Same again please!: Hackney boozer retains ‘Beard-Friendly Pub of the Year’ award
Online poll sees The Cock Tavern maintain its reputation as a shelter for the unshorn
Read More‘One of a kind’: Arcola Theatre announces return of its community arts festival
Creative/Disruption 19 will feature 12 productions which celebrate the diversity of east London
Read MoreSchools supergroup to lead council fightback against ‘fragmented’ education system
Deputy Mayor seeks to assuage concerns around school autonomy
Read MoreDeputy Mayor hits out at government’s ‘deeply irresponsible’ SEND policy
‘I know I might sound like the Grim Reaper, but it’s just continual cuts’
Read MoreLetter: ‘I don’t apologise for leading a council that prudently invests in the future’
Mayor of Hackney Philip Glanville responds to the Citizen’s view that the Town Hall is ‘playing fast and loose with the property market’
Read MoreTasty Morsels
Digest a few local highlights picked out by our resident food historian
Read MoreCouncillor urges Town Hall to rip up New Year’s Day parking tickets
Alleged unclear signage accused of inflicting parking ‘misery’ on families over bank holiday
Read MoreIconic Holborn Studios under threat again following combative council meeting
‘It’s ruined my Christmas with my children,’ says managing director as 7-year battle over studios set to continue
Read MoreCouncil’s education chief to face grilling over school funding
Deputy Mayor expected to speak on timeframe for rollout of Schools Group
Read More2018 – A divisive twelve months, but greener pastures await (in Hackney at least!)
We look back at a year in which the political atmosphere in the UK has been poisonous, but one that showed Hackney is doing its bit for the atmosphere that really matters – the one that keeps us alive
Read MoreTitbits – European dreams and gambling regimes
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – Casino council
Rolling the dice on the property market is never what council reserves were meant for
Read MoreTown Hall buys up over £60m worth of property in one-year spending spree
Council says purchases can further socialist values by providing space for ethical businesses and affordable homes
Read MoreMental health assessment rooms set for overhaul amid fears over ‘safety and dignity’
Accessibility, privacy and staffing issues cited at Homerton Hospital as mental health boss says: ‘We need to do something soon’
Read MorePrivate firm’s online doctors’ appointments could spell doom for GPs, top medics warn
‘I really don’t see how what’s happening is not going to pull apart general practice very, very quickly,’ says councillor
Read MoreNew Year’s Day shooting: Dalston nightclub’s licence suspended over ‘security concerns’
Management pledges to work closely with police and neighbours
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘Insects keep the whole lot of us going’
In the first in a new column, award-winning community gardener Kate Poland tells us the dos and do-nothings that can help our insects
Read MoreBus Fare: Writings on London’s Most Loved Means of Transport, book review: ‘Enjoyable hop-on hop-off reading’
Journey through a rich collection of facts, fiction and memoires that chronicle the beguiling history of buses
Read MoreAnthropocene, Hackney Empire, theatre preview: ‘A modern opera worthy of consideration’
The Scottish Opera and Royal Opera House team up for this ‘genuine thriller’ about an Arctic expedition which comes unstuck
Read MoreNew Year’s Honours 2019: Awards for prominent Hackney residents
Museum director, publisher and food charity founder among those to receive recognition
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