Hackney protesters bang drum for a better voting system
Make Votes Matter campaigners call for proportional representation in nationwide day of action
Read More‘It’s not a party’: Shoreditch work space applies to serve booze at networking events
Rise on Luke Street tells licensing committee that its clients will ‘network and get home’
Read MoreStoke Newington cafe runs up against neighbours in bid for alcohol licence
Atlas Grinds moves to assuage concerns over disturbances with message of community support
Read MoreHackney awarded £1m to help tackle effects of substance abuse
Borough is one of eight pilot areas picked out for funding by new Home Office initiative
Read MoreThe Yard: Live Drafts – Climate Works, stage review: ‘Electric ideas to help save our world’
Four work-in-progress plays offer ‘hope and inspiration’ in the battle against climate change
Read MoreE5 Bakehouse ‘fighting to survive’ after being hit with 50 per cent rent hike
Founder in discussions with landlord of London Fields railway arches amid fears for bakery’s future
Read MorePatient has wrong side of thyroid removed during surgery at Homerton Hospital
Error is one of a number of serious incidents reported by the hospital in its latest quality review
Read MoreCommunity sound system restored by team of local volunteers
‘Piece of Hackney’s heritage’ lovingly brought back into use through a two-year project
Read MoreNewington Green Meeting House to host ‘Rewilding Clissold Park’ exhibition
Head along this month to see prints and illustrations of the rewilding ‘triangle’ at the popular park
Read MoreHackney honours unsung heroes at Mayor’s Civic Awards
Six individuals and organisations recognised for their selfless work during the pandemic
Read MoreThe Flying Frenchman, Newington Green, food review: ‘Who better to trust with French food?’
The restaurant’s expert staff produce a stunning evening of food and wine that’s ‘not too taxing on le wallet’
Read More‘Bombarded by licences’: Broadway Market residents hit out at cafe’s booze bid
Locals say they already have to put up with anti-social behaviour and noise from idling minicabs
Read MoreWhat did you eat during Covid, Daddy?
Our resident food historian returns to explore child hunger and ask what we can learn from scenes painted by artists of the past
Read MoreVIDEO: East London boaters on why they chose to make a home on the water
Following a surge in houseboat sales, three young people share their experiences of canal life and offer some advice to people thinking of joining them
Read MoreBillionaire landlord partied with England stars just days before court ordered him to repay £18k in rent to tenants he evicted during pandemic
Mason Mount and Declan Rice described John Christodolou as a ‘legend’ after the Monaco-based tax exile invited them on his £35m super yacht
Read MoreCoronavirus: Homerton staff go ‘extra mile’ to stay with dying patients in their final moments
Staff stayed with dying covid patients at the Homerton Hospital in Hackney when the pandemic meant visitors were not able to be with them at their last moments, a senior doctor said. Dr Isabella Harrod said a review of the 379 people who died due to covid at the hospital between April 2020 and March 2021 showed very clearly…
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Summer slug fest
Extreme weather has been a boon for the leaf-eating gastropods, so Kate Poland reveals what she’s learned about them, as well as how gardeners are adjusting to the growing effects of climate change
Read More‘Absolute outrage’: Four trees to be felled in East London despite residents’ battle to save them
Garden Society chair hits out at Tower Hamlets Council over plans to replace the maples with plastic ‘kickabout’ spot
Read MoreChildren’s designs for Shoreditch Park play centre given thumbs-up by planners
Ideas for slides and a rooftop space get go-ahead as part of huge £350k redesign
Read MoreCouncil accidentally leaks addresses of vulnerable residents with IT blunder that ‘could have cost lives’
Citizen investigation reveals senior managers made social work case notes, NI numbers, and locations of at-risk women free to view for every internet user
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