* Update February 2020: Not only was the stink noticed in summer 2019, although not as often as initially, it was still evident
Read MoreEnough of polluting cars turning our district into dirty Dalston, say locals
• The noise and pollution from traffic into Dalston have driven people living near Ridley Road to start a campaign to green the streets.
Read MoreTop Boy, top grime; yep, it’s gotta be another TV series about gang crime
A TV DRAMA about gangs and drugs… now where might they film that? Why, Hackney, of course. Gentrifiers (as if anyone would admit to
Read MoreDalston’s Ridley market is holding to its roots and Hackney is reviving Kingsland says council
* UPDATE: Kingsland Market today Saturday 27 July 2018 opened on the site of the former Waste Market RIDLEY ROAD MARKET is being boosted
Read MoreWill M and S Foodhall spark a boost for Dalston, or lead to the return of the department store?
PUSH YOUR WAY THROUGH the crowd that Marks and Spencer hopes will mill about in Kingsland High Street next Wednesday and you may pocket
Read MoreNatWest’s closure of Dalston branch leaves cash traders jangling coins in their pocket or going on line
IN A BLOW TO LOCAL TRADITION, the bank popular with the cash traders of Ridley Road Market and nearby small businesses has closed. A
Read MoreATMs might charge for withdrawals as banks meet to discuss ways of taking more money from us
* UPDATE 270117: The banks and cash-dispenser providers duly met but failed to agree on a course of action. They plan to meet again
Read MoreAmazing discovery made at Dalston Kingsland
IT’S OFFICIAL: scientists have found that the centre of the universe is Dalston. Look, the sign above shows a boffin with telescope. Proof, eh?
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Kingsland Shopping Centre Plan withers as Dalston people’s garden thrives
THE EASTERN Curve Garden in Dalston has been saved. The multimillion-pound redevelopment of the adjacent Kingsland Shopping Centre that threatened the future of the
Read MoreRidley Road in Dalston to get a 6-floor flat block
THE IMMINENT erection of this six-floor building marks the biggest potential change in Ridley Road Market since the opening of Wu’s bar. Will the
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