Aphex Twin to headline first UK show in a decade at Field Day 2017
Legendary electronic music producer will play rare two hour set on the festival’s brand new indoor stage arena
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‘Don’t cut off our lifeblood’: Hackney Citizen editor’s open letter to Mayor Philip Glanville
Call for Hackney’s mayor to halt sale of advertising in Town Hall’s fortnightly freesheet in light of commercial challenges now facing local press
Antique traders Bennet and Brown win fight to stay in Finsbury Park shop after landlord offers new lease
People power wins out following vocal campaign and petition to save the antiques shop
Northwold Estate residents fear community will be ‘wrecked’ if plan to flatten homes goes ahead
But landlord Guinness pledges an overall increase in social rented homes on the estate under its proposals
Fury as landlord Guinness rips children’s bikes off railings on Northwold Estate
Housing provider gave ‘no notice’ before blitz on Clapton estate earmarked for controversial redevelopment, which lacks proper bike racks
London Fields Lido closure halted amid concern over plans to end gender segregation
Female users voiced preference for women-only changing area to be retained after plans to introduce ‘changing village’ were revealed
Hackney politicians rejoice at scrapping of ‘unworkable’ pay-to-stay plans for council tenants
Government confirmed earlier this week it was dropping mandatory implementation of increases to council rents for higher earners
Missing man Christoph Häusler, a former fugitive and ex-politician, is reunited with mother
Bizarre life of 46-year-old, who is thought to have mental health problems, looks set to prompt questions over security owing to far right tattoos and conviction
Draught bill: Hackney ale makes guest appearance in Parliament
Hackney Brewery ‘proud to represent borough’ at Westminster ahead of new charity drive
Council clamps down on ‘illegal mega ads’ on Hackney’s buildings
Legislation ‘not fit for purpose’ to stop advertising without consent in borough, councillor claims
Young man found stabbed in Stoke Newington in latest knife attack
Two people have been arrested for affray and a third person was arrested for affray and possession of a knife.
Hackney hospice patient Lillian John, 94, aims for Christmas Number One
Great grandmother recorded cover of ‘The Living Years’ as well as music video with 300 others from London Hospices Choir
On the Night Bus, review: London’s own nocturnal animals – in pictures
Taken over the course of three winters, Nick Turpin’s photographs are portraits of ordinary people in that limbo space between work and home
Council under fire over use of ‘low pay employers’ in new recycling rewards scheme
‘Bitter irony’ that the scheme’s launch coincided with Mayor Glanville’s pledge to tackle poverty pay
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
Hackney Picturehouse staff to don Harry Potter costumes in latest strike over London Living Wage
Cinema workers to ramp up pressure on Picturehouse to pay staff a minimum of £9.75 an hour with third walk out in a month