Sainsbury’s backs out of Wilmer Place in shock twist to supermarket saga
Dramatic week for Stokey Local as Sainsbury’s exits Newmark Properties scheme and court battle draws to a close
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Ghosting by Jonathan Kemp: book review
Stoke Newington-based author’s gripping new novel Ghosting is the story of a grieving woman’s struggle for self-worth and meaning in life
‘End of an era’ for Abney Park as council reclaims management
Abney Park Trust ‘proud of its achievements’ over the past 23 years as managers of the park and cemetery
Pensioners party at Posh Club with ‘Ritz-style’ champagne tea
First rule of Posh Club is ‘no riff-raff’ as guests enjoy raucous entertainment and fancy food
Silt dredging begins to create new wildlife habitat on Woodberry Wetlands
Aquatic diggers will scoop a layer of silt from the bottom of the reservoir to create 13,000 square metres of reedbed
Clissold Park ponds to be poisoned in bid to wipe out deadly fish species
Fish in ponds and moat to be killed with ‘piscicide’ to stop the spread of highly invasive topmouth gudgeon
Jogger finds dog hanging from Clissold Park railings
Local resident Sean McPherson describes his horror at finding dog ‘strung up by its collar’
Hackney in bottom ten London boroughs for confidence in police
Neighbourhood comparison reveals residents living in the north-east area of the borough have lowest confidence in police
Chief Nurse from Stoke Newington made Dame in Queen’s New Year Honours
Eileen Sills, Chief Nurse at Guy’s and St Thomas’, is made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Anti-Semitic graffiti attacks continue as vehicles targeted in Stoke Newington
Swastikas and slogans appear on Osbaldeston Road as graffiti attacks in Jewish community continue
‘The toilet is in the shower’: vulnerable tenants in tiny £258 a week flats hit with ‘revenge evictions’
Tenants in Stoke Newington flats threatened with eviction after complaining about noise from music rehearsal studios below
Stokey Local loses high court appeal over Sainsbury’s development
Judge dismisses judicial reviews against Wilmer Place development as campaigners left to foot £22,000 legal bill
Closed female-only gym awarded Asset of Community Value status
Community group ‘delighted’ after receiving protective status for Sunstone Women
Tireless campaigner Hamdy Shahein completes ‘arduous’ charity walk
62 year-old newsagent completes another fundraising feat
Panzanella: discovering the pleasures of peasant food
Food historian Gillian Riley shares her version of a Tuscan summer classic
Person and Plate: dinner at Stoke Newington’s Aziziye Mosque
Over a veg stew, ex-Hackney Speaker Faizullah Khan talks cleanliness, cancer and Jerusalem