Town Hall explores ‘15-minute city’ concept as it grapples with economic fallout from coronavirus
New local plan makes mention of model developed in Paris, in which residents have quick access to goods, services and leisure facilities
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Council announces competition for local families to build their own home
Anyone who lives, works or studies in Hackney invited to apply for the Self-Build Challenge, which makes use of land too small for council developments
Neurodiverse artists star in ‘compelling’ online photography exhibition
Leon Foggitt’s portraits for Submit to Love, a programme run by brain injury charity Headway East London, have been shared by Shoreditch gallery Autograph ABP
De Beauvoir residents to vote on estate regeneration in planning policy dry run
Ballot aims to put residents ‘at centre of decisions affecting their area’
Local galleries that you can enjoy without booking in advance
A handy list of places where the ‘pleasure of a casual visit’ to an exhibition can still be found
Coronavirus: ‘Decimation’ of council finances revealed as government support falls short
‘No going back to normal,’ Mayor warns, as Town Hall faces £67m hit in lost income and increased spending
Political pressure increases on Homerton Hospital over outsourced key workers
Pay row intensifies as both Hackney MPs speak out and unions call for health secretary to ‘put brakes’ on new five-year contract for facilities giant ISS
Town Hall pledges action to put young people at heart of local policy
Young Futures Commission calls on council to act on ‘thoughts, concerns and ideas’ of thousands of borough’s young people
African artworks lost in Shoreditch church basement for 70 years go on display
A free exhibition at the Theatre Courtyard showcases rare early paintings and drawings by more than 40 Zimbabwean artists
Resident safety chief warns of shortfall in government funding on post-Grenfell works
Donna Bryce says all London boroughs are worried about the resources needed to comply with ‘huge changes’ to building regulations
Hackney Winter Night Shelter seeks permanent home to support rough sleepers
Homelessness charity urges anyone with an empty property suitable for up to 15 people to get in touch
Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley: ‘The maker movement has never been more important’
The writer speaks to Hackney residents who have been making face masks, and a researcher who thinks the pandemic has allowed makers to shake off the ‘hobbyist’ stereotype
Flat Earth Pizza at The Plough, Homerton, food review: ‘Inventive grub that doesn’t hurt the planet’
Our reviewer emerges from lockdown for a ‘guilt-free evening of astounding food’ at this vegan pizzeria-in-a-pub
Poetry: Screens by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on the ‘shadow play of life’
Local schools move to tackle ‘emerging gap’ in inequality caused by lockdown
Councillors ‘distressed’ after hearing from education charity that ten years’ progress may be lost
Hackney Council to table Black Lives Matter motion next week
Motion commits Town Hall to ‘actively fighting racism in the borough’