Dancing babies and woolly trees: Next month’s Hackney Carnival set to be ‘biggest and best yet’
2 DAYS AGO - Yarn-bombing and baby disco added to 8 September line-up, alongside the iconic parade through the Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Yarn-bombing and baby disco added to 8 September line-up, alongside the iconic parade through the new Hackney Central location
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Daubeney Fields playground transformation an ‘instant hit’ with families
4 DAYS AGO - Council and local community turn 'bleak' 1970s rec ground into a natural play space with an Expand
4 DAYS AGO - Council and local community turn 'bleak' 1970s rec ground into a natural play space with an outdoor classroom
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Diane Abbott signs up for local bookshop’s Women of Westminster event
6 DAYS AGO - The Hackney MP will join Labour colleague Rachel Reeves and historian Diane Atkinson to discuss Expand
6 DAYS AGO - The Hackney MP will join Labour colleague Rachel Reeves and historian Diane Atkinson to discuss the successes of female parliamentarians over the past century
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‘Real sense of history’: Family photos donated by Hackney women on display at Sutton House
09/08/2019 - Cherelle Sappleton's exhibition, featuring snaps gifted by the local community, offers a highly Expand
09/08/2019 - Cherelle Sappleton's exhibition, featuring snaps gifted by the local community, offers a highly personal glimpse into the borough's past
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Council forced to cut back Hackney Today after court rejects its appeal
08/08/2019 - Hackney Mayor 'extremely disappointed' as Town Hall considers how to replace its controversial Expand
08/08/2019 - Hackney Mayor 'extremely disappointed' as Town Hall considers how to replace its controversial freesheet
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Community parklets: Locals invited to apply as council reopens trial programme
07/08/2019 - Residents can submit ideas to the Town Hall with plans afoot to add to Hackney's six parking bay Expand
07/08/2019 - Residents can submit ideas to the Town Hall with plans afoot to add to Hackney's six parking bay oases
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The Time Of Our Lies, Park Theatre: ‘Compelling – if you’re of the right mindset’
06/08/2019 - Bianca Bagatourian's play about the life and work of American intellectual Howard Zinn is a Expand
06/08/2019 - Bianca Bagatourian's play about the life and work of American intellectual Howard Zinn is a 'history lesson with sonorous contemporary relevance'
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Feast from the East
05/08/2019 - Our food historian brings us more on the Siberian and Ukrainian delights shown off at June’s Stoke Expand
05/08/2019 - Our food historian brings us more on the Siberian and Ukrainian delights shown off at June’s Stoke Newington Literary Festival, and says farewell to a local favourite
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Titbits – Tory blues, Mayor stews and hold the front page, we’ve got breaking… information
01/08/2019 - Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
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A-level Results Day: Hackney students get their grades
3 DAYS AGO - Jitters and joy aplenty as we bring you news from schools across the borough
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‘True celebration’: Latin music festival draws 30,000 people to Finsbury Park
5 DAYS AGO - Singers and dancers from across the UK wowed the crowd at La Clave Fest earlier this Expand
5 DAYS AGO - Singers and dancers from across the UK wowed the crowd at La Clave Fest earlier this month
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Lele’s, Lower Clapton, food review: ‘A cheery vegan oasis’
6 DAYS AGO - The 'sheer joy' on offer at chef-owner Valentina Fois' cafe has proved such a hit that she's Expand
6 DAYS AGO - The 'sheer joy' on offer at chef-owner Valentina Fois' cafe has proved such a hit that she's opened a second spot in Dalston this month
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Don’t miss Songhoy Blues at Royal Festival Hall this Sunday night
09/08/2019 - Born out of war and exile, this Malian group creates blistering, compelling West African rock Expand
09/08/2019 - Born out of war and exile, this Malian group creates blistering, compelling West African rock music fused with elements of reggae and country
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New exhibition uncovers plastics’ invention and history in east London
08/08/2019 - Raw Materials: Plastics at Nunnery Gallery runs until 25 August 2019. Free family event 17 August Expand
