Rich Mix to host ‘rowdy, political knees up’ Question Time Cabaret next week
Artist Talia Randall and a panel of journalists and performers will tackle ‘gentrification and the art of the East End’ in an inimitable way – albeit without any Dimblebys
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Rashan Charles: Police officer being investigated for ‘gross misconduct’
IPCC chief says officer’s behaviour when restraining Charles, who later died in hospital, ‘may have breached police standards’
London Queer Fashion Show to serve looks ‘for the people that believe in unique identity’
Six designers will be showing off collections at Hackney Showroom this time next week, Wednesday 20 September
Momentum U-turns on open selection to protect ‘four left-wing councillors’ from non-Corbynite challengers
Group had earlier called open selection ‘democratic’ and the ‘best option’ for socialists
A ‘gram don’t come for free: Insta ‘influencers’ feed the camera first
Four of East London’s most followed Instagrammers share where to eat and how to show off the best spots
Teaching vacancies at Hackney primaries ‘above average’, the most recent data suggests
‘It is not unusual to have three vacancies across all 53 of Hackney’s primary schools’, says council spokesperson
‘Porn is a medium, not a genre’: performer, director and activist Pandora Blake talks ethical smut
The spanking specialist gave a talk – and screened some explicit clips from throughout porno history – at Shoreditch venue The Book Club at the start of the month. Our reviewer was there to ‘listen and learn’…
Gayhurst Community School has a pint-sized gallery
The primary school in London Fields has launched The Art Gallery, or #TAG
Council offers £30k for job ‘sorting papers’ of ex-Mayor Jules Pipe
‘You will need to have a head for heights due to the tall racking!’ the Town Hall warns applicants
Anti-poverty charity slams Town Hall’s ‘absurd’ council tax proposals
Zacchaeus 2000 Trust says changes to relief scheme will ‘take money out of the pockets of their poorest residents’, but council says government cuts led to decision
Essence Cuisine, Shoreditch, restaurant review: raw and order
This shiny new Shoreditch hangout is part-takeaway salad joint, part-molecular gastronomy café, and 100 per cent meat, dairy, gluten and refined sugar-free. Rabbit food or raving success?
Titbits – ALMOs, Sudokus and mysterious burgesses
More on the Town Hall’s puzzling behaviour in this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Leader – Hackney Council now must put fire safety first
To take a lackadaisical approach – missed deadlines, delays to checks, a trickle of information – is to neglect one of the council’s absolute duties
Town Hall misses high priority blaze threat targets three times
Guidance set by safety experts on dealing with ‘P1’ risks is that they must be fixed within a month
Hackney Council’s letting agency does not exist, Town Hall admits
Priority Homes scheme billed as a social letting agency ‘because that’s how most people would understand its function’
Business rates: Town Hall launches consultation on £7m relief fund
Residents can have a say on how money is dished out to local businesses, which were hit hard by this year’s rates hike