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Lyrikal on The Voice

A beat boxer from Hackney has been knocked out of The Voice singing talent show, after getting through as one of the last eight contestants to sing on the live semi-finals on the BBC on Saturday night.

Friday, April 1, 2016
Peter Kerrigan. Ref: 01GN/474434

These are Hackney’s top 10 most wanted, who are being hunted by police.

Friday, April 1, 2016
(left to right) Joy-Fleur Brettschneider (Head of Marketing Thoughtworks) , June Angelides (Founder Mums in Technology), Simona Barbieri (Founder Hub Dot)

Tech City is the third largest technology hub in the world, and it’s right on our doorstep. Each week, we bring you news from the thriving area around Old Street roundabout. This week Victoria Ibitoye chats to June Angelides and Simona Barbieri, the women behind Silicon Lunchabout.

Friday, April 1, 2016
Let us know your marathon stories. Picture: PA

Thousands of people will take part in the London Marathon for thousands of different reasons.

Friday, April 1, 2016
What the Wells Henge must have looked like in 3,000 BC

Another ‘Stone Henge’ even bigger than the world famous heritage site and dating back nearly 5,500 years has been discovered by archaeologists.

Thursday, March 31, 2016
The festival of Purim on the streets of Stamford Hill

An Orthodox Jewish community leader believes as much as a million pounds was handed over to charity in Stamford Hill on Thursday as young and old came out on the streets to mark the end of Purim.

Thursday, March 31, 2016
Bar owner Paul Daly has been in Hoxton Square since 1988 and has seen it go from a dump to a booming nightime economy

Paul Daly moved to the forgotten Hoxton Square in 1988 as a squatter. He’s now a successful bar owner and the area he helped to create is booming. Sam Gelder met him for a chat.

Thursday, March 31, 2016
The Castle, photo Dusashenka

A campaign to resurrect The Castle Cinema picture palace in Hackney, which shut 50 years ago has smashed its target to raise £45,000.

Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Marcel Addai was stabbed to death last year

A “former” gang member and rapper accused of murdering teenager Marcel Addai said he played no part in the attack because he had toothache.

Sport

Harry Kane (right) applauds the visiting Tottenham supporters after Saturday's 1-1 draw against Liverpool at Anfield, having scored the equalising goal

Harry Kane admits his delight at setting a new goalscoring record at Tottenham was tempered by the disappointment of a missed opportunity as Saturday’s draw at Anfield allowed Leicester to move seven points clear at the top.

Saturday, April 2, 2016
Leyton Orient player-manager Kevin Nolan talks to assistant Andy Hessenthaler (left) and goalkeeper coach Lee Harrison (pic: Simon O'Connor).

Former West Ham United captain looks back on 1-1 draw and the inconsistency of the east Londoners

Harry Kane (right) swivels and scores Tottenham's equaliser at Anfield

Tottenham came from behind to secure a 1-1 draw against Liverpool, with Harry Kane hitting his 22nd Premier League goal of the season at Anfield.

Saturday, April 2, 2016
Leyton Orient midfielder Lloyd James celebrates a goal (pic: David Simpson/TGS Photo).

Sky Bet League Two: York City 1 Leyton Orient 1

Saturday, April 2, 2016
Leyton Orient defender Shaun Brisley looks to win the ball from his Morecambe opponent (pic: Simon O'Connor).

Peterborough United loanee might return for trip to York

Friday, April 1, 2016
Leyton Orient player-manager Kevin Nolan challenges for the ball against a Hartlepool United opponent (pic: Simon O'Connor).

Brisbane Road boss keen players to respond positively at Bootham Crescent this weekend

Friday, April 1, 2016
Leyton Orient midfielder Nigel Atangana looks to move the ball forward against Morecambe (pic: Simon O'Connor).

French midfielder confident of making play-offs and believes they have seven cup finals

Thursday, March 31, 2016
Leyton Orient player-manager Kevin Nolan shows his frustrating from the touchline (pic: Simon O'Connor).

Nolan talks about opposition enjoying Brisbane Road pitch and fans having a right to voice disapproval

Entertainment

Friday, April 1, 2016
A still from Victoria

At the end of two-and-a-quarter hours, the first name to appear in the credits is that of the cameraman.

Yuriri Naka in Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes. Picture: Idil Sukan/Draw

Daniel Everett is the kind of guy to scream and shout: ‘Alleluia’.

Paul Kemp and Emily Burnett - Beacons - (c) Scott Rylander (2)

We are in Eastbourne, at Julie’s Ices Kiosk.

The Bairro Alto hotel in Lisbon

Gustavo Pinto Basto had just been singing about how much he missed his horse - the most beautiful to ever live.

Taron Egerton, left, stars as Eddie the Eagle alongside Hugh Jackman, right. Picture: Larry Horricks

If there is one thing the British excel at, it is plucky underdog stories. So it was inevitable that one day there would be an Eddie Edwards film, the man who after less than a year in the sport competed in the ski jump in the 1988 Winter Olympics. That it would feature Hugh Jackman was much less so.

Three Loose Teeth by Thomas McMullan, produced with Backsbroke

Shoreditch 2016: a sea of art galleries, pop-ups, trendy bars and hipster coffee shops.

A scene from The Club

It’s a film about Catholic priests so, as you’d expect, it’s full of graphic sex talk.

Joel Sanders interviews Harry Hill

Interviewing someone who interviews other people for a living is an irony not lost on this journalist, but thankfully Joel Sanders is just as comfortable answering questions as he is putting them to some of the biggest names in comedy.

A scene from The Dishonoured at the Kali Theatre. Picture: Robert Day

Presenting a tale of high stakes espionage and crumbling international relations may seem like a tough ask for the static space of a theatre stage, but writer Aamina Ahmad has not been deterred in bringing her bold vision to life.

Made Visible at The Yard Theatre. Picture: Mark Douet

Canadian writer Deborah Pearson peels back the layers surrounding the thorny issues of racial prejudice and white guilt in her new play Made Visible.

album review

Having built up a reputation as one of the coolest guitar bands on the planet over the last decade, with cut’n’shut riffage and rhythm changes, some serious drumming chops and second-to-none axemanship, the Austin band’s sixth LP might have worried some.

Macellaio RC

“And now I am going to stick a knife in the table,” Eugenio warned us in a serious manner, as he plunged the Pintinox into reclaimed wood, before unveiling the T-bone steak – a ritual symbolising the ‘butcher’ after which the restaurant is named.

The Edinboro Castle in Camden Town has had a makeover

Thanks to its unusually large beer garden, north Londoners flock to spend sunny afternoons lazing at The Edinboro Castle. It’s a cornerstone of Camden Town’s drinking scene.

Rozzi Nicholson-Lailey and Rob Angell star in The Railway Children. Picture: Anthony Robling

Don’t worry: it is not a remake, your treasured memories of Jenny Agutter waving her red knickers are not about to be denigrated and despoiled.

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