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The plan was to take old railway arches in a run-down area of east London and turn them into a high-end fashion hub. Instead, Hackney Walk ended up deserted. What went so disastrously wrong?

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Hackney Council has celebrated the boroughs "unsung heroes" by presenting three individuals and three organisations with civic awards.

Hackney Council has celebrated the boroughs "unsung heroes" by presenting three individuals and three organisations with civic awards.

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Last week the a href= http://www.vam.ac.uk target= _blank V&A /a marked the “topping out” of its new V&A East museum building – one

A Hackney estate’s community hall will be demolished after planning permission was given the green light on Wednesday.

V&A reveals new creative vision for V&A East, alongside first acquisitions Materials from the V&A’s Archive of Art and Design, prepared to move to V&A East Storehouse. © Jamie Stoker. Image Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London. LONDON .- Today, Director Gus Casely-Hayford revealed further details about V&A East, the V&A’s new national museum complex in east London. One of the world’s most significant new museum projects, V&A East will comprise two sister sites currently under cons...

But despite advancing years and a health scare the prince is said to have kept up with youngsters from Laburnum Boat Club and Hackney Quest as a patron of London Youth charity.  The Duke of Edinburgh visited young people at Hackney Quest as a patron of London Youth on February 21 in 2012. - Credit: Archant The prince had been hospitalised with heart problems the previous Christmas and watched young people narrow boating, rock climbing, and pancake making at Laburnum Boat Club along the Reg...

Chiara Wilkinson, @chiarawilkinson Colette Allen (left) and Polly Mann outside Hackney Quest on Poole Road. - Credit: Andrew Leo The director of a Hackney charity is nominated as the borough’s lockdown hero for BBC Radio London’s Make a Difference Hero campaign on Sunday. Originally from Edinburgh, Colette Allen has worked at the youth charity Hackney Quest for 20 years and was nominated by the council in the scheme honouring those making a difference to their local communities during ...