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Marks and Spencer calls on a Hackney pirate girl to snip the silk for a grand Dalston opening
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Another park shock as Hackney again comes up against the power of property dealers
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Go East, young hipster, Hackney and around is the hotspot the property market is moving to
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Hackney’s Hipster line leaves London muggers behind as it extends weekend night services
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The extraordinary story of how one woman set up a Shoreditch social enterprise by seeking out positivity
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Toad’ll-oo, tickety-boo! Hackney Today will be there for you — still fortnightly, despite press protests
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Lots of hope in the Rio report, less in the figures provided by the Dalston cinema bosses and board
THE RIO CINEMA’S MANY FANS will be hoping the long-awaited second screen is getting the Dalston community organisation into shape. The annual report indicates
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