
Council tax is frozen again but opposition parties condemn deepening deficit
A Stoke Newington man is readjusting to life with clothes on after living naked for an entire week in the name of art.
Local trade groups have expressed anger at a looming “tidal wave” of tax that is set to hit businesses in April.
East London is predicted to come to a standstill next Wednesday, as leaders from around the world gather in London for the G20 summit.
The nursery rhyme, Oranges and Lemons is being brought clang up to date by a composer who is recording the various London church bells of the popular rhyme, with local schoolchildren singing along.
Posted on 09 March 2010
Hardcore bicycle polo and carrom hit Spitalfields Market as part of East Festival Continue Reading
Posted on 08 March 2010
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Posted on 07 March 2010
We should be glad the council's budgets no longer attract placard-waving protestors, but its meetings are as unappealing to the public as ever, writes Marion Dakers Continue Reading
Posted on 07 March 2010
Leyton Orient manager Geraint Williams has attacked the debt culture of British football, saying it makes bringing success to Brisbane Road more difficult Continue Reading
Posted on 06 March 2010
Chumbawamba prove there's more to them than just 'Tubthumping' as they hit the stage at Passing Clouds in Dalston Continue Reading
Posted on 06 March 2010
Labour might be proud of its new budget, but Hackney cannot afford such largesse Continue Reading
Posted on 26 March 2009
The large number of illegal immigrants in the borough means tuberculosis rates are even higher than believed, a refugee charity has warned. Continue Reading
Posted on 26 March 2009
Three years on from his £40,000 donation to Hackney residents, Channel 4’s first Secret Millionaire returns to see if the money has made a difference to life on Murder Mile. Lara King reports Continue Reading
Posted on 26 March 2009
She has paved the way for black female comedians with her groundbreaking BBC sketch show. Funny woman Jocelyn Jee Esien talks to Lara King about feeling like a man, Gina Yashere and why she would never swap Hackney for Hollywood. Continue Reading
Posted on 26 March 2009
The portrait of Harold Pinter that hung above the desk on which he wrote his masterpieces is now up for auction to raise money for disadvantaged youth in Hackney. Continue Reading