Artists Gilbert & George on life in East London, sensationalism, and the success of their gallery – Hackney Citizen

Artists Gilbert & George on life in East London, sensationalism, and the success of their gallery – Hackney Citizen

Gilbert Proesch and George Passmore inside their centre. Photograph: Prudence Cuming With a new exhibition of LONDON PICTURES opening at The Gilbert & George Centre in Spitalfields, I dropped by for a... Read more »
Campaign to create East London’s first wild swimming pond launches petition to save land from developers – Hackney Citizen

Campaign to create East London’s first wild swimming pond launches petition to save land from developers – Hackney Citizen

The disused site that volunteers are hoping to purchase, captured using a drone. Photograph: Jonathan Perugia The team behind plans for East London’s first wild swimming pond has launched a petition to... Read more »
Sewage pollution: Citizen eco-warriors armed with budget shed tech patrol whiffy river frontline | UK News

Sewage pollution: Citizen eco-warriors armed with budget shed tech patrol whiffy river frontline | UK News

What can you do with varnish, plywood, a wheelbarrow inner tube and a solar panel not much bigger than a mobile phone? The answer, if you are a computer genius with a... Read more »
V&A East is bringing museum artefacts into East London schools for first time ever – Hackney Citizen

V&A East is bringing museum artefacts into East London schools for first time ever – Hackney Citizen

V&A East visits a college in Walthamstow. Photograph: Primrose Films / courtesy V&A V&A East is bringing museum objects into London schools for the first time in the V&A’s history, through a... Read more »
Meet the recycling sorters turning north London’s trash into treasure – Hackney Citizen

Meet the recycling sorters turning north London’s trash into treasure – Hackney Citizen

A complex network of machinery separates dry mixed recycling. Photograph: Josh Mellor Much of what north Londoners view as trash is to others a “valuable product” bringing in millions of profit each... Read more »
Crowdfunder for East London’s first wild swimming pond reaches important milestone – Hackney Citizen

Crowdfunder for East London’s first wild swimming pond reaches important milestone – Hackney Citizen

The land the charity is hoping to buy up. Photograph: East London Waterworks Park A crowdfunder for London’s first community-owned natural swimming pond has reached a major milestone, hitting the 40 per... Read more »
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US Citizen Anne Sacoolas Will Face London Court in January Charged with Causing Death of … – Latest Tweet by BBC Breaking News

US citizen Anne Sacoolas will face London court in January charged with causing death of Harry Dunn by dangerous driving, prosecutors say https://t.co/Y3Z07wL9Ix— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) December 13, 2021 (SocialLY brings... Read more »
London fundraiser and volunteer selected to receive The British Citizen Award

London fundraiser and volunteer selected to receive The British Citizen Award

Mansoor Ahmad is being recognised for the constructive affect he has on his neighborhood Submitted by Philippa Bassett Mansoor Ahmad is considered one of 27 individuals from throughout the UK who’re being... Read more »
Poplar man Rofikul Islam wins British Citizen Award

Poplar man Rofikul Islam wins British Citizen Award

An “extraordinary citizen” organising food packs to 6,000 people in east London during the pandemic has won the coveted British Citizen Award.    Rofikul Islam, of Poplar, is one of 27 “ordinary people” around the country who’ve been named in the awards.... Read more »