Hackney Aquatics Club meets Team GB Olympians
Hackney youngsters get coaching tips from Paralympian swimmer Harriet Lee and Olympian diver Nick Robinson-Baker
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Hackney schools set to plant mini–orchards
Nine of the borough’s schools to get growing with their own edible gardens
Pioneering Shoreditch café Paper and Cup opens
Hackney MP Diane Abbott and Speaker of Hackney Jessica Webb attend opening of new Shoreditch eatery
Blur guitarist Graham Coxon launches Oxjam in Dalston
Singer-songwriter plays gig in Oxfam shop to launch charity festival
Hackney charity Skyway celebrates ten year anniversary
Dalston Eastern Curve Garden plays host to the celebrations on Friday 28 September
Killing Them Softly – review
Brad Pitt plays a hitman in this black comedy thriller, adapted from a 70s crime novel of the same name
Putting fashion on the Hackney map
Explore a world of cutting-edge style with our guide to east London’s fashion hotspots
Ridley Road Market row – is eating cane rat really any different to eating zebra?
Cane rat meat isn’t the problem – we should be more concerned about regulation
Pica Pica – one for sorrow, two for joy
For the WW Gallery’s 11th Patio Project, artists Kate Davis and David Moore choose the humble magpie as their subject
Ahoy, matey! Hackney Pirates get kids’ literacy ship-shape
Innovative after-school education project seeks swashbuckling volunteers to foster literacy and creativity
Silicon students start up at Hackney University Technical College
Principal Annie Blackmore says opportunity for vocational training and work experience through the new UTC is second to none
The future of education in Hackney – a word from councillor Rita Krishna
Cabinet Member for Children’s Services looks to what lies ahead for the borough’s schoolchildren and college students
Learning Trust returns education services to Hackney Council control
Council takes over the running of its education services as decade-long contract with private provider comes to an end
Kirsty Treloar death – Hackney teenager Myles Williams found guilty of murder
Ex-boyfriend killed mother Kirsty Treloar after texting her a New Year resolution not to hurt her again
Blue Plaque unveiled at Harold Pinter’s childhood home in Clapton
Harold’s widow, Lady Antonia Fraser Pinter unveiled the commemorative plaque which has been sponsored by Clapton Pond Neighbourhood Action Group