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Hackney Youth Parliament: Youngsters urged to sign up and help ‘shape local policy’

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 24 February 2021 at 12:38

Children’s services chief calls for young people from all backgrounds to get involved

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Help choose a new name for Cassland Road Gardens as four options revealed

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 23 February 2021 at 12:38

Residents invited to vote on replacement for name inspired by slave trader John Cass

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Home care firm under fire after death of local pensioner from dehydration last summer

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 19 February 2021 at 13:55

Scathing coroner’s report says Joseph O’Neill, 88, would ‘not have died when he did’ were it not for failures by Care Outlook staff

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Young composers! Compete for a chance to see your music played at London Baroque Festival

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 18 February 2021 at 13:19

Local recorder quartet Palisander urge residents to take part in prestigious Young Composers Award 2021 after being announced as the partner ensemble

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Mete Coban revealed as Jon Burke’s successor as Mayor shuffles his top table

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 17 February 2021 at 14:19

Deputy Mayor Rebecca Rennison’s maternity leave sees her brief shared out, while Caroline Woodley adds parks to her portfolio

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‘Sadly necessary’: School staff donate stationery to borough’s most vulnerable kids

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 16 February 2021 at 14:54

National Education Union says its scheme highlights underfunding in schools, as it announces community event on post-Covid recovery plans

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Government has ‘spectacularly failed’ to address cladding scandal, says Hackney Mayor

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 15 February 2021 at 15:25

Town Hall backs campaigners who say Whitehall’s new plans do not grasp the ‘size and scope’ of the crisis

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Clapton landlords who left tenants in ‘illegal and dangerous conditions’ fined £22,000

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 12 February 2021 at 16:05

‘Nobody should have to live like this’, says councillor after details emerge of inactive smoke alarms, fire risks and water supply problems at property on Durrington Road

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VIDEO: Campaigner and former Hackney councillor urges people to get the Covid vaccine

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 12 February 2021 at 14:37

Read on for details of an online event giving local Black communities a chance to ask health and community leaders about the vaccine

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‘Wonderful privilege’: Local activist picked for London Mayor’s new diversity commission

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 11 February 2021 at 12:33

Toyin Agbetu, founding member of Hackney’s review of place names, is one of 15 people appointed to carry out a similar task across the capital

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Pirates proffer postcards of pensive prose

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 11 February 2021 at 10:02

Youngsters from a local literacy charity have been sending uplifting messages to older residents during the pandemic

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Hackney welcomes over 100 cherry trees gifted by people of Japan

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 10 February 2021 at 10:31

Three varieties planted in Springfield Park and Daubeney Fields symbolise ‘hope, beauty and new life’

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Hackney theatre enlists scientists to investigate how to reduce virus transmission in arts venues

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 9 February 2021 at 15:54

The Arcola teams up with Imperial College London for a project aimed at improving audience safety across the industry

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Titbits – Chestnuts, Churchill and the Chief Executive

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 9 February 2021 at 13:28
Titbits bird

Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

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Leader – Collective thinking

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 9 February 2021 at 13:10
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The death of 63-year old Musa Sevimli at a Stoke Newington bus stop in 2019 shook the community. How could such a thing happen in a humane, affluent society?

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Dr Sandra Husbands: Your vaccine questions answered by local public health expert

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 1 February 2021 at 19:06

Town Hall director moves to underline effectiveness and safety of Covid-19 vaccines in response to local data showing some are ‘reluctant or doubtful’

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Letter: ‘We wholeheartedly support the introduction of School Streets’

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 29 January 2021 at 18:16

Holmleigh and Sir Thomas Abney Schools write in response to coverage of opposition to transport proposals for the area

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Two Hackney residents among winners of the London Writers Awards 2021

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 22 January 2021 at 15:05

Carla Montemayor and Elizabeth Chan chosen for ten-month development course designed to improve diversity in publishing

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Organiser of 400-person wedding in Stamford Hill facing £10k fine

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 22 January 2021 at 12:27
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Borough’s police chief hits out at ‘unacceptable’ behaviour when ‘people across the country are postponing or cancelling celebrations’

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Hackney postal voters asked to reapply with Town Hall’s election system left damaged by cyber attack

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 21 January 2021 at 15:19
Once more unto the polls... In 2016 we voted often

Affected residents have been notified ahead of local and London polls in May, but council insists ‘no evidence voter data has been stolen’

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