Dalston dad launches app to find pubs with playgrounds Alastair Duncan says playgrounds signal to children "that this is a space for them too" By Elspeth Rees / 8 Aug 2026
Campaigners to oppose latest effort to turn historic Victoria Park pub into 'luxury home' By Hackney Citizen / 29 Jul 2025
'Unsustainable': Much-loved local pub The Gun announces immediate closure By Hackney Citizen / 17 Mar 2025
Campaigners’ joy as council blocks plan to turn 400-year-old pub into flats By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter / 5 Jul 2024
Campaigners bid to stop 400-year-old Hackney pub from being turned into a house By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter / 24 May 2024
Hackney Wick pub wants to open later to help it recover from the pandemic – but residents say it’s a ‘nightmare waiting to happen’ By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 10 Feb 2022
‘We would forgive and forget’: Hackney pub appeals for return of stuffed cockerel mascot By Tom Davidson / 17 Dec 2021
Workers in Dalston and Shoreditch urged to get tested as businesses reopen By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter / 17 May 2021
Town Hall pleads for ‘responsibility’ this weekend as pubs and bars reopen By Hackney Citizen / 3 Jul 2020
The Gun pub launches fundraiser amid fears pandemic will lead to closure By Hackney Citizen / 11 Jun 2020
Goose Island Brewery in hunt for local beer talent as new Shoreditch brewpub given summer opening date By Hackney Citizen / 18 Apr 2018
Joiners Arms: community meetings announced as plans for new LGBTQI+ pub/hub take shape By Andrew Barnes / 15 Feb 2018