Eighty-five new FGM cases in Hackney and City last year, NHS figures show
Annual report reveals number of FGM attendances dropped by just 0.5 per cent in 2016
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A cinema lover’s double-bill: council approve licence for new Hoxton cinema as Rio launches crowdfunder
Mayor Glanville lends support to the all-new Curzon planned for Pitfield Street and Sadiq Khan is among backers of the long-promised ‘RIOgeneration’
Cardinal Pole pupils raise £760 for Grenfell victims
‘Proactive’ Year Nine students organise non-uniform day for entire school
Hackney’s homeless denied ‘appropriate’ end-of-life care
Study published today finds homeless people ‘do not have same access to support as others’
Residents up in arms over Northwold Estate ‘dumping ground’
Landlord under fire as rubbish including fridges, furniture and building materials is left outside people’s homes
Picturehouse investigates allegations of ‘cyber attacks’ by union members
Screen giant claims an email sent from a union address ‘instructed employees to encourage attacks’ on its website in support of long-running strike action
Avant-garde musicians lend support to Grenfell Tower victims as Cafe Oto benefit announced
The Dalston event comprises two performances – a matinee and an evening show – and attendees will hear a dizzying range of genres from free jazz piano to avant-garde techno
Grenfell fire alarms firm in fraud probe over ‘defective’ work in Hackney
Allegations relate to fire safety work carried out by Lakehouse between 2011 and 2014, including ‘incorrectly fitted’ alarms
‘I found my East Berlin right here in East London’: Hackney Tours interview
We meet Simon Cole who, as the man behind the ‘alternative experience walks’, knows his Hackney history and the lay of the land locally
Garden variety: a look at the Geffrye Museum’s plans for their grounds this month
The front and period gardens of Hoxton’s Geffrye Museum will be as busy as ever during next year’s renovation. Ahead of that, we look at what’s happening there this month
London Fields Brewery snapped up by Carlsberg ahead of founder’s fraud trial
Julian Whiteway-Wilkinson denies charges of tax evasion and is set for court appearance this month
Take the spear – Gillian Riley on asparagus and other shoots ‘n’ buds
You may get in trouble pinching someone’s asparagus, but perhaps wild Hackney borage will take your fancy? Our resident food historian focuses in on this genre of edible greenery in her latest piece for us, featuring a recipe for a very non-traditional – but incredible – risotto
People’s Parking Bay founder urges council to reverse removal threat
Brenda Puech’s parking space garden could be driven out following complaint from car owner
Homerton Hospital’s surprising commitment to art continues – with a little bit of politics
We meet Shaun Caton, the man in charge of Homerton Hospital’s exhibitions (including latest Underbelly Britain) as well as its huge art collection and groundbreaking creative therapies
Swift exit: is Hackney Council missing a big opportunity by exiling this most high-flying of birds?
Their aerial displays above Hackney’s skies thrill many, but campaigners such as Hamish Burnett are concerned that they will find nowhere to nest in the borough’s increasingly renovated old and new buildings, as he explains in this comment piece
Titbits – council fiddles with freesheet as fire safety response put on ice
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough