‘Heroine of Hackney’ Pauline Pearce, who hit the headlines after she was captured on film berating yobs during the London riots, has turned her attention to an altogether scarier character – she’s attempting to wow Simon Cowell on Britain’s Got Talent. ...

Crowds that gathered to catch a glimpse of Kayne West in Shoreditch yesterday afternoon (Feb 9) had to make do with a film projection of the star instead. ...

A Hackney woman, who was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo but moved to London as a child with her family, is trying to awareness of the plight faced by people in her African homeland. ...

City Academy, Hackney, has been given top marks by school inspectors, who said high expectations were enhancing students’ life chances there. ...

City Academy, Hackney, has been given top marks by school inspectors, who said high expectations were enhancing students’ life chances there. ...

A man from London Fields is running the Brighton Half Marathon dressed as a toilet next Sunday (February 19). ...

A class war has erupted over Clissold Park’s newly-opened caf ...

Get tested at the Joiners Arms on Saturday ...

Rail commuters suffered delays into and out of Liverpool Street Station earlier today (Wednesday) after problems with overhead lines just outside Hackney Downs Station. ...

One Hackney resident could unknowingly be sitting on a cool ...

Izak Billy was found guilty of murdering Gulistan Subasi in March 2010 ...

As the big day approaches, the Anuvahood star talks to the Gazette about his views on youth cinema ...

Olympic bosses have won the right to build a giant basketball hall on Leyton Marshes despite widespread protest from park users and Upper Clapton residents. ...

A robotic dancer was the star of the show on Friday night as crowds packed into the Hackney Empire to see the best youth talent Hackney has to offer. ...

A man the town hall claimed owed more than ...

The cold snap is causing misery for hundreds of Hackney residents who have been left without heating, including a severely asthmatic man whose condition is aggravated by the cold. ...

Jesse J, Professor Green and Lana Del Rey were just some of the new acts announced last week for a live festival on Hackney Marshes this summer to rival Glastonbury. ...

A 32-year-old man from Hackney died in the street after two gunmen opened fire on a car he was sitting in last Wednesday afternoon (February 1). ...

A man suffering from dementia who police were concerned about was found 80 miles from his home safe and well last week. ...

Children’s Minister Tim Loughton is the latest government bod to visit Hackney, to see with his own eyes the difference City Year is making to schools here. ...