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New Kid – footwear with Florentine flair now available from new Dalston shoe store

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 12 August 2016 at 17:08
New Kid on Ridley Road, Dalston

A new addition opens on Ridley Road, New Kid Footwear’s Tiny Store, next door to the Dalston Fabric Mill

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From the Ground Up, Shoreditch Town Hall, review: 'a lo-fi game show experience'

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 11 August 2016 at 17:22

The show, devised by the Almeida young company, saw audiences peppered with provocative yes-or-no questions

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Stik’s Pride banner on display in Hackney Museum

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 11 August 2016 at 17:14
Stik's image, representing Hackney at ‘Pride in London’ 2016

The rainbow banner by the Hackney-based artist will be on display in the borough until October

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Protesters to hold ‘Big Gay Kiss-in’ at Sainsbury’s in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 11 August 2016 at 15:53
Sainsbury's on Hackney Road

Demonstration scheduled for this Saturday after gay couple were confronted by security for holding hands in the store

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Campaigners urge Olympic legacy chiefs to block concrete factory plans

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 11 August 2016 at 14:39
Impression of regeneration plans for the Olympic Park

Thousands sign petition condemning proposals for three concrete factories and an Asphalt plant at the Olympic Park

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Peaceful getaway or Fort Knox? Council seeks fewer CCTV cameras at £1.25m mansion for ‘at risk’ families

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 11 August 2016 at 14:23
Under offer: The Oxfordshire mansion Hackney council are looking to buy. Photograph: Penny & Sinclair

Stringent security measures proposed for Oxfordshire retreat include ‘anti-climb metal mesh fencing’ and six dome cameras

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Council urged not to ask about gender on official forms

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 11 August 2016 at 12:17
Sian Berry

‘Tiny changes to the current processes would be a step in the right direction to be more inclusive,’ says London Assembly Member Sian Berry

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Battersea Dogs & Cats Home to hold Healthy Pet Day on August 16

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 10 August 2016 at 18:12
Battersea Dogs & Cats Home 1

Free advice and services for dog and cat lovers will feature at the event, to be held at Morning Lane Tesco

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Outrage after Sainsbury’s warns gay couple for holding hands in shop

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 10 August 2016 at 16:29
Sainsbury's on Hackney Road

‘It felt like 1960s Britain’ says Thomas Rees of ordeal in supermarket’s Hackney Road branch

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Titbits – tobacco money and ‘nebulous’ decision-making

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 10 August 2016 at 15:30
Hackney Citizen crest

Council’s Stop Smoking services remain at odds with its investment in tobacco, whilst freesheet Hackney Today defends its editorial policy over Passing Clouds

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Hackney Conservatives select Amy Gray as mayoral candidate

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 10 August 2016 at 12:08
Hackney Conservatives mayoral candidate Amy Gray

Ms Gray ran for the Hackney North and Stoke Newington seat at last year’s General Election

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Chuck Burger, Spitalfields, restaurant review – ‘no nonsense’ burgers and wings

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 9 August 2016 at 15:08

This bare-bones, American inspired diner by Aldgate East station makes its own patties, alongside other meaty triumphs

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‘Nine in 10 renters cannot afford minimum deposit to buy home,’ campaigners claim

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 9 August 2016 at 12:01
To let sign flats houses estate agent

Housing campaign group Digs calls for ‘radical change’ after study shows most renters stand little chance of owning their own home

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Dalston’s NTS Radio to go global with international tour

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 9 August 2016 at 11:10
Sean McAuliffe and Femi Adeyemi of NTS Radio

Online radio station based in Gillett Square receives Arts Council funding for live shows around the world

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Man who survived 98 per cent burns says thanks to Homerton fire crew

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 8 August 2016 at 12:00

Blaze victim Constantin Huber visits Homerton Fire Station after making remarkable recovery

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Leader – Why this betrayal of the promised Olympic legacy?

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 8 August 2016 at 11:31
Hackney Citizen crest

As Hackney Wick artists are booted out of their studios, the body in charge of delivering the Olympic legacy looks set on betraying its own principles

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Balau Kitchens: German build quality and Italian style…made in Britain

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 8 August 2016 at 10:45
Balau grey kitchen

The Clapton-based family business has fully bespoke kitchens starting from just £8,000

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Project inspired by Obama’s favourite ‘cradle to career’ scheme marks first anniversary

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 4 August 2016 at 21:45
Children taking part in literacy project

A lot has changed on the Pembury Estate in the years since the 2011 riots, writes Tara Joshi

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Residents launch campaign against plan to cut cars on Wordsworth Road

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 4 August 2016 at 18:35
Palatine Road Residents Association

“It exacerbates danger to pedestrians, especially children, from speeding cyclists near Butterfield Green”

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Residents fume at plans to scrap cyclists’ crossing at Olympic Park

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 4 August 2016 at 14:41
Protest on Monier Road bridge

Hundred people brave rain to protest at plans to turn popular Monier Road bridge at the Olympic Park into “dangerous rat-run”

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