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Investment in corner shops reached £1 billion over the last year with independent vendors still dominating despite supermarket expansion, latest

A Hackney-based community choir is rewriting traditional folk lyrics for a modern audience. The London Sea Shanty Collective claim to

Hackney Carnival returns on Sunday September 22 for the first time in five years. The event will cost £1million and

A political artist’s interactive exhibition of protest at Whitechapel Gallery has sparked controversy.  Peter Kennard’s art focuses on social and

Laughing gas is still readily available on Tower Hamlets’ streets despite a campaign to raise awareness of the drug’s risks.

A miniature goldendoodle called Nigel is supporting children’s mental health through weekly visits to a Hackney primary school. The eight-year-old

Tower Hamlets Council has suspended its Homelessness Accommodation Placement Policy following protests from campaigners. The policy aimed to allocate homeless

Pro-choice charities have backed legislation to protect those accessing abortion clinics from harassment through the introduction of abortion safe access

‘We Are The Brady Girls – Part 2’ Exhibition has returned to its original home in Whitechapel.  The exhibition offers

The Hackney Green Party won its first council by-election in London for 16 years last Thursday.  The Green Party candidate

The cast of supernatural dramas including Twilight, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Vampire Diaries reunited at a London convention