Hackney Citizen

Winning ideas include a new festival about working class identity, a community mural on Hoxton Street, and a 20-minute dance film

Click It Local hopes to save the high street by helping independent shops compete with the likes of Amazon for speed and convenience

Four-episode series Raised in Hackney sees six teenagers cover topics including mental health, media and the use of the ‘N-word’

Town Hall urges people to ‘take responsibility’ after issuing 70 fines in London Fields alone last weekend

The local writer on his experience of lockdown, what it has meant to friends and neighbours, and why he’s ‘extremely glad’ for Victoria Park

Local political parties united in response to death of George Floyd as council ‘reconfirms commitment’ to tackle inequality

Charity reveals more than 2,000 have signed up since lockdown began as it marks week of thanks for volunteers across the UK

Rachel Millar one of three frontline workers celebrated by fashion magazine for ‘courage in face of adversity’

Mum-of-three speaks out following seven-day ordeal as SEND campaigners call on Town Hall to learn from case

Hackney’s City Hall representative condemns government’s proposal in the conditions for Transport for London’s £1.6bn bailout

A survey designed for Hackney residents about your experiences of Covid-19

The local writer looks into the relationship between man and machine as it ‘approaches a critical juncture’

A resident waters her allotment. Photograph: Nomadic Community Gardens

Clapton and Homerton Urban Growers Organisation asks council for same amount of funding given to tree planting

Creative studio Swamp Motel’s virtual whodunnit has been delighting guests during lockdown

Trade unions voice ‘horror’ at planned new contract in October as hospital says ‘discussions continue’ on sick pay arrangements

Part of Sadler’s Wells Theatre’s online archive, this creative piece, put together by digitising 250,000 photographs, offers a ‘message of hope for the arts’

Keep Our NHS Public, Hackney Migrant Centre, unions and others call on local politicians and health bosses to help end ‘hefty’ surcharges

Deputy Mayor Anntoinette Bramble says cases will need a ‘swift response’ rather than a wait for government instructions

Town Hall urges extension of eviction ban as Hackney Green Party and London Renters Union call for rents to be suspended and arrears cancelled

Made In Hackney looking at how to extend ‘life-saving’ scheme beyond June after huge response to its crowdfunder

Six local organisations share £85k in second wave of Town Hall arts funding

Online delivery service for local shoppers set to launch in Hackney

Young black men discuss their experiences of growing up in Hackney for new podcast

Council runs out of paper to fine public urinators as parks chief hits out at ‘leisure class’

Ben Mortimer: ‘I want to preserve the block WhatsApp group and people doing things for their neighbours’

Cross-party solidarity against racism as Town Hall lit up in purple for Black Lives Matter

Volunteer Centre Hackney attracts record number of helpers during pandemic

Local pride as Homerton midwife graces cover of British Vogue

Council apologises after single mum of disabled child left with no emergency water for days

Plan to scrap free travel for under-18s is an ‘attack on our children’, says Jennette Arnold

Tell us about your health and care experiences of COVID-19

Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley: ‘Despite high-profile errors, technology has proven to be a saving grace during the pandemic’

Hackney’s urban farmers call for more Town Hall support for local food growing

Local artists create online crime mystery in aid of Hackney Giving

Homerton Hospital cleaners ‘stabbed in the back’ over new five-year pay deal

TOM, Wilkie Branson, Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage, dance review: ‘Emotional, complex and unique’

Letter: ‘Remove all barriers to NHS care for overseas workers and migrants’

Council calls for power to close schools suffering Covid outbreaks

Demands for greater support for renters as union collectives take shape across Hackney

Local cookery school’s lockdown delivery service has dished out 25,000 meals