Pedal power: kids set world record for annual Bike Around the Borough
After narrowly missed out last year, Hackney schoolchildren break world record with mammoth ‘bike bus’ at council event
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DishNextDoor – review: feed thy neighbour with delivery service
Takeaway service allows residents to connect through home-cooked food
Stoke Newington residents furious over ‘noisy festival’ in Clissold Park
Residents take to social media to complain about noise levels at last Sunday’s DayMer Festival and to question priorities of the council
Surround sounds: ‘pit parties’ are taking the gig to the crowd
Garage rock gigs held in secret locations across East London see bands play in the centre of the room with the crowd surrounding them 360 degrees
Bow Open Show – art review: 'Exploring East London’s vast cultural history and identity'
Summer exhibition at the Nunnery Gallery demonstrates the breadth of artistic talent working in East London today
Surround sounds: 'pit parties' are taking the gig to the crowd
Garage rock gigs held in secret locations across East London see bands play in the centre of the room with the crowd surrounding them 360 degrees
‘Soul of Well Street’ cycle shop ordered to close over antisocial behaviour
Cycle Pitstop has been served a three-month Closure Order after receiving more than 80 complaints in a year – including for loud music and drug use
Adrift: A Secret Life of London’s Waterways, review – ‘serious and fascinating’
Poetic, informative and thoroughly researched, Adrift is author Helen Babbs’s account of living on the canals and waterways of London
‘Dragonfly detectives’ to boost waterway wildlife at Woodberry Wetlands
Volunteers will learn why insects such as dragonflies and damselflies are key to the health of London’s waterways
Council leads the charge against air pollution with fleet of electric cars
New ‘electric fleet’ bought with an award from the Mayor of London’s Air Quality Fund will help council workers get around the borough
Stoke Newington landlord hit with £20,000 fine for cramming 28 tenants into terraced house
The illegally converted home had just one kitchen and bathroom and breached basic safety standards
Adrift: A Secret Life of London’s Waterways, review – ‘serious and fascinating’
Poetic, informative and thoroughly researched, Adrift is author Helen Babbs’s account of living on the canals and waterways of London
Drawing inspiration: Biro art takes centre stage at With/Draw exhibition
The different ways artists use drawing in their practice is the subject of an intriguing group show at Leyden Gallery
Drawing inspiration: Biro art takes centre stage at With/Draw exhibition
The different ways artists use drawing in their practice is the subject of an intriguing group show at Leyden Gallery
Joseph Beck – the man who saved Clissold Park
New historical documents shed light on a four-year campaign in the 1880s to secure the much-loved Stoke Newington park for public use
Shadow health secretary Diane Abbott slams ‘sorry saga’ as junior doctors reject new contract
‘Disappointing we still do not have contract that junior doctors feel able to support’