’s decision to keep the likeness of Robert Geffrye above its entrance
Read More‘Phantasmagoric imagery’ on show at Royal Drawing School’s annual student exhibition
Over 550 drawings are on display at the school in Shoreditch
Read MoreShirley Collins, Live from the Barbican, music review: ‘Long live the queen of folk!’
The singer, accompanied by the Lodestar Band, doesn’t disappoint in her long-awaited return to the stage
Read MoreNew cycling programme in East London wants to ‘bridge gap’ in health inequality
People with disabilities can take part for free and get advice on adaptive bikes
Read MoreLondon marks fourth anniversary of Grenfell Tower fire
Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will ‘continue to be relentless in holding those responsible to account’
Read MoreMedics to prioritise 17,000 unvaccinated and vulnerable people in City and Hackney
Health workers concerned about the number of people not coming forward for a second dose
Read MoreLondon Assembly calls for tenants and leaseholders to be protected from fire safety costs
Sadiq Khan set to ask government to review Building Safety Bill
Read MoreHackney Museum asks residents for lockdown memorabilia for upcoming exhibition
‘Collecting Covid’ will go on display next year, full of local stories from the pandemic
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Read More‘Missing cohort’: Health inequality playing out through long Covid cases, data suggests
A number of ethnicities are underrepresented in long Covid statistics
Read MoreNew health alliance sparks ‘grave concern’ over Homerton Hospital’s independence
Councillors say any change in governance would be met with an ‘awful lot of resistance’
Read MoreOverflow, Sadler’s Wells, dance review: ‘A moving, breathing piece of creativity’
The Alexander Whitley Company produces a boundary-pushing show that is ‘more a total experience of art’
Read MoreArtist turns construction debris into sculptures for Chisenhale exhibition
Yu Ji’s use of rubble and plant matter ‘uncovers the hidden vitality of the mundane or disregarded’
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