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Our resident food historian on how the capital went from epidemics caused by faulty sewage to enjoying one of the safest tipples around
Homerton LTN showing ‘encouraging’ traffic reductions, says council
Decrease inside the scheme is the equivalent of more than 5,000 car journeys a day, according to Town Hall data
Homerton man died after catheter was left unchanged for almost a year
Homerton Hospital and a local GP practice required to take action by coroner following death of 87-year-old Macauley Wilson
Councillors give temporary permission for new ‘Snoozebox’ shipping container hotel and offices
Planning officers affix ‘strong’ condition for boxes to be dismantled after five years as developers predict project will ‘help area’s economic recovery’
London Stock Exchange development in Shoreditch draws fire from neighbours
Visible sky impacts acceptable given built-up context of Shoreditch say officers as Stock Exchange says it aims for ‘comfortable relationship with neighbours’
Hoxton Street Iceland slated for demolition again as staff speak out
Decision taken in face of protests from thousands of petitioners, local councillor and store’s own staff
Hackney-born filmmaker tackles gentrification in Whitechapel Gallery show
Ayo Akingbade looks at housing in her home borough for her new solo exhibition
One Hundred Years, Jenny Lewis, book review: ‘Life going by in a richly textured community’
The photographer’s portraits of unique local characters cover a century of Hackney’s ‘passion and fortitude’
Town Hall to ramp up installation of electric vehicle charging points across the borough
Council aims to rollout 3000 points by 2030 through partnership arrangement
Plans for citizens’ assembly on climate change to be developed this summer, pledges Hackney Mayor
Borough leader hints that 2040 net zero target could be moved sooner ‘on some form of emissions’
Residents in council block with ‘inadequate fire safety’ raise concerns over repair delays
‘Trapped’ leaseholders call for answers as Town Hall pledges to provide timeline for works ‘as soon as we can’
Tens of thousands sign petition calling for Town Hall to divest from ‘companies that support occupation of Palestine’
Hackney Mayor warns against ‘politicising’ pensions committee as campaigners challenge borough leader on investments
‘Simply too much at stake’: Campaigners unite to protest Hackney’s fossil fuel investments
Divest Hackney and Extinction Rebellion call on council pension fund to fully divest from a ‘reckless, dying industry’
Hackney’s smaller parks ‘must not to be overlooked’, says equalities chief
Ten-year strategy agreed for borough’s parks and green spaces
Local jazz musician raises enough money to continue scholarship at prestigious American college
Roella Oloro is off to Boston for her second year after spending the pandemic in Hackney crowdfunding and rehearsing