WHEN DALSTONERS recently received a leaflet with a message from an agent of a big West End property investor, they may well have been
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🎅Merry Christmas to all🎅… happy Hackney doorsteps into the 2020 festive season
IF THE SANTA EMOJI in the headline looks a little downcast it could be because the wreath displays are looking a little underpowered
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Things we may need but cannot afford: Hackney libraries find a way to let us hire them
THE CLASSIC “if only I had the right tool” excuse could soon be obsolete in Hackney households. The council has taken up the library
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Protesters fail to topple Geffrye slavery statue at Hackney museum under attack from two sides
AS IT TRIES TO shrug off its Geffrye skin, the Museum of the Home is showing signs of desperation as it tries to appeal
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A new Hackney hero races into view — and he hopes to inspire other youngsters to do the ride thing
HACKNEY HAS A NEW HERO. Raised in London Fields, Tao Geoghegan Hart last weekend won the Giro d’Italia, 3,345.7km of racing across Italy for
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Midnight madness in Hackney as man crashes SUV into parked cars
THREE PARKED VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED when a four-wheel-drive SUV whacked them as it rolled erratically and noisily along Colvestone Crescent, Dalston E8, late last
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Best woodworker in Britain? Dalston’s Emma thinks she might just nail it
* UPDATE 221020: The series described here, The Chop, has been, uhm, chopped, since a national newspaper noticed that some of a male contestant’s tattoos
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Signs of relief as streetwise campaigners win preservation promise from Hackney council
HERITAGE LOVERS HAVE WON their campaign to persuade Hackney council to save a slice of the borough’s history. The council has promised to preserve
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Switch off that engine — or face an £80 fine as Hackney ups its crackdown on cars
DRIVERS IN HACKNEY will be fined £80 if they needlessly let their engines idle after being asked to switch them off. The penalty, a rise
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Shoreditch loses its edge, say the number crunchers. Time to start-up in another place?
WHAT, TWO DISTRICTS in London are more enterprising than Shoreditch and Hoxton? Yep, Holborn-St Pancras, and Islington South-Finsbury have more small businesses per person
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