Victoria Park to host ‘exciting’ new 10-day festival next summer
The xx and The National to headline All Points East, which is taking over from Lovebox and Field Day in 2018
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House-building company plans have not been ‘brought before’ cabinet – despite being promised for 2017
In April council officers said it would be set up “by the end of the year”
Wear the Walk in Hackney Central offers blockbuster fashion – to rent
Seconds from the behemoth fashion brands of Hackney Walk lies a new, subscription-based kind of clothing outlet, masterminded by 26-year-old entrepreneur Zoe Partridge
New bike-sharing scheme being ‘ruined by vandalism’, claims user
Ofo regular says venture is ‘falling apart’ after less than two months as bikes are ‘constantly trashed’ and ‘dumped in bins’
‘Super creative’ Hackney Baha’i community put on exhibition
Light of Unity art show, which honours the birth of the faith’s prophet Baha’u’llah, opens at Hackney Central’s A-side B-side Gallery tonight at 7pm
Yak @ Village Underground, live music review: the whole world in their hands
Yak’s wild take on modern psychedelia is only enhanced by the energetic antics of whirlwind frontman Oli Burslem
Primary school pupils brush up for Ridley Road art project
Hackney illustrator Sion Ap Tomos to help kids from Princess May sketch out their thoughts on ‘living in a changing area’
Cockney-themed Christmas supper club slammed for ‘poorface’ press image
Zebedee Theatre artistic director Zoe Wellman defends upcoming Homerton production as ‘tongue-in-cheek’
‘Hidden education crisis’ to hit Hackney’s most vulnerable children, warns Deputy Mayor
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble calls for ‘crucial’ government reforms as council is left with ‘no other option’ but to cut high needs funding
Grenfell: Hackney U-turned on releasing old fire safety checks for tower blocks, says housing chief
Council review says Town Hall changed its mind about publishing FRAs
Meg Hillier opens new ‘creative business hub’ in De Beauvoir
Hackney South MP unveils plaque in front of 100 guests at launch party
Dolly Parton-backed literacy charity needs reading volunteers in Hackney
Following the country star’s supportive video, Story Starters appeals for locals to spend two hours a week helping early-years children
Clockwork orange: Councillor’s tangerine purchase thwarted by ‘misunderstanding’ over £1 coin
Sainsbury’s apologises after a shop assistant rejects Cllr Desmond’s legal tender – hours before the currency switchover
Community cookery school launches £85k appeal to ‘secure its future’
Award-winning charity Made In Hackney is crowdfunding to keep its kitchen running for another five years
Sadiq Khan to appoint Modern Slavery Ambassador for Hackney
Local London Assembly member Jennette Arnold welcomes ‘bold move’
Lucinda Rogers to exhibit drawings of a changing Ridley Road Market
The London artist and campaigner took to the streets to depict scenes many fear will be lost to gentrification, the overarching topic of the exhibition