Hackney schoolchildren star in supermarket giant’s healthy eating campaign
Mandeville Primary, home to the School of Food, was chosen to take part in launch of Tesco’s £4m giveaway
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‘Council homes at Morning Lane must be funded by selling flats,’ insists Hackney Mayor as campaigners deliver petition
Town Hall is inviting ideas for the land it bought for £60m in 2017, and is facing calls to make it more affordable for local residents
Campaign over social housing in Hackney Central gathers momentum
Developer Hackney Walk says it is ‘working very hard’ to deliver redevelopment with over 20 per cent affordable housing
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Town Hall buys up over £60m worth of property in one-year spending spree
Council says purchases can further socialist values by providing space for ethical businesses and affordable homes
LGBT+ gardening group in Hackney could bag £12k in supermarket cash giveaway
Rainbow Grow has been selected for Tesco’s community funding scheme – and shoppers can help them nab the biggest grant
Council poised to seal the deal on Tesco’s Morning Lane site
Mayor insists project won’t just be about yet more designer clothes shops as he announces premises will be leased to Hackney Walk, which already runs units in the neighbouring railway arches
Could supermarket giant Tesco be poised to muscle into Chatsworth Road?
Grocer indicates scheme is nothing to do with it after councillor hits out over secrecy surrounding new planning application for premises on characterful shopping street
Well Street Market relaunches in style following crowdfunding campaign
Hundreds of residents as well as the mayors of Hackney and London celebrate grand reopening of the historic market where the founder of Tesco first plied his trade
‘Tesco Towers’ could return under Hackney Central masterplan vision
Six years after a Town Hall committee declined to permit redevelopment of Morning Lane site, council now wants to encourage a similar scheme
‘Avid reeders’ use much-maligned plant to tackle pollution in River Lea
‘Army’ of reedbed volunteers are using nature to fight pollution in an operation to clean up East London’s waterways
Hackney Council and Tesco blasted as Mayor Boris raises London Living Wage to £8.30 per hour
Protestors demonstrate on behalf of workers being paid poverty wages
Housing association seeks legal advice as Clapton Tesco opens
Family Mosaic tells residents living above and behind the shop that it “is still concluding legal matters”
Hackney teenagers go on Cape Town quest
Local charity says 10 day volunteering project in South Africa has been invaluable
George Alagiah hosts Hackney debate on international aid
Questions asked about the effectiveness of sending cash abroad at a time of economic hardship at home
Street market trio get boost
A reviving Well Street Market is soon to be joined by two new ones on Chatsworth Road