Hackney Citizen

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

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

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

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

Protesters demand politicians treat the environment with the same level of urgency as coronavirus

Display on The Arts Building is part of the Posters for the People campaign, which is raising money for a variety of charities

The annual September parade has been postponed until next year as Town Hall focuses resources on coronavirus

The local journalist and animal lover on critter-spotting during lockdown, pubic lice (not from experience), the R rate for nits, and why rewilding shouldn’t be limited to the remotest parts of the UK

Major showcase of archival material was postponed due to coronavirus but is now available to health workers ahead of possible future launch

The director of Room to Heal, a local charity supporting refugees and asylum seekers, on Windrush, immigration detention, and opportunities for ‘fundamental change’ post-lockdown

The acclaimed local author on why we now need maps more than ever, ‘even if the routes and roads they contain are never taken’

Chair of Hackney Conservatives Jack Sutcliffe defends ‘dynamic private sector’ in response to our story about a delivery of the wrong coronavirus tests to a mobile centre in Dalston earlier this month

The volunteer Trust that cares for the park has been marking the occasion with a series of online treats as it tries to make up for a loss of income during lockdown

A weekend of socially distanced action called for more investment to redesign streets and prevent return to time when ‘cars were king’

Richmond Road Medical Practice’s annual mental health event was cancelled because of coronavirus, so it has instead found a virtual way to help people stay healthy

The award-winning local playwright on the slower rhythm of life under lockdown

Hackney’s London Assembly Member says tool can ‘alleviate strain’ as she urges Whitehall to expand provision of laptops and internet for disadvantaged kids

The award-winning playwright finds herself at the mercy of a driver with a death wish as she tries to make sense of Boris Johnson’s latest speech

Headway East London is hoping to raise £10k to maintain its vital support for vulnerable members during lockdown

The award-winning local playwright on how ‘we must find new ways to navigate the world’

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

Local artists create online crime mystery in aid of Hackney Giving

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

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

Extinction Rebellion lays hundreds of children’s shoes outside Hackney Town Hall for climate change protest

Street artists unveil free poster gallery in Finsbury Park dedicated to frontline workers

Hackney Carnival regulars to create films for a virtual edition this summer

Josh Loeb: Is nature healing?

Delayed Homerton Hospital exhibition celebrating Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday goes on display for staff

Elli Free: Will we ever learn?

Travis Elborough: Maps for the mind during lockdown

Letter: ‘We should be celebrating the private sector, not using it to score cheap political points’

Abney Park Cemetery celebrates 180th anniversary with double bill of virtual talks

‘No going back’: Extinction Rebellion protesters urge government to prioritise health as lockdown eases

Hackney GP surgery to host free online yoga sessions during lockdown

Poetry: Time by Tamara von Werthern

Jennette Arnold encourages local families and teachers to use City Hall’s home-learning platform

Poetry: Car Sick by Tamara von Werthern

Local brain injury charity launches emergency appeal to combat ‘significant losses’

Poetry: Far out at sea by Tamara von Werthern