Hackney Council’s planning committee unanimously approves scheme which will contain 50 per cent affordable housing but which critics say will block light
Hackney author’s moving memoir feels like a classic ‘coming of age’ story, detailing her difficult journey from lonely teenager to role model for the trans community
Hundreds of residents as well as the mayors of Hackney and London celebrate grand reopening of the historic market where the founder of Tesco first plied his trade
None of the three proposals shortlisted by the council would involve bringing back the swimming facility, which closed 16 years ago, after talks broke down with potential operator of restored pool
Developers vie to win chance to provide space for creatives after three strikingly similar rival bids – none of which involve a swimming facility – are shortlisted
