‘They embraced my creativity’: Successful start for council’s first mentorship programme
Thirty-four local students got the chance to experience life at a start-up as part of new careers scheme
Guy Nicholson
Chesham Arms: 150-year-old Hackney pub retains special heritage status
The Homerton watering hole’s protection as a ‘community asset’ was set to lapse this year
Business rates: Town Hall launches consultation on £7m relief fund
Residents can have a say on how money is dished out to local businesses, which were hit hard by this year’s rates hike
Residents to have a say on Stoke Newington Town Hall revival
Council to ‘breathe new life’ into borough landmarks and wants public to get involved
Dalston’s Eastern Curve Garden under threat
Regeneration plans slammed as Town Hall launches consultation
Stoke Newington landlord slapped with £40,000 fine for illegal roof extension
Sternglade Ltd’s director is wanted by police after ignoring repeated demands to demolish extension
Traders’ ‘future in doubt’ as government moots business rates rise
Town Hall business chief says increase will ‘tear the heart out of local communities’ as council joins forces with Hackney traders to launch petition
Hackney’s economy ‘at risk of stagnation’ over rates hike, council warns
Town Hall urges government to delay ‘devastating’ increase in business rates amid Brexit fears
Voila! Kingsland Waste Market could be brought back as ‘brocante’, says councillor
Regeneration chief uses French word meaning ‘flea market’ as he answers a colleague’s question about demise of hub for traders
‘It’s fantastic’: Night-time lobby group hails Passing Clouds’ protected status
Campaigners have ‘breathing space’, but questions remain over whether Asset of Community Value designation will change anything
Borough’s ‘inspirational’ buildings to contest Hackney Design Awards
Shortlist revealed for biennial celebration of local architecture
Titbits – a lackadaisical ex-councillor, a party for London and farewell to Jules Pipe
Read the column that pecks at the crumbs of what’s going on in the borough
Dalston shopkeepers ‘in limbo’ as Crossrail 2 route gets green light
Independent business owners fear Transport for London will plough ahead with plans to demolish half of Bradbury Street
Bradbury Street rallies against ‘devastating’ Crossrail 2 plans
Rail project remains on track to demolish much-loved Dalston street, businesses fear
Developer fined £700,000 for illegally building block of flats
Yusuf Sarodia ordered to demolish block of 34 flats he built in 2011 without planning permission
Titbits – politicians’ housing plans, squatting foxes and Professor Green’s ring
Did somebody mention the Mayor’s basement excavation?