Janet Devers, who runs a fruit and veg stall in Dalston's Ridley Road market, is one tough courgette. She is carrying the fight to sell her wares in imperial units all the way to crown court. The pensioner appeared at Thames Magistrates Court last week, charged with some fifteen counts under the (deep breath) Price Marking and Weights and Measurements Act, 1963. Her fearsome rap sheet includes vending imperial measures of fresh fruit to......

The arthritic pygmy goats of Clissold Park will be hobbling for joy. Hackney's favourite place, as voted for by borough residents in a 2007 poll, and venue for the yearly Stokefest fun, is set for a £8.9 million revamp. We brought you the news of Cedric the rabbit last year, whose ears were flapping with excitement about the park winning a significant lottery grant. Well, Hackney Council have ponied up another £4.1 million, and......

Hackney Council are at it again. Taking half arsed decisions on Banksys. Last time they completely removed a stencil of a girl in a frilly dress and gas mask from Gillett Square. This time they've tried to wipe out the crude phallus being painted by the old fashioned, beard and hat sporting artist on the side of the Vietnamese restaurant in Victoria Park Road. What are they like? A council spokesperson said: "Most people......

Hackney Council's Parks Services has urged dog owners to stop their pets from 'strengthening their jaws' on park trees. Apparently, some dog owners are too cheap to buy their pets toys to munch on, and encourage them to chew on bark or—get this—hang from the branches of live trees in several of the borough's parks. This has caused severe damage to some 100 trees in the past few years. The Parks Services have been......

See that bunny, there? We call him Cedric. He lives in Clissold Park. It’s a nice place to live. His neighbours are a group of fallow deer and some pygmy goats. When he’s not eating celery Cedric enjoys watching the children splishing about in the paddling pool, listening out for the twitterings from the nearby aviary and the pock, thwack from the tennis courts and feeling very glad that the thousands of dogs that......

Nike (as in the shoes and shorts and other things associated with sweat - not the goddess) is in a spot of hot water. Someone thought it would be a good idea to make some limited edition crocodile shoes: Sports kit giant Nike is under fire from animal rights groups after putting a special edition training shoe made from crocodile skin on sale. The shoes come with 18-carat gold lace tags and cost £1,400.......

If you've ever lived anywhere that isn't a big city, you can more often than not lie awake at night in London wishing it was a) dark and b) quiet. While police cars and ambulances might screech their way through the night on a regular basis wherever you might be in our fair city, imagine if you lived smack bang in the middle of vibrant and colourful (excuse our estate agent language) Soho, or worse......

Now that the embers of the domestic season are dying away fans who've lived every kick of the ball these last nine months are left with a whole... fortnight... of footballing emptiness to endure between now and the start of the World Cup on Friday June 9th. Thank goodness, then, that the folks at the Barbican Arts Centre have got together with stylish popsters Saint Etienne (pictured) to present three evenings of excellent and......

Good old Hackney Council. They've found a way to save tax dollars by investing in both playground equipment and a community waterslide at the same time. They've even catered for the local mafia by adding a body bag dispenser to the underside. Finally, the citizens of Haggerston can enjoy the Regent's Canal to its full potential. Seriously, though, anyone got the slightest notion of what the hell is going on here?......