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Anna Laurini: Stillness Speaks, The Old Bank Vault, exhibition review: ‘Raw voluptuousness and urban chic’

The street artist’s solo show at the Hackney Road gallery features her signature faces with their ‘bold magenta lips and alluring eyes’

Author: Sarah Birch

Anna Laurini: Stillness Speaks, The Old Bank Vault, exhibition review: ‘Raw voluptuousness and urban chic’

48 bus to be withdrawn this weekend – as number 30 goes two-way on Wick Road

All change as TfL pushes ahead with controversial scrapping of the 48 route despite local opposition

Author: Hackney Citizen

48 bus to be withdrawn this weekend – as number 30 goes two-way on Wick Road

Future Hackney backs Animal Rebellion as it follows the movement’s October protests

The youth filmmaking collective, which has previously documented changes on Ridley Road, turns its focus to the Extinction Rebellion offshoot calling for a plant-based society

Author: Hackney Citizen

Future Hackney backs Animal Rebellion as it follows the movement’s October protests

‘Towers of privilege’: East London politicians call for return of powers from Olympic legacy corporation

Councillors brand lack of affordable homes in recent Hackney Wick developments ‘egregious’

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

‘Towers of privilege’: East London politicians call for return of powers from Olympic legacy corporation

‘Not good enough’: Mayor hits out at Thames Water’s response to Finsbury Park flooding

Mayor delivers withering assessment of the organisation’s reaction to yesterday’s burst pipe, which saw at least 250 homes suffer water damage

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Not good enough’: Mayor hits out at Thames Water’s response to Finsbury Park flooding

Councillors fear being ‘undermined’ by Town Hall’s slowing responses to their enquiries

‘End to end’ review of enquiry process planned as Hackney Wick councillor argues delays harm credibility

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Sunday's best: Licensing committee considers Hoppers' bid for longer opening hours

Burst water main submerges Queens Drive as firefighters evacuate residents

Town Hall to open rest centre for residents as Thames Water apologises

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Burst water main submerges Queens Drive as firefighters evacuate residents

Washed out: Laundry building to be demolished as councillor slams planning policy

London Fields councillor speaks out over loss of ‘unique and rich ecosystem of creative talent’

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Washed out: Laundry building to be demolished as councillor slams planning policy

Councillors powerless to question demolition of Haggerston’s Acorn pub

Planning Inspector dismisses ‘significance’ of Victorian corner pub

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

‘We’re not going anywhere’: Graeae Theatre stands defiant after windows smashed

Drama community rallies around the company, which is led by D/deaf and disabled artists, after its building was hit for the second time in two years

Author: Elizabeth Rushton

‘We’re not going anywhere’: Graeae Theatre stands defiant after windows smashed

Dalston homeless hostel for over 600 people given go-ahead despite councillors’ concerns

Local representatives warn plans ‘perpetuate the myth that this housing is temporary’ and call for more permanent homes to be built

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Dalston homeless hostel for over 600 people given go-ahead despite councillors’ concerns

Doomed from the start: Early designs for Bridport House included combustible insulation

Town Hall maintains Willmott Partnership Homes still bears full legal responsibility despite tender docs detailing non-compliant materials

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter