By the bookie: council declares victory over betting shops
Changes which came into effect in April make betting shops ‘most regulated industry on high street’
Hackney Citizen
The real mothers of invention
A Hackney historian challenges conventional thinking about the ‘eureka’ moment
Love the Lea festival returns to Walthamstow Marshes
Environmentally-friendly festival includes pond-dipping, water quality testing and taking photos and filming underwater
Orthodox Jewish school at centre of driving ban furore denied state funding
Decision ‘focused particularly’ on school’s compliance with Equality Act and ‘serious concerns’ about health and safety
Police attacked by masked revellers at Stamford Hill party
Officers attacked by 400 party-goers throwing bricks and bottles after party gets ‘out of control’
The Misfit Analysis: a play to 'push autism out of the ghetto'
Cian Binchy questions disability’s place in society through the exploration of an autistic mind
The scoop: Hackney’s best ice cream
Hackney’s cool streak extends all the way to the freezer section, finds Gillian Riley
Hackney’s electoral register revealed as most inaccurate in the country
Electoral Commission report reveals 23 per cent of entries on the electoral roll are unconfirmed
Beside the Leaside
Passionate canal lover Sam Napper captures life on the Lee Navigation in a series of dream-like photographs
Crackdown on renting to illegal immigrants will be ‘ineffectual’ says charity
Dr Rayah Feldman says dishing out heavy penalties to landlords will not make homeless and destitute leave the UK
Battle over silent majority as resident groups slam ‘pro-booze’ campaign
Swords drawn in licensing row as residents’ groups say campaign merely sets out to protect bar owners’ profits
Asif Kapadia – ‘Something happened with Amy'
Camden, not Hackney, is the place with which the singer Amy Winehouse, who died in 2011 of alcohol poisoning, will always be associated. But for Hackney-born director Asif Kapadia, whose acclaimed documentary Amy tells the story of the singer’s precarious life and untimely death, Winehouse could hav
Play exploring radicalisation of young Muslims axed two weeks before opening
Confusion as National Youth Theatre play Homegrown which focuses on lure of Islamic State pulled at the last minute
Homegrown – young, gifted and radicalised
Homegrown is a site-specific play looking at community responses to extremism, with a focus on the three teenagers from Bethnal Green who left their homes to join Isis this year
Opening of 'misleading' Jack the Ripper museum sparks outrage
Tourist attraction ‘misled’ council in applying on premise of celebrating of historical women, says Tower Hamlets Mayor John Biggs