Finsbury Park site could become emergency housing for vulnerable young people
Themi Care facility in Somerfield Road goes before planning sub-committee
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Hackney resident to row across the Atlantic to combat plastic pollution
Caroline Wilson and two teammates will take on ‘sleep deprivation, 40-foot waves and sharks’ during 3,000-mile challenge beginning in December
Gul & Sepoy, Whitechapel, restaurant review: Indian small plates with some big ideas
The team behind Spitalfields’ Gunpowder have diverged from more standard Indian culinary paths, to bring their sometimes frustrating but ultimately rewarding dishes to East London
Women’s Equality Party’s first ever Hackney candidate puts SEND cuts at heart of campaign
Deputy Mayor calls for unity in fight against SEND cuts, telling campaigners ‘We are on the same side’
Swan couple remain apart after River Lea oil spill
Female bird was rescued last week without her mate
Council and residents clash over future of Clapton car park
Town Hall wants to build 11 affordable homes on the site of a community garden
Titbits – Pussycats, Easter lash and early manifesto flash
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Leader – Smoke and mirrors
Empty reassurances on fire safety are ominous with elections coming up
Hackney Council U-turns on release of expert cladding report
Town Hall said last July that the report was ‘currently being written’ as part of its post-Grenfell review
Closure-threatened migrant centre in Hackney launches funding plea
Volunteer-run Akwaaba, which supports refugees and asylum seekers, may have just six months left
East End exhibitions – five of the best for March 2018
In our recurring feature, we cast an eye over the top art exhibitions this month, in the borough and beyond
London Borough of Hackney: Statutory Notice
A Statutory Notice from Hackney Council regarding Hackney Markets
Obituary – Spirit
The Rastafarian chef, teacher and ‘community treasure’ died last month aged 71
Penguin Random House marks World Book Day by volunteering in Hackney’s most ‘literacy-vulnerable’ area
As new data reveals Hackney South and Shoreditch’s serious literacy issues, staff at the country’s leading publisher are lending their time to several of the borough’s schools
Nabihah Iqbal @ Archspace, live music review: ‘dreamy existentialist electronica with a guitar kick’
The electronic music polymath (and occasional NTS Radio DJ) muses on poetry and the daily grind in her mesmerising debut live show
Hackney among ten contenders for first ever walking neighbourhood award
Local rambler covers the borough’s 58 parks in one day to celebrate nomination