‘Easy and intuitive’: Meet the locals saving money and helping the environment by borrowing from the Library of Things
Venues in Hackney Wick and Dalston are thought to have saved people around £33k – and their DIY skills are improving
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‘The council hasn’t learnt its lesson’: Angry business owners say drains should have been cleared before destructive flash floods in Stoke Newington
One business owner is predicting a £100,000 hit after water damaged property and stock
Chatsworth Road to host free one-day festival this Sunday – with food, fairground rides and music on offer
ChatsWORLD Summer Fair is a celebration of the shopping street’s history
‘We want to inspire’: Local entrepreneurs’ network announces plans for meetings and mentoring
Hackney Social Founders set to build on successful pilot event over the summer
‘We can stop this’: Hackney Wick residents condemn GP surgery’s plan to build temporary extension on their local green
Trowbridge Surgery says its building is ‘not fit for purpose’, but neighbours are rallying to protect Wick Green
Hackney watering hole that was shut down after a stabbing could be reborn as a ‘happy pub’
Gokhan Yeter wants to open up a new place at the former Heart of Hackney on Mare Street
Crowdfunder for East London’s first wild swimming pond reaches important milestone
Volunteers hoping to transform a disused water depot in Lower Clapton are almost halfway to their target
‘I used to call it my heart job’: Meet the lollipop lady who transformed a Hackney neighbourhood
Donna Thorpe, whose smile lit up Albion Road for years until she resigned in July, speaks to local author Alpa Shah
‘Your life mattered’: Tributes paid to Hackney teenager stabbed to death in Highbury Fields
Police are urging anyone with information about the attack on 4 August to come forward
‘Worried and depressed’: Traders at Ridley Road Shopping Village call for better communication as council prepares to take over the lease
Business owners criticise uncertainty over the upcoming handover, as Town Hall moves to assuage their fears
Residents report ‘demoralising’ vandalism of new street trees across Hackney
Those responsible for damaging saplings are being urged to think about the climate emergency
Polio boosters to be offered to under-10s after virus is picked up in eight London boroughs – including Hackney
Health experts confirm polio has spread within the community, but stressed that risk to wider population is still low
‘Distress and uncertainty’: Council apologises to Hackney family whose bid for a bigger home was hit by lengthy delays
Local Government Ombudsman criticises ‘service failure’ while recognising the ‘unique challenges’ faced by the Town Hall following a 2020 cyber attack
Shoreditch residents demand tougher action on single-use plastic after taking part in Greenpeace waste count
Just under 400 local households threw away more than 21,000 pieces of plastic in a week
‘Iconic’ Stoke Newington club asked to rethink plans for later openings
Club No 8’s management says no other venue in the area ‘specifically caters for the Black community’
Three thousand electric vehicle charging points to be introduced in Hackney by 2030
Borough’s transport chief says rollout will alleviate concerns that some people have about switching to electric