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The best picnic, wine and meal deliveries for your park catch-ups Groups of up to six are now able to meet together outdoors, after the rules on social gatherings were relaxed on March 29. Great news for those with gardens, but let's not forget the joy of picnicking in the park. And, after a year of finding inventive ways to pivot, delivery services are planning to capitalise.  In London, a host of restaurants and delivery services have already confirmed that they’ll be delivering fine dining in the form of food and drinks directly to parks across the capital. Here's how to elevate you...

Chiara Wilkinson The Three Compasses pub on Dalston Lane. - Credit: The Three Compasses After months of anticipation, prime minister Boris Johnson has given Hackney hospitality the go-ahead to welcome visitors for food and alcohol outside from April 12. So if you are wondering where to book in Hackney, the  Gazette has rounded up a few of the great beer gardens in the borough opening the week of April 12. The Adam and Eve, Homerton 155 Homerton High St, Homerton, London E9 6AS Adam & Eve pub on Homerton High Street. - Credit: Miranda Shutler The Adam and Eve on Homerton High Street is h...

London Underground weekend closures: All the tube and overground lines closed on February 13 and 14 Three lines will be partly closed this weekend The London Underground (Image: Martin Keene/PA Wire) Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You...

Will Durrant Kingfisher Cafe on Kingsland High Street. - Credit: Kingfisher Cafe A Dalston café fears it might be "on life support” by the end of the year if uncertainties around the coronavirus lockdown continue. Kingfisher Café on Kingsland High Street has lost around 90 per cent of its customer base during the lockdown as sit-down coffee and cake is banned under Covid-19 rules. Café manager Mustafa Cicekci says his business is reaching new extremes and that he is “stepping into the unknown” having made the decision to keep staff on furlough and make one redundancy. Kingfisher Ca...

“It’s all about food – whether its food parcels or ready meals, we do both.” Shukri Adan comforts her youngest daughter while she cries because she can’t join her mother, June 28, 2020. Every Sunday Shukri cooks almost 100 meals at home with her brother, Mahad, and some friends from the Somali community, and then delivers them to struggling families around Hackney. - Credit: Grey Hutton/National Geographic Society Covid-19 Emergency Fund Shukri and five other volunteers make meals three days a week and serve and deliver five days a week from 10am to 5pm. But demand is increasing, S...