FEARS ARE GROWING for traditional religious communities in Hackney that social-distancing failures are putting followers at coronavirus risk. Celebrations of the Purim festival by Orthodox
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Helping street people in Hackney and Tottenham to stay safely clean in a time of virus
A NORTH LONDON businessman has created his own hand sanitiser to help rough sleepers and food banks in Hackney and Tottenham to cope with
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Rio 3! the Dalston cinema gets to work on planning for a vital extra screen
THE RIO is to get a third screen. It will be in the attic of the Kingsland High Street movie house, so long as
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A pulsing new Hackney venue — best be quick before the developers take over
IT’S UNLIKELY THAT MANY BUSINESSES have a job position entitled “Head of Vibe”. If they do, you’d imagine they’d be either a sad assemblage
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Happy Hackney birthday, Arcola: 20 years at the cutting edge of London theatre
WHEN LEYLA NAZLI and Mehmet Ergen started the Arcola in 2000 they could hardly have imagined that the venue would become a destination venue for theatre
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Ride-on! Stoke Newington attitude comes to the aid of a Hackney cop in hot pursuit
AS ALICE ROBERTS was playing tennis in Clissold Park, above, one chilly afternoon this week, three youths on hire bicycles caught her eye. Something
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Switch off — or face a huge fine plans anti-idling Hackney. But there is a big delay
* Update June 2020: for reasons Hackney council is now attributing to lockdown, Loving Dalston was given information that became premature when the Covid-19
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Hackney council is splashing out £4.5 million on a new pool for its popular lido
SPLASH! AN EMAIL PLOPS into Loving Dalston’s email tank from Hackney council: London Fields Lido is to get a new, separate learner pool. If
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Austerity, what austerity? Hackney lays on £100k luxury as councillors take their turn
AS HACKNEY MAYOR Philip Glanville blames the Government for wrecking council budgets, the borough continues to fund a luxury imported limousine for a senior
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Merry Christmas to all — and here’s how Dalston doorsteps into the 2019 festive season
HOW DID THE IDEA OF WREATHS at Christmas happen? Who can say, is the admitedly inadequate answer of Loving Dalston. Various explanations are
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