Adam Barnett

NSPCC criticises police over Hackney foster care child sex abuse

By Adam Barnett | Saturday 5 March 2016 at 07:35

Children’s charity weighs in as pressure mounts for police review

Foster care child sex abuse could happen again, warns Hackney safeguarding chief

By Adam Barnett | Tuesday 1 March 2016 at 13:48

Risk: Five schoolgirls were abused in foster care

‘Huge risk’ of further sexual abuse, as police body rules out policy review

Artist Stik supports junior doctors’ strike at Homerton Hospital

By Adam Barnett | Tuesday 12 January 2016 at 13:55

Artist Stik (centre) with protesters outside Homerton Hospital. Photograph: Hackney Citizen

‘The NHS is very vulnerable – we need to look after it, because it looks after us.’

Life on Mars: children ‘transported to red planet’ for Now Press Play game

By Adam Barnett | Thursday 15 August 2013 at 16:34

Workshop used wireless headphones as part of mission to martian landscape

Dalston’s late night joints could be forced to close doors earlier

By Adam Barnett | Tuesday 6 August 2013 at 14:09

Council plans for ‘special policy area’ welcomed by residents

Hackney gangster movie seeks funds

By Adam Barnett | Monday 5 August 2013 at 16:44

Makers of new film hope to encourage donations with first trailer

Boaters go to court to fight seizure notices

By Adam Barnett | Friday 2 August 2013 at 15:31

Canal and River Trust says regulation is needed owing to ‘congested waterways’

Hackney residents prepare for ‘last stand’ over Woodberry Down regeneration

By Adam Barnett | Wednesday 31 July 2013 at 17:38

Plans to demolish homes will be contested at Hackney Town Hall

Human Library’s books and bookworms aim to combat prejudice

By Adam Barnett | Wednesday 31 July 2013 at 15:28

Striking up a conversation with a stranger ‘unique’ in atomised metropolis, say participants

‘Ghost trains’ to run through Hackney, warn campaigners

By Adam Barnett | Friday 26 July 2013 at 12:44

Protesters demonstrate outside Hackney Wick station against TfL’s removal of guards on trains

Rival Stamford Hill neighbourhood forums rejected by Hackney Council

By Adam Barnett | Thursday 25 July 2013 at 17:37

Proposals for two competing community groups rejected by the council’s cabinet for creating “major community tensions”

Hackney man charged with 1985 murder of PC Keith Blakelock appears in court

By Adam Barnett | Thursday 25 July 2013 at 15:49

44-year-old charged with stabbing to death policeman during Tottenham riots

FGM – a cruelty in our midst

By Adam Barnett | Friday 3 May 2013 at 20:28

Is talk of ending the practice of female genital mutilation just empty words?

The ‘taboo’ of atheism in black communities – Leo Igwe at Hackney Attic

By Adam Barnett | Friday 26 April 2013 at 18:14

Nigerian human rights campaigner tackles belief in witchcraft and speaks in favour of atheism during Hackney Attic talk

Students catch tech bug with electric firefly installation

By Adam Barnett | Tuesday 9 April 2013 at 22:18

‘Solar swarm’ engages students in science, technology, engineering and maths through creativity

Foreign music students face deportation in visa row

By Adam Barnett | Tuesday 9 April 2013 at 22:16

Immigration crackdown means students at music college attended by Leona Lewis may have to leave UK midway through their courses

Uproar over council’s plans for Hackney Marshes ‘land grab’

By Adam Barnett | Monday 25 March 2013 at 12:55

Previous experience leaves many in Hackney cold over marshes’ ‘commercialisation’

Hackney councillors slammed for poor attendance at Town Hall meetings

By Adam Barnett | Tuesday 19 March 2013 at 16:08

New report by campaign group Hackney First reveals absenteeism

Hackney Council fails to meet own Decent Homes target

By Adam Barnett | Monday 11 March 2013 at 17:19

A third of social housing in Hackney is below decent homes standard as council blames the Coalition Government for missed 2012 target

Plans for Crossrail 2 on track

By Adam Barnett | Monday 11 March 2013 at 16:38

Underground railway connecting north to south to run through Hackney and cost £12bn