Published: 5:24 PM December 4, 2021 Here are the planned disruptions for journeys in and around Hackney, Islington, Tower Hamlets and Newham – starting today (December 4). By Rail Over the weekend – December... Read more »
Police looking for two teenage girls missing from Bedfordshire believe they may be together in East London. Tola and Emma, both 14, have been missing from Dunstable and Houghton Regis respectabley since... Read more »
A Hackney park has been renamed to honour a local woman following concerns from local residents that the park’s previous name had links to the slave trade. The park, located just north... Read more »
I live with my husband, David, in a red-brick double-fronted late Victorian home on the edge of Victoria Park and Well Street Common. We moved into the five-bedroom house in June so... Read more »
Published: 5:23 PM November 8, 2021 As the festive season begins Hackney people are being urged to protect themselves against Covid-19 and the flu by getting fully vaccinated. While Covid cases have... Read more »
Christmas is coming to Barge East! After a rather sobering Christmas 2020, many of London’s best winter markets are finally returning in 2021. Among them is the Wick Wonderland Market at Barge... Read more »
Published: 5:30 PM November 2, 2021 As the UK hosts the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) a local community group based in Hackney has been awarded nearly £10,000 to help them take... Read more »
Published: 4:51 PM October 29, 2021 A new autobiographical book aims to give voice to the everyday Muslims “not always” represented in the media. Reaz Rahman, who works at Hackney’s BSix Sixth Form... Read more »
New footage shows the moment four ‘brazen’ thieves use a circular saw to cut through the shutters of a Hackney silver shop. The “smash and grab” raid took place in the early... Read more »
A man from East London fell through the floor of his Hackney Council flat after dealing with disrepair and squalid conditions for a number of months. Simon Lebeau, 35, has lived in... Read more »
