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Emma Bartholomew

Senior Reporter

Emma Bartholomew covers all the news in Hackney and Islington, from crime and politics to education, town planning and health. 

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Coronavirus: All Points East Victoria Park festival cancelled over...

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Gino Bergonzi delivering ice c1960s. Picture: Dom Bergonzi

‘You wouldn’t want to do that now’: The East End Canal Tales recounts...

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Neneh Cherry. Picture: Clare Shilland

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Massive Attack to headline Victoria Park festival All Points East

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Cheryl Diamond (left) and Jane Tothill serving customer at Syd�s coffee stall. Picture: Museum of Lo

Last orders! Syd’s coffee stall in Shoreditch goes to Museum of London...

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Bethnal Green No 2 gasholder, captured on December 15 1973. Picture: Malcolm Tucker

‘Regent’s Canal gasholders should be turned into a museum, not taken...

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The Petit Pois bistro in Hoxton Square is serving all St-Germain cocktails with oysters, steak tarta

Vive la France: St Germain teams up with London’s French bistrots and...

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Lights for cyclists have been put up in London Fields. Picture: Madeleine Saghir

‘It’s not just a party’: Extinction Rebellion plans London Fields...

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Mayor of Hackney Philip Glanville, Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs and their teams met up to mark

Pedestrian crossings are given a rainbow makeover to mark Pride month

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Jonathan Graden

Hackney rapist Jonathan Graden admits historic Spitalfields attack

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A cyclist has been left in a critical condition after the incident in Wallis Road

Wallis Road attack: Shocking moment man is left fighting for his life...

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