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Latitudes review – ‘Adventures in far-flung places’

Stoke Newington author Jean McNeil's part memoir, part travelogue will linger long in the memory

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We Cook Plants review – ‘A challenge you’re sure to relish’

Cooking charity founder Sarah Bentley offers up a persuasive guide to plant-based cuisine

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The Boy on the Train review – ‘Deliciously twisty tale’

Local author Martin Goodman's new novel sees 'greed set against cunning'

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Romeo Bremmer, 17, wins British Citizen Youth Award – ‘The work’s just begun’

'Without the Windrush elders, I wouldn’t have had the foundations to do what I’m doing today'

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‘How To Get On With Everybody’ – Inspiring documentary about beloved Hackney rabbi to show at the Rio Cinema

'It’s a very nice film' says Rabbi Herschel Gluck, 'a very beautiful film'

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Well-versed in Newington Green

Toby Campion talks poetry and possibility

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I Still Dream of Lost Vocabularies review – ‘An exhibition to which we can well relate’

'Fragmented backgrounds embroider our lives in lovely ways'

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Palimpsest review – ‘Unearthing is not always pleasant’

Anastasia Tribambuka's work interrogates the past

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Crudelia review – ‘Fantastic weaving of culture, fun and fandom’

Crudelia's comida exquisita now has a permanent residency

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Hackney couple could end up paying more in service charges despite High Court victory

John and Adenike Williams were previously awarded £20,000 in damages by Hackney Council for wrongly placing their children in foster care

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Clapton ‘eyesore’ unrecognisable as vibrant new mural celebrates ‘nature and community spirit’

The mural has become the 'centrepiece' of a once 'unloved' part of Lower Clapton, according to residents.

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Hoxton legal advice service at risk of closure after 32 years as charity scrambles for funding

The Hoxton Trust's CEO says funding options to keep the service open 'are now quite severely limited'

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‘I’ve had to boil the kettle and fill the sink for a flannel wash’ – council leaves woman without hot water for a month

'Hackney is treating a 30-day delay in restoring hot water as reasonable'

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Hackney Co-op slammed for damp and mould failures as Awaab’s Law comes into force

Housing Ombudsman says his latest report shows the need for a new law requiring landlords to fix hazards sooner

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Community group condemns plans to demolish Rowley Gardens Estate for a ‘monolith as penetrable as Uluru’

Friends of Rowley Gardens calls for the block to be renovated rather than bulldozed as part of the Woodberry Down regeneration

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Hero rail worker who saved lives on London train stabbing named for first time

A “heroic” crew member who was seriously injured in a mass stabbing on a train to London has been pictured for the first time.

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Christmas stamp designs for Royal Mail this year, as first class stamp now £1.70

This year's Royal Mail Christmas stamps have gone on sale, featuring scenes of the Nativity, as for the first festive season first class stamps hit £1.70

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'Homeless robber killed vulnerable pensioner for cottage pie and box of cornflakes'

Homeless man Peter Augustine is on trial for the murder of John Mackey.

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Sir David Beckham to receive knighthood today at Windsor Castle

Football star, Sir David Beckham, is to receive a knighthood today at Windsor Castle.

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Major London station evacuated by armed police due to ‘man behaving suspiciously’

A major London station was evacuated after reports of a man behaving suspiciously on a train.