Mario Cravo Neto: A Serene Expectation of Light – review
Striking portraits and shots of urban life by photographer Mario Cravo Neto on display at Rivington Place give insight into Brazil’s cultural make-up
Hackney Citizen
Regent’s Canal campaigners blast phone mast plans as ‘forest of eyesores’
Vodafone has applied to Hackney Council to erect antennas and mounted dishes in a conservation area
Get the Picture: Cris Brodahl at The Approach gallery
We focus in on a work on display in East London. This month is the turn of Belgian artist Cris Brodahl, who makes photorealistic collage-paintings that draw on surrealism and the female form
‘Worrying’ number of baby deaths at Homerton Maternity Unit revealed
Hospital gets amber rating as stillbirths and neonatal deaths exceed England average
Junior doctors strike for third time over new contracts
Medics at Homerton Hospital come out in force as 5,000 operations cancelled across England
Police issue urgent appeal to trace missing 84 year-old Raymond Pearce
‘It is crucial that he is located as a priority’, say police
Mary Wollstonecraft statue on Newington Green could receive government backing
Department for Education has ‘expressed an interest’ in providing official support for the campaign
Skinning Out to Sea book review – Naval gazing
As a teenager, Mick Hugo swapped the dry land of East London for a life in the merchant navy. Now more than 50 years later, the Hoxton man has written a fascinating account of his seafaring days
Justice campaigners seek answers on police spy
Undercover Policing Inquiry to investigate alleged infiltration and reporting on justice groups
Urswick School pupils rise to Bake Off challenge
The event was hosted at The Urswick School and judges included celebrity chef Jack Monroe
Bishopsgate Goodsyard decision delayed amid ‘overshadowing’ concerns
Report into how much sunlight the development would block out ‘misleading’, says independent expert
Mary Seacole brought to the stage at the Rosemary Branch
Theatre marks 20th anniversary with play about pioneering Jamaican nurse, starring its artistic director and former Rolling Stones collaborator Cleo Sylvestre
Hackney Cypriot Association calls for refugee help
The Hackney Cypriot Association is on a mission to provide aid to the thousands of people living in Greece’s vast transit camps
Pillow cinema team’s £45k bid to restore derelict Castle picturehouse
The team behind London pop-up cinema events has launched a £45,000 appeal to reopen the derelict cinema on Chatsworth Road
Florence and the Machine live review – 'exuberance and theatricality'
Florence and the Machine played an acoustic set at St John at Hackney Church last month in aid of War Child
Manufacturing discontent: where has all the industrial space gone?
A growing population and the housing crisis are creating a shortage of industrial land