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Grande dame of contemporary dance, Shobana Jeyasingh, in her conception of 'TooMortal':a performance specifically for historic churches, draws inspiration from the aura of ceremony, sanctity, community and history in which many church buildings are stee...
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Spirits were high at Finsbury Park on Saturday 7th July, despite a rainy start, when thousands of women participated in Cancer Research UK’s Race For Life.
Members and staff from Sunstone Gym on Northwold Road joined women of all ages, backgrounds and ...
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Visitors to the Hackney Weekend helped to make it the greenest Radio 1 event ever by recycling 64% of the waste created on site.In order to keep Hackney Marshes clean and tidy and to reduce the event's environmental impact almost 1,000 bins were placed o...
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Parks for Life, a free programme of events and activities in Hackney’s award-winning parks got underway on Saturday 3 July, with a free Yoga session on Hackney Downs. Through Parks for Life Hackney Council is running a series of free weekly events in fi...
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An exciting opportunity is available for local residents aged 16 and over to participate in a free construction training course starting in August 2012. Building Lives in partnership with Hackney Homes, Harrow College and Manor House Development Trust ar...
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Hackney Council is set to launch its revised Voluntary and Community Sector Grants Programme for 2013/14, which will see local voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations benefit from grant funding to support projects for Hackney residents.VCS grou...
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Vice Chair of Hackney Homes Board; Alice Burke has been commended in the 2012 Queens Honours list.Alice, who works tirelessly to help her community and is always on hand to help others, received a BEM (British Empire Medal) for her services to working wit...
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{jcomments on}It appears that the recent local anti-Sainsbury campaign may have caused the supermarket giant to reconsider and downsize plans for locating a major branch of the evil Leviathan on Stoke Newington High Street.Possibly taken aback at the host...
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THIS SUNDAY (8TH JULY) SPRINGFIELD PARK FESTIVAL RELOCATED DUE TO BAD WEATHER
Weather check!! This Sunday the forecast is truly awful.. BUT we have a cunning plan.We are relocating Bandstand, Springfield Park festival to Core Arts, a 300 cap venue in Hom...
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Big Dance 2012, the ultimate dance experience, will celebrate dance in all its forms and is set to deliver a summer to remember in Hackney.A huge range of dance performances are scheduled over the coming month, culminating in a celebration of Hackney tale...
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It has been confirmed that the Olympic Stadium will be fully lit during the Hackney Weekend this Saturday and Sunday. The spectacular setting adds to the excitment as star performers and 100,000 fans make final preparations. Songstress Nicki Minaj is all ...
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With 16 deaths on the capital’s roads last year and injuries also on the rise, where is London going wrong on cyclist safety? What more needs to be done to make Londoners safer on their bikes? And what could the capital learn from cities with good cyc...
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Lucky 15 year old Hannah Abban was one of the five lucky aspiring journalists who attended the prestigious Wincott Awards at Mansion House. Hannah, who is inviolved with MyVoice Hackney was one of the hard working youngsters given the opportunity to netwo...
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Prime Surf-Noir from the boys in Fezzes in this very cool new N16 basement club on Saturday 16th June 2012.
FREE entry and cheap bar - pub prices.
DJ's and goodies plus 2, possibly 3 (if they are having fun!) sets from the boys in Fezzes.
Doors 8.30 ti...
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To mark the popular and highly regarded CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway hildren’s Book Awards, 75 Hackney students gathered at the Council Chambers on 12th June to award BETWEEN SHADES OF GREY their favourite book from the shortlisted titles.Represe...
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Small traders in areas hit by last year’s riots may struggle to find affordable insurance and even risk becoming uninsured, the London Assembly heard today (12th June 2012). Members of the Assembly’s Budget and Performance Committee heard the warnings...
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Monkey Bar is coming to a close so they are having a big AUCTION.
Everything MUST GO, from machinery, to dishes, to furnishings, to monkeys.
Viewing is from 8.30am till 6pm and auction from 6-9pm on Sturday 16th June, then a late license until 4am so lo...
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Every year, since she was a baby, Esme has been to visit her grandparents at the seaside. She goes to the beach and makes sands castles; on overcast, windy days she runs away from the waves and when its raining she visits the pleasure pier . Last year Es...
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Millions of visitors have set foot in the Council-run Hackney Museum and Library since they opened their doors on Reading Lane 10 years ago. People of all ages and backgrounds have borrowed books, enjoyed a wealth of free exhibitions, educational sessions...
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Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month (GRTHM) began with a celebration last week at the Hackney Museum (Friday 1 June).People came together to mark the month and Hackney’s Speaker Cllr Jessica Webb presented awards to the winners of a poster competition fr...
