BBC to mark 2012 Olympics with ‘biggest ever free live music event’
Elbow commissioned to write BBC Olympic theme tune as plans for Proms, Shakespeare season and Radio 1 event revealed
Hackney Citizen
The Awakening – review
The Awakening, a 1920s British ghost story, is showing at the Rio Cinema, Dalston until Thursday 24 November
‘I predict a riot … again’ – trader Alessio Rastani speaks at Occupy London’s new Bank of Ideas
Speaking at the newly-open Bank of Ideas, Alessio Rastani the Bank of Ideas warns of more global protests and riots
Hackney gang members convicted of Hoxton murder witness intimidation
Trident police claim victory as Hackney gang’s ‘wall of silence’ is broken
Occupy London protestors open Bank of Ideas
Occupy London hails ‘symbolic’ occupation of UBS offices in Sun Street, Hackney. Controversial banker gives speech at opening of the ‘Bank of Ideas’
Occupy London’s Bank of Ideas to open in Hackney
Occupy London’s third outpost, the ‘Bank of Ideas’ in Shoreditch, will be a place for ideas and meetings say campaigners
Occupy London protesters take over empty UBS bank offices
Activists host press conference in building owned by Swiss bank as St Paul’s Cathedral camp faces high court action
Future Shorts Film Festival 2011 – review
The Future Shorts Film Festival launches at the Hackney Picturehouse
London Mayor Boris Johnson launches schools inquiry
The Mayor of London announces a inquiry to look into the challenges facing schools across the capital
Riot-hit Hackney businesses: London Mayor’s compensation scheme is a ‘joke’
Hackney businesses hit by the summer riots are yet to find out if they will be getting compensation
Residents start Stamford Hill Neighbourhood Forum in advance of Localism Bill
The Stamford Hill Neighbourhood Forum has been formed in anticipation of new powers to be given to local communities by the government
Channel 4’s Top Boy lands second series
East London gang drama starring Ashley Walters will return next year
East London Design Show 2011
The eighteenth annual East London Design Show and shopping event features products and collections from a plethora of Hackney-based designers
Anger grows over Olympic proposal for Fish Island
Residents complain that second corporate Olympic venue on small industrial area in Stratford, which will include the UK’s largest TV screen, is a disaster waiting to happen
Bid to curb betting shop ‘blight’ gains support from local councils
Council leaders are calling for extra local powers to curb the ‘blight’ of betting shops on the high street