HACKNEY TODAY, the freesheet that claims a circulation of more than 100,000, is winning its fight for the right to publish fortnightly. Like Waltham
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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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Hackney builds a new era on the ruins of a Thatcherite privatisation policy
A MULTIMILLION-POUND project to ease Hackney’s housing crisis is about to go to the next stage: shovels and cement. Fourteen developments are planned and
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Stamford Hill Jewish schools are winning their battle to keep modernity at bay
ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWS in Hackney who shield their male children from the national curriculum can relax. They will not have to engage with the education
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Lido fans splash-happy as watershed moment goes swimmingly for saviour Hackney council
* Update 040118: London Fields Lido opened early this Thursday and a steady stream of users arrived throughout the day, praising the improvements. Opening hours 6.30am-9pm
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Reopening in weeks: London Fields Lido. Swimmers can again enjoy this great pool
THE LIDO IS to reopen on Thursday 4 January 2018 after delays that continually distressed swimmers and embarrassed owner Hackney council. The council closed the
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A heartwarming Hackney Christmas story
SOMETIMES a chance encounter can lead to good things, as when young entrepreneur Karun Chhokar happened to talk to a homeless man near Liverpool
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These free courses in East London could be the business for you and your great adventure
GOT A GREAT BUSINESS IDEA or having trouble with your present project? If you need advice, a new help scheme looks like a good
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All hope for Haggerston Baths has drained as Hackney sells lease to an equity fund
“NEW TENANT FOR HAGGERSTON Baths” was the dull title of an important Hackney council press release. Yet its very understatement made it eye-catching.
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Open up! This door is essential — yet was left out of a Hackney council rental property
THIS PICTURE SHOWS the door that has cost council taxpayers almost half a million pounds in lost revenue. It should for the last five
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