Flagship free school STEM Academy changes hands after damning Ofsted report
After a much-hyped opening the Old Street school has been voluntarily taken over by a chain of academies
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New football team Hackney Wick FC is winning fans left right and centre
Community club The Wickers hope to emulate success of teams like FC United and offer members a say in how club is run
Orthodox Jewish man jailed for raping ex-wife in first ‘victimless prosecution’ case
Man sentenced to 14 years for kidnap and rape in Hackney ‘dungeon’ despite victim withdrawing allegations
Leader — Goodbye ‘Destination Hackney’
The Tube gears up to shuttle revellers round-the-clock but if the Council’s new policy is approved, Hackney won’t be going along for the ride
Titbits — Culture shock, bog-standard politics and #hackneymoments
Traffic cone throwing villagers, the local constabulary’s bizarre twitter campaign and Glastonbury on the Marshes
Elizabeth Adekunle appointed as new Archdeacon of Hackney
Adekunle succeeds Venerable Rachel Treweek in senior clerical role
Curtains for blindmakers as stage set for major £750m development
Local business claims it is being ‘forced out’ by development incorporating the remains of Shakespeare’s 16th-century theatre
A Land Without People: founding of Israel is the focus of new play
Playwright Brian Rotman wrote play as an angry response to events in Gaza, basing it on historical archives
Dressed as a Girl: the inside story of East London's alternative drag scene
East End Film Festival to screen this moving tale of lipstick and counterculture starring the likes of Jonny Woo and Holestar
Midnight curfew for new Hackney bars slammed as ‘anti-youth and anti-fun’
Business owners say policy will prevent renewal of nighttime economy as Council consults on 12am cut-off
Tributes pour in following death of Joe Lobenstein MBE aged 88
Diane Abbott leads tributes to long-serving councillor and first Orthodox Jewish mayor of Hackney
Hackney restricts office-to-residential developments to ‘protect’ high streets
Council votes to adopt a wide-ranging Article 4 Direction to remove permitted development rights
It’s a two way street: cyclists scorn proposals to scrap Wick Road cycle lane
Councillors insist two-way street will ease traffic but transport expert slams proposals as ‘disappointing’
Building Lives’ Hackney apprentices lose jobs amid funding chaos
Crowd-funding charity may withold funding from Building Lives to support apprentices it made redundant
Trew Era cafe – review: the Russell Brand revolution will be caffeinated
The babyccino crowd is nowhere in sight at Russell Brand’s revolutionary café
Hackney has the highest rate in UK for young people with chlamydia
The UK’s most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) was detected in 4,270 Hackney residents per 100,000 population