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A scorching summer: The Heatwave of 1976 in 25 photos

The early morning sun shines down on these tennis fans at Wimbledon on July 3, 1976

Nostalgia | Gallery

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With UK temperatures soaring and today set to be the hottest day of the year so far, today we are stepping back in time to another sweltering summer - the heatwave of 1976.

Princess Elizabeth daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King and Queen of England) waves from a carriage in 1928

The Queen

17 adorable photos of Queen Elizabeth II before she acceded to the throne

Ben Craske

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Queen Elizabeth II talks to gardening enthusiasts Donald Doody (left) and John Harrison on their all

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee | Gallery

Picture tour of the Queen's visits to London over 70 years

Franki Berry

The Queen and Prince Philip on their tour of Mayflower School

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Celebrate Queen's Platinum Jubilee with souvenir magazine

Michael Adkins

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Hackney Empire

Theatre

Hackney Empire: still beautiful after 120 years

Bridget Galton

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A meteor during the Perseid meteor shower seen over Happisburgh lighthouse, Norfolk.

First meteor shower of 2022 to light up the night sky in early January

Casey Cooper-Fiske

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Hackney poet, playwright and author Lemn Sissay OBE.

Hackney History

'Reach for the stars,' says poet Lemn Sissay

Holly Chant

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Matin and Michelle Miah

Food and Drink

Black History Makers: Rudie’s Jerk Shack expands

Kat Pirnak

The now derelict An Viet House, also known as the Old Bath House, will be transformed into a community centre

Hackney History

De Beauvoir to house UK's first East and South-East Asian resource centre

Holly Chant

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New York 1954 ‘A Misty Dawn on the Hudson’

Heritage

Octogenarian's photos evoke era of luxury liners

Bridget Galton

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Hackney artist Chieyiem Nwigwe, 9, with her award and winning artwork, From Falmouth to London

Arts & Culture

Nine-year-old Hackney artist wins art trophy depicting The Trafalgar Way

Holly Chant

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Remembrance Sunday events north London

London Live News

Remembrance Day 2021: North London parades and services near you

Cash Boyle

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Hackney Holocaust Memories is a film telling the stories of holocaust survivors who settled in Hackney as children.

Film

Film captures the memories of Hackney Holocaust survivors

Holly Chant

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The celebrations at De Beauvoir's Shirdi Sai Baba included songs, dances and fireworks.

Hackney Diwali event brings community together

Holly Chant

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Poet Chris McCabe is launching a book about the lost poets of Stoke Newington's Abney Park cemetery.

Books

New book explores Stoke Newington's lost poets

Holly Chant

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The annual Sai Baba Palkhi procession

Heritage

Hackney Hindus call for temple at Sai Baba Palkhi procession

Holly Chant

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Hackney central London riots art project.

Arts & Culture

Black Panther artist Emory Douglas inspires London riots installation in...

Holly Chant

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In 2011 trouble flared after people took to the streets to demand "justice", after Mark Duggan was s

Hackney History

2011 London riots: Hackney heroine Pauline Pearce recalls the day she...

Holly Chant

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File photo dated 7/8/2011 of Fire rages through a building in Tottenham, north London as trouble fla

Diane Abbott

'It felt like the world turned upside down', Hackney MP remembers 2011...

Diane Abbott, MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington

Mystery of who was behind the camera

Professor dates Regent's Canal blaze snaps - but who took them?

Mike Brooke

Pastor Rupert George Morris.

Hackney History | Gallery

Pastor Morris tribute: 'We don’t know what would have happened to us if...

Holly Chant

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A new documentary premiered yesterday, celebrating members of the Windrush generation and their families.

Film

New documentary celebrates Windrush pioneers at Stoke Newington church

Holly Chant

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Only 3 per cent of Windrush victims who claimed compensation have been been paid.

Hackney History

Daughter shares poem to remember dad who was part of the Windrush...

Holly Chant

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An exhibition held at An Viet House.

Hackney History

Trove of British-Vietnamese history rescued for future generations

Holly Chant

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Bloom's Pianos
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Call or Write 134 Kingsland Rd
Phone Bishopsgate 9087

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Hackney ghost sign crowned one of the best in London

Holly Chant

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Two British sailors and their girlfriends wading in the fountains in Trafalgar Square on VE Day, 8 M

VE Day 75: Call to toast the nation’s heroes 75 years after Victory in...

Jon King

Editor André Langlois. Picture: Archant

Coronavirus | Opinion

Editor’s diary: London in a time of coronavirus

André Langlois

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Reporter Beth Wyatt at the grave of her great-great uncle Sidney Stone, in the Somme. Picture: Erica

Battlefields tour: Emotional visit to relative’s grave moves reporter

Teacher Joshua Alford and pupils Raul Simmons-Perez, 16, and Nico Zavrou Blackstock, 16, from East B

First World War centenary: Battlefields trip day three

Beth Wyatt