GSCE Results Day: Education boss ‘incredibly proud’ as Hackney pupils celebrate success
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble thanks teachers and families for supporting students who have ‘been through so much’
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Free pop-up arts festival in Shoreditch hopes to ‘reconnect audiences with grassroots talent’
The Sunday Art Club will put on live theatre, music and art on 30 August and 27 September – in an outdoor, Covid-safe setting
Police officer knocked unconscious during arrest in Hackney
Male officer taken to hospital for treatment yesterday after being thrown against a wall at a pub on Mare Street
Hackney charity giving tuition to disadvantaged youngsters wins £30k grant
TalentEd ‘thrilled’ with BBC Children in Need funding, which it will use to expand and refine its after-school support
New podcast series charting women’s fight for equal pay to launch this week
Rebel Women’s latest series marks the 50th anniversary of the 1970 Equal Pay Act and aims to raise awareness of the ongoing battle for parity
Youth charity launches crowdfunder for local twins with sickle cell disease
Hackney Quest is hoping to raise £3,500 for a hydrotherapy bath, which the boys’ mother says will make a ‘big difference’ to their lives
Stamford Hill charity shop delighted after Diane Abbott drops by to meet volunteers
Branch manager for disability charity Scope thanks local MP for her ‘incredible’ support and urges would-be helpers to get in touch
A-levels Results Day: Deputy Mayor praises ‘resilience’ of pupils as council monitors concerns over downgrading
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble thanks students and teachers for their efforts in ‘incredibly challenging circumstances’
‘We must continue to take precautions’: Local public health boss issues Covid warning with Hackney still a London ‘outlier’
Dr Sandra Husbands says borough ‘not yet on brink of local lockdown, but that will only stay true if people comply with guidelines’
Domestic violence charity ‘shocked and saddened’ by council eviction notice
Sistah Space, a specialist service for women of African and Caribbean heritage, has been asked to move back to a former home it claims is unsafe following a months-long dispute with the Town Hall
Condemnation and praise as Town Hall announces trial run for highly contentious road closure scheme
Air quality campaigners left ‘devastated’ by decision, while residents on affected rat-runs pleased their ‘voices have been heard’
Award-winning playwright wants to hear from mothers affected by youth violence
Eva Edo will use testimonials from mums whose sons have been victims, perpetrators or witnesses of youth violent crime as inspiration for a new project
Womxn’s theatre collective launches podcast to showcase global playwriting talent
Fizzy Sherbet, which began as a series of readings at Hackney Attic, wants to ‘amplify womxn’s voices’ at a difficult time for the theatre industry
Local galleries that you can enjoy without booking in advance
A handy list of places where the ‘pleasure of a casual visit’ to an exhibition can still be found
African artworks lost in Shoreditch church basement for 70 years go on display
A free exhibition at the Theatre Courtyard showcases rare early paintings and drawings by more than 40 Zimbabwean artists
Poetry: Screens by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on the ‘shadow play of life’