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‘Scything is the new yoga’: Annual hay harvest returns to east London

Food, music and workshops also on the bill for the seventh Community Haystacks event at Walthamstow Marshes on 20 July

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Scything is the new yoga’: Annual hay harvest returns to east London

Local students meet Will Young for new education project tackling homophobic bullying

Petchey Academy pupils spoke to the singer at the launch of Amazon’s LGBT+ Reading Roadshow, which is providing free books and workshops to schools with the help of Pink News and Just Like Us

Author: Hackney Citizen

Local students meet Will Young for new education project tackling homophobic bullying

Hackney’s East Asian charities win £35k grant to revamp old Bath House in De Beauvoir

The run-down building could reopen as a kitchen and hub for borough’s Chinese, Vietnamese and Filipino populations – if final fundraising push is successful

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney’s East Asian charities win £35k grant to revamp old Bath House in De Beauvoir

Town Hall apologises to parents of disabled children over failings in timely care

Council argues that ‘more complex’ cases present choice between delays over 20 weeks or ‘low quality’ outcomes

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Town Hall apologises to parents of disabled children over failings in timely care

Comic – The Playground

Artist Francisco de la Mora presents a little microcosm of Hackney’s diversity

Author: Hackney Citizen

Comic – The Playground

Three stolen Stik sculptures worth £300k returned to Dalston’s Curve Garden

The works, taken in a night-time raid last November, were dropped off by a concerned art collector in June

Author: Hackney Citizen

Three stolen Stik sculptures worth £300k returned to Dalston’s Curve Garden

Armadillo, Yard Theatre: ‘A thriller about trauma, grief and memory’

Mumburger writer Sarah Kosar’s latest play is ‘dark, complicated and tense’

Author: Gaia Caramazza

Armadillo, Yard Theatre: ‘A thriller about trauma, grief and memory’

Residents line up to praise Basque restaurant Sagardi as it sets sights on Michelin star

Council loosen licensing restrictions on ‘exceptional’ venue

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Residents line up to praise Basque restaurant Sagardi as it sets sights on Michelin star

Hackney’s Windrush cookbook now up for grabs in local libraries

The book, featuring recipes from two recent baking sessions led by Bake Off star Liam Charles, launched on Windrush Day last month

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney’s Windrush cookbook now up for grabs in local libraries

Borough’s health services prepare for post-summer ‘asthma spike’ in children

Homerton Hospital nurse is raising awareness about increased risks to youngsters when they go back to school in September

Author: Hackney Citizen

Homerton Hospital

St Joseph’s Hospice launches its first ever charity shop

Five Sisters on Mare Street is named after the pioneering women who helped set up the care centre in 1905

Author: Hackney Citizen

St Joseph’s Hospice launches its first ever charity shop

‘Don’t just bung in a cafe’: Councillors call on developer to make Worship Square building ‘special’

Planning committee chair seeks assurances over new building on ‘first public square the borough has built in God knows how many years’

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

‘Don’t just bung in a cafe’: Councillors call on developer to make Worship Square building ‘special’