By Pete Lawler on 19/06/2014
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Theatre Reviews

Do not feel the need to adjust the lights. Remain calm. You’ve just entered the post-apocalypse. And the post-apocalypse has entered the stage in this almost riveting piece by American playwright Anne Washburn. Of course, it isn’t the first play to be set after the end of the world as we know it (Hello?Endgame?!). […]
By Hackney Hive on 29/03/2013
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Crime

Detectives in Islington are appealing for help and information from the public after a series of five indecent assaults around the Regents Canal towpath between New North Road, N1 and Kingsland Road in Hackney. During each incident, which occurred between 11 March and 26 March 2013, the female victims have been grabbed from behind […]
By Melissa Palleschi on 06/11/2012
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Theatre Reviews

“Happy Birthday, Wanda June” is a gripping piece of theatre which has just been extended for another week at the Old Red Lion Theatre in Islington. Director Ant Stones brings us a dynamic production of Kurt Vonnegut’s only play which is set in 1960s America where a war hero, Harold Ryan played brilliantly by Vincent […]
By Pete Lawler on 06/07/2012
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Food & Drink, Pubs and Bars

You might be forgiven for thinking initially that a bar called The Rattlesnake, Dublin-born designer Paul Daly’s newest venture, is only the latest in a long line of Tex Mex eateries and watering holes peppering Islington’s Upper Street. You wouldn’t be forgiven for long though, not once you’d set foot inside the door. Initial […]
By Hackney Hive on 25/03/2010
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Hackney News

A 59 year old man is in critical but stable condition after smashing into a police car in Islington, that was on it’s way to a shooting incident on Wilton Estate in Hackney, yesterday evening. The police car had it’s light flashing and sirens on when it met with the cyclist. The shooting incident left […]
By Hackney Hive on 12/03/2010
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Hackney News, Stoke Newington

Six fire engines and 30 fire fighters fought a blaze in a single storey range of buildings including a second hand furniture shop on Marton Road in Stoke Newington, in the early hours of this morning (Friday 12th). The buildings, including a warehouse and a storage unit, were badly damaged by the blaze. Part of […]