08/08/2019 - Raw Materials: Plastics at Nunnery Gallery runs until 25 August 2019. Free family event 17 August 12-4pm with Thames21 and UCL’s Mobile Heritage Lab
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New images offer glimpse into Abney Park’s future – if bid for more funding is successful
07/08/2019 - Plans signed off recently by Hackney's cabinet include a café and events space, and further Expand
07/08/2019 - Plans signed off recently by Hackney's cabinet include a café and events space, and further restoration work on the chapel
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Island Social Club, Haggerston: ‘Soul-lifting celebration of Caribbean culture’
05/08/2019 - Chef Marie Mitchell and drinks specialist Joseph Pilgrim's year-long residency at Curio Cabal is Expand
05/08/2019 - Chef Marie Mitchell and drinks specialist Joseph Pilgrim's year-long residency at Curio Cabal is one you would be 'mad to miss'
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The Citizen Gardener: ‘It’s time for the untidy to have a go’
05/08/2019 - Kate Poland on a budding union of gardens, the joys of shinrin-yoku, and how you can help nature Expand
05/08/2019 - Kate Poland on a budding union of gardens, the joys of shinrin-yoku, and how you can help nature while getting drunk
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Campaigners to hold Marian Court ‘protest party’ over threats of intentional homelessness
31/07/2019 - Thursday evening's protest planned as family event with 'speeches, food and music' as campaigners Expand
31/07/2019 - Thursday evening's protest planned as family event with 'speeches, food and music' as campaigners say safe housing 'a right, not a privilege'
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Another round? London Fields Brewery returns to its original home after five-year absence
4 DAYS AGO - Team reveals it is once again making beer in the arches where it all began back in 2011
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4 DAYS AGO - Team reveals it is once again making beer in the arches where it all began back in 2011
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Charity appeals for volunteers to help blind people in Hackney use specially adapted radios
5 DAYS AGO - British Wireless for the Blind Fund's devices allow people to enjoy podcasts, books, talking Expand
5 DAYS AGO - British Wireless for the Blind Fund's devices allow people to enjoy podcasts, books, talking newspapers and more
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Jesus Christ Superstar, Barbican Theatre: ‘Modern, but with all the clout of the original’
09/08/2019 - Director Timothy Sheader's fresh take on the classical Lloyd Webber musical 'enthralls, appalls Expand
09/08/2019 - Director Timothy Sheader's fresh take on the classical Lloyd Webber musical 'enthralls, appalls and innovates'
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CASA Festival, Dalston: ‘A Latin American fiesta that reminds us why diversity is so vital’
08/08/2019 - We look at three plays from July's two-week festival, hosted by the Arcola Theatre, Rio Cinema and Expand
08/08/2019 - We look at three plays from July's two-week festival, hosted by the Arcola Theatre, Rio Cinema and the Curve Garden
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Council to put up warnings about ticks after woman reports catching Lyme disease in Clissold Park
08/08/2019 - Andrea Smyth says she was bitten last month in the same dog-free zone that a jogger purportedly Expand
08/08/2019 - Andrea Smyth says she was bitten last month in the same dog-free zone that a jogger purportedly caught the disease in 2018
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2019: A Space odyssey
06/08/2019 - Hackney stalwart Space Studios' Mare Street gallery is relocating to Ilford in the autumn. The Expand
06/08/2019 - Hackney stalwart Space Studios' Mare Street gallery is relocating to Ilford in the autumn. The charity’s chief exec Anna Harding talks about the move, and picks out her personal highlights from the past 16 years
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Study Web Development or Games Programming at SAE London
05/08/2019 - Here are just some of the reasons why you should apply to study at SAE London, one of the world’s Expand
05/08/2019 - Here are just some of the reasons why you should apply to study at SAE London, one of the world’s leading creative media institutions...
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Leader – What will it take?
01/08/2019 - The death of any homeless person is a stain on those with real power to do something - not just Expand
01/08/2019 - The death of any homeless person is a stain on those with real power to do something - not just the ones that happen so publicly
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