The Spread Eagle, Homerton, pub/restaurant review: spread your (vegan chicken) wings
In search of a range of opinions, our reviewer brought his vegan girlfriend and devoutly carnivorous parents to this hot new vegan pub and Mexican kitchen
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Borough now fifth worst in UK for child poverty, new report finds
Council says its work to tackle the issue is being ‘put at risk’ by government cuts
Hackney to get three more cycle routes
London Cycling Campaign welcomes plans announced by Mayor of London
Cladding at four Hackney blocks to be replaced as tests reveal it fails current fire safety standards
Council says cladding is not the same as that found on Grenfell Tower and there are ‘no immediate fire safety concerns’
Titbits – Lying little rags and political handbags
Plus ça change – it’s the monthly column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Leader – Road to ruin
The current approach to public consultations could lead to good schemes falling by the wayside
Council tackles 3,000 urgent fire safety issues discovered post-Grenfell
Mayor says council is ‘working flat out’ to act on FRAs as front doors are checked on estates
Pretty in Punk: Julia Gorton’s photos of the NYC punk and No Wave scene get an airing in Dalston nightspot
Photographer Julia Gorton was a doyenne of the New York music scene in the late 70s. Some of the images she produced in that period are currently on show at Untitled on Kingsland Road – we went down to check it out
Holocaust Memorial Day: Powerful testimony as Hackney remembers ‘defining event in human history’
Survivor Manfred Goldberg delivers harrowing personal account at Town Hall ceremony
The Brook, Hackney Central, restaurant review: fresh and fun vegan food
The vegan-serious, the vegan-curious and incorrigible carnivores alike will find something tasty to tuck into at this quirky restaurant and cocktail bar
Pawnography: Hackney Chess Club turn unlikely fashion icons for Korean clothing brand CHANCECHANCE
Photographer Wendy Huynh decked the club out in coats and tops from the Seoul-based company’s Winter collection, for a Stoke Newington fashion shoot
Hackney Council to install sprinklers in 114 homes at Haggerston tower block
Queensbridge Road property is first in borough to get sprinklers since the Grenfell fire – due to the high average age of residents
Hackney Council reaffirms efforts to make borough ‘dementia-friendly’ at Town Hall meeting
Cllr Yvonne Maxwell’s motion was welcomed by the Alzheimers’ Society
Owner of vandalised Churchill-themed café in Hackney hits back at critics
Blighty UK’s Chris Evans was attacked in the media after the Finsbury Park eatery was targeted by protesters
Community group running Hackney’s only solar-powered public toilet ‘outraged’ as council pulls plug
Town Hall will not renew Clapton Improvement Society’s lease for Brooksby’s Walk loos due to concerns over income and health and safety
School cleaners call off Hackney strike
Union lifts threat following compromise over pay and contracts