‘Marshroots’ art attack is latest weapon in campaign to ‘save’ green space
Paintings on show at Springfield Park’s Spark Café until November amid protests at Hackney Council’s car park plans
Jonathan McShane
Hackney One Carnival brings splash of colour to grey Sunday
African drumming and glitzy costumes enliven a cold and rainy day
Hackney Marshes car park plan pulled from agenda at eleventh hour
Hackney Council says controversial application will be resubmitted as councillor tells Town Hall: ‘Follow due process’
Save Lea Marshes campaigners warn of car park ‘threat’ to green space
Pressure group’s rallying cry to protect ‘common land’
Leader – Is clampdown on street clutter a tad confused?
Threat of fines in campaign against ‘obstructive’ A-boards, but Town Hall itself advertises on even bigger on-street boards
Town Hall scraps plans for music gigs on Marshes after outcry
Campaigners’ ‘delight’ at decision, but calls for council to ban commercial events in green space forever
Uproar over council’s plans for Hackney Marshes ‘land grab’
Previous experience leaves many in Hackney cold over marshes’ ‘commercialisation’
Monkey business afoot at Hackney council meetings
Constitutional questions asked as chirpy members tweet during meetings of full council
New Dalston CLR James library opens
Hackney’s new mega-library in Dalston opens its doors, keeping the name C.L.R. James, following a concerted local campaign
Clissold Park ‘Zoo’ closure plea renewed
Campaigners launch a new petition, claiming the park’s animal enclosures are a “bizarre, inhumane anachronism”
Hackney parks posts to be axed
User groups and local residents voice concern over the future wellbeing of the borough’s green spaces as leaked report proposes large-scale changes
There is no such thing as a ‘free school’ for Hackney
A local resident explains why we should be concerned about plans for a publicly-funded school that has no democratic accountability
Law experts urge Hackney Council to join campaign to fight legal aid cuts
Councillors are warned that the borough’s Citizens Advice Bureau and Community Law Centre will be hit hard by government proposals to reduce funding
Winners and losers as Hackney Council hands out community cash
Finsbury Park Homeless Family Project, the Alevi Cultural Centre and Cemvi, the Arcola Theatre and the Hackney Society all miss out on funding
Winners honoured at Hackney Youth Sports Awards 2010
The borough’s finest are recognised for their outstanding achievements