Leader – Road to ruin
The current approach to public consultations could lead to good schemes falling by the wayside
Hackney Citizen
Pretty in Punk: Julia Gorton’s photos of the NYC punk and No Wave scene get an airing in Dalston nightspot
Photographer Julia Gorton was a doyenne of the New York music scene in the late 70s. Some of the images she produced in that period are currently on show at Untitled on Kingsland Road – we went down to check it out
Holocaust Memorial Day: Powerful testimony as Hackney remembers ‘defining event in human history’
Survivor Manfred Goldberg delivers harrowing personal account at Town Hall ceremony
The Brook, Hackney Central, restaurant review: fresh and fun vegan food
The vegan-serious, the vegan-curious and incorrigible carnivores alike will find something tasty to tuck into at this quirky restaurant and cocktail bar
Hackney Council to install sprinklers in 114 homes at Haggerston tower block
Queensbridge Road property is first in borough to get sprinklers since the Grenfell fire – due to the high average age of residents
Hackney Council reaffirms efforts to make borough ‘dementia-friendly’ at Town Hall meeting
Cllr Yvonne Maxwell’s motion was welcomed by the Alzheimers’ Society
Owner of vandalised Churchill-themed café in Hackney hits back at critics
Blighty UK’s Chris Evans was attacked in the media after the Finsbury Park eatery was targeted by protesters
Community group running Hackney’s only solar-powered public toilet ‘outraged’ as council pulls plug
Town Hall will not renew Clapton Improvement Society’s lease for Brooksby’s Walk loos due to concerns over income and health and safety
School cleaners call off Hackney strike
Union lifts threat following compromise over pay and contracts
What’s the Point? Our guide to the hidden gems set to appear at Victoria Park music festival All Points East
With yesterday’s addition of seven bands to The National’s headline bill, we take a look at some of the undercard highlights of the six-date jamboree
London Fields cinema apologises for Kevin Spacey ‘oversight’
Institute of Light used an old poster for ‘All the Money in the World’ featuring the disgraced star
Hackney Council stands by traffic plans despite fears for children’s health
William Patten parents’ group says Walford Road proposals could increase asthma risk
Holocaust Memorial Day: Jewish and Islamic school choirs to sing together in ‘show of love’
Children to perform Michael Jackson’s ‘Heal the World’ at Town Hall service
Hackney to start a housing company offering Living Rents to help fund more council homes
Cabinet approves ‘significant’ plans to get around government housing restrictions
Hackney’s older women are the emerging artists you need to be looking out for in 2018
Maisie Linford met with one of the founders of GRACE, ahead of their new residency, for a chat about fighting the “narrow stereotypes” of aging women using art and performance – including an impromptu strip-off
Hackney Council awarded £250k to help child asylum seekers
Funding will be used to recruit more carers for kids who arrive in the borough alone