Victory for Digs as bank bows to pressure over ‘rent rise clause’
Santander vows to remove wording that campaigners say encourages landlords to raise rents to maximum
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Protestors to march on Hackney art gallery after it hosted ‘openly racist’ shows
Owner Lucia Diego say attacks calling for it to be closed down ‘come from a position of ignorance’
Stoke Newington landlord slapped with £40,000 fine for illegal roof extension
Sternglade Ltd’s director is wanted by police after ignoring repeated demands to demolish extension
Honest Burgers, Dalston, restaurant review
Our reviewer heads to Bradbury Street to sample the Dalston Chilli, Honest’s first “location burger”
Own De Beauvoir! book review – ‘an oblique take on the construction of a neighbourhood’
This new ‘literary excavation’ by Jonathan Hoskins chronicles time in a fictionalised, yet still very real, De Beauvoir Town
Club Mexicana @ Pamela, restaurant review: ‘a Hackney vegan love affair for the ages’
Kingsland Road bar says hola to a range of vegan Mexican food that successfully spices up Dalston’s life
Traders’ ‘future in doubt’ as government moots business rates rise
Town Hall business chief says increase will ‘tear the heart out of local communities’ as council joins forces with Hackney traders to launch petition
Katy Taylor – inspiring lessons for aspiring flutists, pianists and recorder players
Hackney-based classically trained musician offers musical, technical and theoretical support on the flute, as well as piano and recorder lessons
Sisters Uncut slams Hackney mayor’s ‘broken promises’ at Valentine’s Day protest
Domestic violence campaigners say Philip Glanville is “breaking their hearts”
30-Second London – book review: ‘a quick reminder of our capital’s allure’
30-Second London is a swift and simple guide to the capital, filled with fascinating bites of architectural knowledge
Mayor launches year-long LGBTQI+ festival
Events throughout 2017 will celebrate Hackney’s LGBT+ community as part of drive to commemorate its history in the borough
Artist accuses council of ‘appalling treatment’ in business rates row
Pangaea Sculptors’ Centre says it has been ignored by Town Hall bosses since 2015 in battle to claim vital rebate
Vicar found guilty of abusing choirboy at Stoke Newington church between 1979 and 1981
Victim tragically died on the same day his abuser was found guilty without hearing the verdict
Hoxton Citizens launches Shoreditch Park charter
Community action group uses first ever meeting to announce its demands over Town Hall’s park plans
Laura Cannell to play intimate show in Hackney’s Paper Dress Vintage in March
The Norfolk-based orchestral artist recorded last album Simultaneous Flight Movement, in one take, inside Southwold Lighthouse in Suffolk
Mayor announces council tax hike and £13.8m cuts
Philip Glanville blames ‘austerity years’ for tax rise but vows to protect key services in the face of further cuts