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 [...]

The ex-Tory party co-treasurer and hedge fund manager is a self-made man, hailing from Hackney

The woman dubbed the Hackney Heroine, Pauline Pearce, is stretching her 15 minutes of fame in a bid to win the next Britain’s Got Talent. If you remember, Pearce gained world-wide notoriety after her profane laden tirade at rioters on Clarence Road in Clapton went viral last summer. Since then, she has been interviewed numerous [...]

Detectives investigating the murder of Aarron McKoy, 22, in Clerkenwell on New Year’s Day,  have charged a second man with his murder. Jack Nichols 20, of Wickford Essex, was arrested at mid-day on Wednesday 11 January in Wickford and was taken in to custody at an East London police station. He appeared at Thames Magistrates’ [...]

The long awaited opening of Hackney’s new library is almost over. When The Dalston CLR James library opens its doors on 23 January, not only will it be the first new Council library to be built in Hackney in over 20 years, it will be one of the largest public libraries in the UK.   [...]

  Police say officers monitoring CCTV camera in Clapton last night, noticed 3 suspicious males loitering on bikes. At 11:30 pm a patrol car was despatched to the area.  Shots were fired towards the patrol car on Mandeville Street and the 3 males  made off over a nearby foot bridge. The car was not hit [...]

  The sister of the Clerkenwell New Years Day shooting victim, Aarron Mckoy, has made a heartfelt plea for friends or family of the killer to come forward. “Someone out there must know who the killers are, but maybe through misplaced loyalty or just plain fear of the consequences they can’t bring themselves to do [...]

Detectives investigating the murder of Aaron McKoy in the early hours of New Years day in Clerkenwell, have charged  25 year old Dean Smith of  Hackney with his murder, along with possession of a fire arm with intent to endanger life. He will appear at Highbury Magistrates Court tomorrow, Saturday 7 January. Aaron McKoy was [...]

A 19 year-old Hackney teenager has been charged with murdering 20 year-old  Kirsty Treloar on Monday January 2nd. Myles Williams of Pond Farm Estate, in Millfields Road, Clapton has also been charged with the attempted murder of Kirsty’s 22 year-old brother Dean and 24 year-old sister Gemma. Kirsty Treloar, was abducted from her family home [...]

Police have named the woman found dead in an abandoned car as Kirsty Treloar, a twenty year old new mother of a one month old baby girl. The baby who was unharmed, was also taken from the address to hospital as a precaution. She remains in hospital under observation. Two other people were found at [...]