Hackney Council have voted to extend the Regent’s Canal Conservation area, which means the historic Wenlock Arms pub is now saved from demolition. As the pub now has ‘listed’ status, the council can veto attempts to demolish the property made by the owners in December. Owners had pinned a notice of intent to demolish on the [...]

Hackney housing is the fifth most expensive in the country as the price of a home in the borough soars to over double the national average, research has found.

ChildLine, a charity phone-line service, has found that children in the UK wish their parents would promise to spend more time with them as part of their New Year resolutions. The charity service based on Curtain Road, Tower Hamlets, provided by the NSPCC, quizzed the nation’s children about what their parents’ resolutions should be for [...]

A man was stabbed in Dalston in the early hours of Friday morning. Police were called to the scene of the incident at Downham Road.

Hackney and Tower Hamlets Councils are among those honoured this year with awards for “crimes against the council taxpayer” by satirical magazine Private Eye.

A Hackney woman made famous after a YouTube video showed her lambasting rioters in August has been named by the BBC as one of the faces who made the headlines this year.

A stolen Cartier watch said to be of great sentimental value was returned to its rightful owner after being taken two years ago.

Local residents can recycle their Christmas trees this festive season from December 28 onwards. Council recycling authorities for Hackney, Lewisham, Croydon and Tower Hamlets will be setting up recycling points and dates on which residents can give their real trees for reprocessing. Lewisham Council residents are provided with 12 tree recycling points: Talbot Place (Blackheath), [...]

Miniature paper sculptures of houses have been flooding to the Hill Station cafe on Telegraph Hill, as part of a local charity, Bold Vision’s, latest venture, The Mixer Home Run.

Whether you need medical care, have forgotten a trimming to the Christmas dinner or feel like a festive tipple at a local pub, here are a few of the services that will be operating on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.