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Nicola©DA18: Nicola Hilliard, author of poetry collection pictured, in Dudley’s, Dalston, London E8 © david.altheer@gmail.com 091218

How a little poetic justice from a Hackney woman can foodbank a little extra for the needy this Christmas

POETRY… as a Christmas present? In a small book? It’s a hard sell. Add that the poems are about food banks and the product

beer©DA17: Jaega Wise of Wild Card Brewery @ Craft Beer Rising, Truman’s Brewery 240217 © david.altheer[a t] gmail.com

Hackney boozers its way to the top: more new pubs than anywhere else in the land

MORE PUBS have been opening in Hackney than anywhere else in the UK. Sixty-five have opened since 2010, a rise attributable to the influx

energy18©DAL: energy drinks in Sainsbury #Dalston © david.altheer@gmail.com 201118

Two Londoners aiming to break into the drinks biz with their own kind of energy

THE MARKET FOR BEVERAGES styling themselves energy drinks is a crowded one and, with sales of almost £40 billion worldwide, a fast-growing market. The

LonFields©DA: London Fields Hackney London E8 2EP 311016 © DavidAltheer [at] gmail.com

Councillor dips into own pocket to buy trees for the people of Hackney

A HACKNEY COUNCILLOR is so worried about global warming that he has bought trees worth thousands of pounds to give away to local people.

Acorn1016Q: pub Queensbridge and Whiston rds 281016 © DavidAltheer [at] gmail.com

Battle to save the Acorn pub in Haggerston loses out to the wrecker’s ball

THE ACORN, THE VICTORIAN PUB opposite Haggerston Park in south Hackney, is to be demolished. Loving Dalston first alerted Hackneyites, in 2016, to the

Harmer©DA18: Harmer Ridley Road Shopping Village 51-63 Ridley Rd N side Dalston E8 231018 © david.altheer@gmail.com

Reprieve for Dalston shopping village as owner backs off closure that also threatened street market

* Press this link for a crowd-funder to help to ensure the indoor market’s future * UPDATE Friday 26 October 2018: the Ridley Road Shopping

Child refugees: Do more to help, activists tell Hackney as part of plan to bring 10,000 stranded youngsters to UK

HACKNEY COUNCIL MUST DO more for child refugees, say activists for migrants from war zones. A charity, Safe Passage, wants the UK government to resettle

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First cut is the deepest: Islington takes action on FGM

ALMOST 140,000 GIRLS and women in Britain are believed to have been affected by female genital mutilation (FGM), says the National Society for the

HackneyTH©DA0718: Mare St London E8 250718 © david.altheer@gmail.com

Austerity… yet Hackney council finds it can pay £100k to 5 more people than the 30 a year before

THE RISE THIS YEAR of council tax in Hackney has been blamed partly on government cuts. Of course, a Labour borough would criticise the austerity

sains©DA13: Harley-Davidson mobility scooter in Sainsbury's Dalston London E8 080913 © david.altheer@gmail.com

Dead batteries? Sainsbury’s finds a way to recycle despite some strange Dalston behaviour

HACKNEY HAS more people with degrees from good universities than any other part of Britain. And incomes to match: the disposable incomes of residents

Hackney boozers its way to the top: more new pubs than anywhere else in the land

MORE PUBS have been opening in Hackney than anywhere else in the UK. Sixty-five have opened since 2010, a rise attributable to the influx

Two Londoners aiming to break into the drinks biz with their own kind of energy

THE MARKET FOR BEVERAGES styling themselves energy drinks is a crowded one and, with sales of almost £40 billion worldwide, a fast-growing market. The

Battle to save the Acorn pub in Haggerston loses out to the wrecker’s ball

THE ACORN, THE VICTORIAN PUB opposite Haggerston Park in south Hackney, is to be demolished. Loving Dalston first alerted Hackneyites, in 2016, to the