Posts by Hackney Citizen
Labour attacks Green record as Garbett marks 100 days
Labour has used the Green administration’s 100-day mark to accuse it of neglecting repairs, buses and nursery fees. The mayor’s office calls the charge sheet an ‘inaccurate shopping list’
Read MoreSelf-swab cervical screening now offered at every Hackney GP surgery
Rollout to all 1,100 practices in the capital is aimed at women six months or more overdue, who can now take their own sample without an internal examination
Read MoreGreens and Labour trade blows over London Fields paddling pool
Cabinet member Jacob Cable says the pool ‘sat closed and derelict’ under Labour, as Cllr Anntoinette Bramble accuses the new administration of offering ‘kind platitudes’ instead of a firm commitment
Read MoreResidents fight Town Hall plan to build on Hoxton community garden
Campaigners say the 16-year-old kitchen garden on St John’s Estate cannot be moved, as Hackney Council proposes 32 social rent homes on the site
Read MoreHoxton playgrounds locked for years as Labour councillor launches campaign to reopen them
Repairs are underway at one Wenlock Barn play area. The other needs more than a routine fix — and the council has set no timetable for it
Read MoreCouncil must keep tenants cool under new heat law
City Hall says failing to adapt could cost London up to £36bn a year by the 2050s
Read MoreRecord grades across Hackney as academies report best-ever GCSE results
Provisional figures put the borough above emerging national and London averages, the Town Hall says
Read MoreSir Patrick Vernon demands Cambridge culture review after Arday vigil
Sir Patrick Vernon, a former Hackney councillor, says equality law failed the professor and press regulation must follow
Read MoreMan charged with arson after fires started in London Fields
Police and fire crews were called to the park shortly after 5am on Saturday
Read MoreBoy, 12, drowns in River Lea at Hackney Marshes
Police divers recovered the child after a six-hour search on the first day of a heat-health alert that warned of a rising risk of drowning
Read MoreHackney sixth-formers celebrate results as three head to Oxbridge
Mossbourne sends students to Oxford and Cambridge, while a City Academy student juggled A-levels with international BMX
Read MoreHaifa mayor calls for ‘dialogue’ but leaves Citizen’s questions unanswered
Yona Yahav’s office sent a newspaper article and a statement from an interfaith forum convened under his own auspices
Read More‘No postcode lottery’: Greens take Hackney childcare case to ministers
Town Hall asks parents for evidence to present to the government, delivering half a manifesto pledge while a promised review of fee rises inherited from Labour remains unfinished
Read MoreTitbits – Je ne regrette rien
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreThe end of ‘the verbal cane’ – Mossbourne’s quiet U-turn on shouting
Teachers at two Mossbourne schools say shouting at pupils came with the job. The federation now vows to do its best to end it
Read More‘Rollercoaster ride’: Hackney Labour members celebrate Diane Abbott’s return to the party
Former mayor Caroline Woodley and campaigners who lobbied Andy Burnham welcome restoration of the whip to Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP
Read More‘A serious mistake’: Mayor says sorry for October 7 deadline in Haifa letter
Follow-up letter to Mayor of Haifa extends de-twinning consultation by a week, as council tells the Citizen the date was an ‘error’ it corrected as soon as it was noticed
Read MoreHackney votes to begin severing 58-year twinning link with Haifa
Green administration carries motion as Labour and Conservative councillors warn of damage to community relations
Read MoreOfsted praises transformed support for Hackney’s care leavers
Inspectors found warm and trusting relationships, thorough planning and a well-received new hub — two years after judging the same service to require improvement
Read MoreWell Street Common assault: appeal for witnesses after man left in critical condition
A 24-year-old man remains in a critical condition in hospital
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