Valentine’s Day can be a bit of nightmare if you’re unattached, but one Hackney cake shop is determined that it’s not only the blissfully in love who should have fun on February the 14th

Cabaret, comedy, music and movies: things to do and places to go on and around Valentine’s Day

The recently-opened waiter service cafe in the newly-restored Clissold House has sparked controversy

Recently reopened eatery The House has been criticised as overly expensive

Cash squeeze and poorly framed regulations make school parking restrictions impossible to enforce. Hackney Council says it is resolving the problem

Homerton Hospital nursery to close this summer. Fears that parents will struggle to find alternatives

Home Office backs down after repeated efforts to force disabled man and his mother out. We couldn’t have done it without Hackney Community Law Centre, says mother

George Clooney stars as an encumbered father dealing with grief in paradise in Alexander Payne’s new film

Save your image and save the planet – a new drive is on to replace tacky plastic carriers with street-chic designer shopping bags

Eight year old bookworm Róisín Glancy is gripped by the latest in a series of tales about the adventures of Zoe and her faithful hound Beans. Her younger brother Séamus gives the book the thumbs up too