Unlock pizza restaurant and cocktail bar Hackney Wick

Unlock pizza restaurant and cocktail bar Hackney Wick

Unlock is the brainchild of Naples-born siblings Arianna and Giovanni Izzi, and their first London restaurant. Giovanni is a restaurateur, and Arianna a seasoned chef, who honed her skills as a pastry chef at... Read more »
Trei Daley stabbing: Two convicted after Hackney Wick attack

Trei Daley stabbing: Two convicted after Hackney Wick attack

Trei Daley, 26, of Bromley, was fatally stabbed near Colour Factory in Queen’s Yard, Hackney Wick, on the morning of February 11 in 2023. Yesterday (January 26) Christopher Appiah-Blay, 35, of Hackney,... Read more »
Pictures show floodwater rushing down Hackney Wick street

Pictures show floodwater rushing down Hackney Wick street

Videos taken in Dace Road in Fish Island, Hackney Wick, showed water rushing down the road after the River Lee Navigation Canal was overwhelmed during heavy rain at around 10pm yesterday (January... Read more »
Thurlow Nunn League: Hackney Wick, Hutton win, rivals draw

Thurlow Nunn League: Hackney Wick, Hutton win, rivals draw

After a 17-day break between games, first-half goals from Piotr Maslowski and Solaiman Nakmouche put Wick on top in the Division One South derby. Mustapha Alex Mansaray replied after the restart, but... Read more »
Non-league: Romford held by Barking, Hackney Wick hit seven

Non-league: Romford held by Barking, Hackney Wick hit seven

Romford returned to the top of the Essex Senior League table after a 2-2 draw with landlords Barking. Boro had made club history by winning their first five matches of the season... Read more »
Hackney Wick canal-side venue hosts British Street Food Awards

Hackney Wick canal-side venue hosts British Street Food Awards

Canalside Hackney Bridge plays host to the 2023 edition of the British Street Food Awards Friday to Sunday, August 18 to 20. Hosted by Sophie Ellis Bextor and Andy Beynon and Tom... Read more »
Hackney Wick street named after ‘Chopin’s piano maker’ Broadwood

Hackney Wick street named after ‘Chopin’s piano maker’ Broadwood

A new street in Hackney Wick has been named after a piano manufacturing company that claims to be the oldest in the world. Broadwood Street in Hackney Wick takes its name from John Broadwood and... Read more »
Living in Hackney Wick: London Festival of Architecture director Rosa Rogina’s area guide

Living in Hackney Wick: London Festival of Architecture director Rosa Rogina’s area guide

I moved to Hackney Wick with my husband, who is also an architect, a year ago. I’d been in west London and was reluctant to move anywhere else but Hackney Wick has... Read more »
‘Top Boy’ sponsors local football team Hackney Wick FC

‘Top Boy’ sponsors local football team Hackney Wick FC

Yeah, yeah, yeah ‘Top Boy’ is great and all that. The show looms large on the London TV landscape. Now, it’s doing classic east London move – diversifying into clobber. ’Top Boy’s’ off-screen relationship... Read more »
‘Top Boy’ and Labrum Join Forces to Create Hackney Wick FC’s 2022/23 Jerseys

‘Top Boy’ and Labrum Join Forces to Create Hackney Wick FC’s 2022/23 Jerseys

East London community football club Hackney Wick FC have just dropped their kits for the 2022/23 season, with Netflix show Top Boy becoming the club’s new sponsor, with LABRUM’s Foday Dumbuya in charge of designing both home and away... Read more »