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'A green space for local people': Residents oppose plan to extend Victoria Park festival season to 75 days

AEG Presents is seeking an extended residency in Victoria Park each summer until 2032, more than doubling the current 28-day threshold for major infrastructure

Author: Niall Holden

A large festival crowd gathered around a LIDO stage.

RSPCA launches investigation after two kittens abandoned near Victoria Park

Animal welfare charity also looking into reports of a man taunting dogs with a live rabbit on Mare Street

Author: Hackney Citizen

RSPCA launches investigation after two kittens abandoned near Victoria Park

Campaigners to oppose latest effort to turn historic Victoria Park pub into 'luxury home'

Campaign for Real Ale to fight plans for 400-year-old Albion pub - just twelve months after previous proposals were rejected

Author: Hackney Citizen

Campaigners to oppose latest effort to turn historic Victoria Park pub into 'luxury home'

Campaigners bid to stop 400-year-old Hackney pub from being turned into a house

‘I had hoped that the days of developers coming after Hackney’s pubs were behind us,’ says Campaign for Real Ale representative

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

Campaigners bid to stop 400-year-old Hackney pub from being turned into a house

Victoria Park, Gemma Reeves, book review: ‘Subtle picture of a place that could in some senses be anywhere’

The author’s debut novel uses 12 loosely-connected stories to build a portrait of the area’s complex history

Author: Sarah Birch

Victoria Park, Gemma Reeves, book review: ‘Subtle picture of a place that could in some senses be anywhere’

Thousands flock to Victoria Park for weekend music festival

Local rapper Kojey Radical among performers at All Points East, which has community events running until tomorrow

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Thousands flock to Victoria Park for weekend music festival

Take a look at The Green House

The Ethical Property Company shows off its fully serviced eco workspace on Cambridge Heath Road

Author: Advertising Feature

Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley: ‘It has never been more critical to fight the marketisation of green spaces’

The local writer on how lockdown has brought into focus the importance of our parks, and why we must do all we can to protect them from privatisation

Author: Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley

Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley: ‘It has never been more critical to fight the marketisation of green spaces’

Ben Mortimer: ‘I want to preserve the block WhatsApp group and people doing things for their neighbours’

The local writer on his experience of lockdown, what it has meant to friends and neighbours, and why he’s ‘extremely glad’ for Victoria Park

Author: Ben Mortimer

Ben Mortimer: ‘I want to preserve the block WhatsApp group and people doing things for their neighbours’

Victoria Park to reopen on Saturday under strict ‘control measures’

Community volunteers to help ensure safe use of park as users warned breaches of social distancing could result in further closure

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Victoria Park to reopen on Saturday under strict ‘control measures’

Transport for London unveils plans for major new Cycleway between Hackney and Isle of Dogs

Borough’s transport chief urges residents to have their say on the proposals, which include 5.6km of segregated lanes and public realm improvements

Author: Hackney Citizen

Transport for London unveils plans for major new Cycleway between Hackney and Isle of Dogs

What’s the Point? Our guide to the hidden gems set to appear at Victoria Park music festival All Points East

With yesterday’s addition of seven bands to The National’s headline bill, we take a look at some of the undercard highlights of the six-date jamboree

Author: Hackney Citizen

Art-pop: Yeah Yeah Yeahs made a return to the stage last year following a hiatus