‘Nine in 10 renters cannot afford minimum deposit to buy home,’ campaigners claim
Housing campaign group Digs calls for ‘radical change’ after study shows most renters stand little chance of owning their own home
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Dalston’s NTS Radio to go global with international tour
Online radio station based in Gillett Square receives Arts Council funding for live shows around the world
Man who survived 98 per cent burns says thanks to Homerton fire crew
Blaze victim Constantin Huber visits Homerton Fire Station after making remarkable recovery
Leader – Why this betrayal of the promised Olympic legacy?
As Hackney Wick artists are booted out of their studios, the body in charge of delivering the Olympic legacy looks set on betraying its own principles
Project inspired by Obama’s favourite ‘cradle to career’ scheme marks first anniversary
A lot has changed on the Pembury Estate in the years since the 2011 riots, writes Tara Joshi
Residents launch campaign against plan to cut cars on Wordsworth Road
“It exacerbates danger to pedestrians, especially children, from speeding cyclists near Butterfield Green”
Residents fume at plans to scrap cyclists’ crossing at Olympic Park
Hundred people brave rain to protest at plans to turn popular Monier Road bridge at the Olympic Park into “dangerous rat-run”
“It looks like Legoland now…” – residents speak out over Nightingale Estate regeneration plan
The £200 million scheme will bring 400 new properties for social rent, shared ownership and private sale
Tunde Okewale MBE: from part-time jobs, and a 2:2, to the honours list
The barrister, who got his break at Dalston Sainsbury’s, speaks on the “confidence barrier” blocking working-class professionals
‘Tear down eco-friendly beach house’, council tells artists
Experiment has ‘unacceptable impact’ on Haggerston Baths, which has been empty for 14 years
Quitters a ‘priority’ but council failing to kick its own tobacco habit
No cuts to Stop Smoking services in Hackney despite council investing millions in tobacco through pension fund
Hackney sets date for mayoral election
Ballot to take place on 15 September following resignation of Jules Pipe
Clissold Quarter in London is UK’s first development with ‘virtual’ show apartments
Higgins Homes use Oculus Rift technology to allow prospective tenants to ‘walk-through’ at their leisure
‘Rapper’ Grymey D jailed for sex with schoolgirls
“He used social media to groom children online, paying them compliments, pretending to be affectionate’
Feminist Dissent in Shoreditch: new journal hopes to ‘amplify the voices’ of women under oppression
The inaugural issue was launched at the Rich Mix in an evening of music, comedy and debate
Vittoria Wharf demolition: Olympic legacy developers have ‘no grasp’ of community, say campaigners
Locals are launching a campaign to save the site with three-day Wickstock festival