Posts by Hackney Citizen
Actor Tracy Ann Oberman ‘truly moved’ by visit to Jewish primary in Hackney
The former EastEnders star discussed her life and her fight against antisemitism with journalist Jonathan Freedland at Simon Marks School earlier this month
Read MoreStage set for £700k overhaul of Stoke Newington School’s theatre and drama studio
Renovation work is part of Hackney Council’s £20m investment in school buildings across the borough over the next two years
Read MoreHackney to get five water fountains as part of City Hall’s fight against plastic waste
Mayor of London reveals locations of 50 new refill stations, including Broadway Market, Mare Street, Worship Square, Ridley Road and Hoxton
Read MoreTown Hall breaks ground on new homes ‘firmly rooted’ in Stamford Hill’s Jewish community
Tower Court will feature 50 family-oriented properties, Shabbat-compliant lifts and a new base for Hatzola ambulance service
Read MoreThe Hackney artist in charge of Tilbury Carnival on celebrating Windrush in a Leave hotspot
Renowned outdoor artist Ali Pretty, who lives in London Fields, wants to create a ‘new story’ for Thurrock
Read MoreCharity behind Hackney Winter Night Shelter wins funding to pilot a local women-only refuge
Hackney Doorways reveals successful bid for support from Mayor of London’s rough sleeping fund
Read MoreOver 13,500 cigarettes seized in raid on Hoxton shop amid council crackdown on illegal tobacco
Sniffer dog Pippa helps trading standards officers track down the stash, hidden in a sink unit and under the chocolate stand
Read MoreOver 1,500 children compete in Young Hackney’s 12th annual sports day
Personal Bests, run by the Town Hall’s youth service, saw the most-improved pupils from 14 schools compete to break their own records
Read MoreDaubeney Primary’s outdoor classroom moves a step closer after £1,000 pledge from Mayor of London
The school is hoping to transform an underused part of its playground and now needs just £800 to get the project off the ground
Read MoreHackney pupils show off their pedal power for 2019’s Bike Around The Borough
Nine hundred children from 42 schools joined in the annual ‘bike bus’ earlier this month
Read More‘Scything is the new yoga’: Annual hay harvest returns to east London
Food, music and workshops also on the bill for the seventh Community Haystacks event at Walthamstow Marshes on 20 July
Read MoreLocal students meet Will Young for new education project tackling homophobic bullying
Petchey Academy pupils spoke to the singer at the launch of Amazon’s LGBT+ Reading Roadshow, which is providing free books and workshops to schools with the help of Pink News and Just Like Us
Read MoreHackney’s East Asian charities win £35k grant to revamp old Bath House in De Beauvoir
The run-down building could reopen as a kitchen and hub for borough’s Chinese, Vietnamese and Filipino populations – if final fundraising push is successful
Read MoreComic – The Playground
Artist Francisco de la Mora presents a little microcosm of Hackney’s diversity
Read MoreThree stolen Stik sculptures worth £300k returned to Dalston’s Curve Garden
The works, taken in a night-time raid last November, were dropped off by a concerned art collector in June
Read MoreHackney’s Windrush cookbook now up for grabs in local libraries
The book, featuring recipes from two recent baking sessions led by Bake Off star Liam Charles, launched on Windrush Day last month
Read MoreBorough’s health services prepare for post-summer ‘asthma spike’ in children
Homerton Hospital nurse is raising awareness about increased risks to youngsters when they go back to school in September
Read MoreSt Joseph’s Hospice launches its first ever charity shop
Five Sisters on Mare Street is named after the pioneering women who helped set up the care centre in 1905
Read MoreTitbits – Frosty recitals and unsettling titles
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – SEND, deliver
The council’s support for people with disabilities is admirable, but when it comes to its own services, there are still inconsistencies
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