Dalston bus gate goes out to final consultation in bid to stop ‘dangerous’ rat-running
Residents have until 4 November to object to a Shacklewell Lane bus gate, Cecilia Road filters and three School Streets
Analysis
Cabinet member acknowledges ‘stark disproportionality’ in Hackney school exclusions
Council does not dispute figures showing a pattern that runs opposite to the national picture
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Pumping iron
Read more from the bird that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Food
Residents can claim unused council land to grow food under new pilot
Groups of five or more people can apply for verges, vacant plots and land around council buildings, with the first ten schemes to be approved this year
Stage
Olivier winner Dickson Mbi brings TELLUS home to Stratford
The choreographer weaves popping, contemporary dance and his parents’ folk tales into a climate parable
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Olivier winner Dickson Mbi brings TELLUS home to Stratford
The choreographer weaves popping, contemporary dance and his parents’ folk tales into a climate parable
Books
Hackney pupils add their tales to 1.5-metre travelling book
Around 300 children joined Ministry of Stories workshops on Kingsland Road for a national project
Music
Quiet Light on Twin Peaks, 4am dance tracks and her first London headline show
Ahead of her set at Oslo next month, the Texan singer-producer tells the Citizen why her songs are “80 per cent real, 20 per cent imagined”
