Nine Hackney Based Photographers over 1 Weekend Friday 6.30-9.30pm Saturday & Sunday 11.00-6.00pm www.bradburysgallery.co.uk

On Sunday 23 January 2011 at the Open The Gate Black Cultural Centre in Stoke Newington Road,  an audience of over eighty people joined Hackney Unites to watch a play by the anti racist theatre company called Arts4Real.  Titled Hard Times, the play looked at the consequences of the cuts to an average urban family [...]

I must love this job. Why else would I get up at 8.00 am on a chilly Sunday in December to attend a film preview in the company of hundreds of overexcited children? As I hid behind my 3D specs and shrunk into my cinema seat, the little tykes played hide and seek in the [...]

Police found a 14 yr old boy in Bethune Rd with stab wounds to his leg and arms, just before 8pm last night, Wednesday 26. He is recovering in hospital from non-life threatening injuries. No arrests have been made. Anyone with information should call DI Dave Suddick on 0300 123 1212 or Crimestoppers in confidence [...]

“Earlier draconian proposals included that all ‘sex’ establishments to be located below ground level with entrances “away from main thoroughfare”, meaning anywhere but the high street it’s located on.  An alley maybe?” Hackney council have agreed to ban any future adult establishments in the borough despite protest from employees of adult establishments, and 67 per [...]

A new era of affordable and ethical banking started this week for all Hackney residents, with the official opening of the London Community Credit Union (LCCU) in Mare Street. Local residents, key partners and LCCU staff attended the launch of the new branch on Monday. Councillor Jonathan McShane, Hackney Council Cabinet Member for Community Services [...]

Two Hackney men have been jailed for two years for mugging cyclists in De Beauvoir, a neighbourhood in Hackney that’s on the boarder of Islington. The pair Jamie Johnson and Aaron Onabanjo both 20 and of Kingland Road, Dalston, were arrested last September after police began investigating a rash of robberies in the area. Johnson [...]

Babies as young as a few weeks old will soon be able to take part in an award-winning swimming course in Hackney when classes open next month. Recently voted the UK’s Best National Baby & Toddler Development Activity, Water Babies enables babies to swim underwater as well as on the surface. It is designed to [...]

Outside of America, the Green Hornet is not as familiar a figure as other masked heroes such as the Lone Ranger who, like the Hornet, also began life on radio in the 1930s.  Yet, the Hornet has since cropped up in a variety of media, from movie serials to comic books and even a short-lived [...]

Learn to Sew- Sewing Machines for Beginners Next Date (s) Saturday 29th January 10am-1pm- Make your own vintage cushion cover. Saturday 19th February 10am-1pm-Make your own vintage wash bag- working with zips. Beginners Dressmaking Make A Shift Dress Monday 7th Feb- Valentines Special make your very own Little Black Dress 6:30-9:30pm Cost:£45 Valentines Cup Cake [...]