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A Hackney Wick pub hopes that opening later at weekends will help it recover from the impact of Covid – but residents fear they could be disturbed by...

Published: 2:56 PM March 3, 2021    Updated: 1:26 PM March 4, 2021 DJ and booker Michael Davies, also known as Miche, raised thousands for charity with a 24-hour online set. - Credit: Justin Cambray A Hackney Wick DJ drew thousands of listeners and raised almost £3,000 for a mental health charity with a 24-hour stint on the decks. Michael Davies, known as Miche, is a “serial crate digger” who books acts at a listening café called Spiritland in Kings Cross. Currently furloughed, he...

Elinor James Lauren Baker - Credit: Roman Scott A Hackney Wick "environmental art activist" has promised to plant nearly 9,000 trees to combat deforestation. Lauren Baker, 38, who works from a studio in Hepscott Road, encourages her clients to plant a tree every time they buy a piece of her art. She collaborates with the charity One Tree Planted, which charges $1 a tree., She said: “Last year I focussed on environmental art activism with my piece that was called Letter to Mother Earth, where...