Thanks to her cousin and husband, Hackney resident Davina Duggan, stumbled on to the idea of developing an App for trainee taxi drivers, and is now attempting to bring a specialist method of study into the wired 21st century. The knowledge of London, better known as the “Knowledge”, is a test anyone wanting to qualify [...]
Police were called to Lansdowne Drive near London Fields at 10.30 pm last night, after reports of gunshots. They arrived to find no injuries or people at the scene,but found evidence of a gun discharge. There have been no arrests, but Landsdowne Drive and the west side of London Fields is closed, while officers [...]
6:25 AM UPDATE : MISSING WOMAN FOUND PHOTO OF FOUND PERSON REMOVED People are concerned about a 26 year old woman, Devorah Leah Abraham, who has not been seen since she left her home in Stamford Hill, yesterday (Monday) morning for college in Barnet. Devorah Leah is described as 5’2, has brown hair (possibly in [...]
The new owners of 229 Lower Clapton Road, are not receiving the same ecstatic and warm welcome the pub next door which opened on Thursday has. Much of Clapton and afar have been quite giddy about the prospect of the Clapton Hart opening. By Thursday morning it reached fever pitch and judging by the twitter [...]
Has it been 3 years already? Hard to believe it was the year I started this site and first announced, what is fast becoming a must go to event on the literary calendar. Festival organizers say this year, The Stoke Newington Literary Festival will be a refreshing alternative to the union jack teapots and [...]
The Clapton Festival is back for a second year on 15th, 16th and 17th June. The three day event sees a packed schedule of activities which will make up a community showcase for all age groups to enjoy. The festival came to life in 2011 when a group of local residents wanted to host a [...]
Scroll down for updates. Police were called to Sewdley Street in Clapton at 9:06 pm on Monday night, after a gun shot was heard. They found nobody injured, but witnesses say they saw a person peddle away on a bike, shortly after the shot rang out. A police spokesman told Hackney Hive “a 12 year [...]
Police have positively identified the torso pulled from the Broadway Market end of Regents Canal on Tuesday 6 March to be missing Gemma McCluskie. The 29 year old, one time East End actress was reported missing to police two days after she was last seen on Thursday 1st March. On Tuesday 6 March a member [...]
Update: 8/3/12 Forensic tests are still being carried out to formally identify the torso. No new developments regarding arrested man expected today. He remains in custody. Officers have launched a murder investigation after the discovery of a female torso found in the Regents Canal close to the Broadway Market stretch of the canal at [...]
