Posts by Hackney Citizen
Titbits – councillors, cuckoo mayors and Linden’s day out
Read the column that pecks at the crumbs of what’s going on in the borough
Read MoreHelping hoarders to make room
Charity event at Hackney Picturehouse to offer advice and support to declutter the lives of people with hoarding conditions
Read MoreLubavitch Senior Girls’ School rated ‘good’ by Ofsted
‘Headteacher has worked with determination and vision’
Read MoreFormer Hackney ‘superhead’ banned from teaching for life by Education Secretary
Nicky Morgan rejects advice and bans Greg Wallace from teaching indefinitely over £1m financial misconduct
Read MoreStoke Newington Literary Festival – preview
The annual book fest returns this weekend, with grime, gozleme and a certain former shadow chancellor
Read MoreAbney Park’s Grade II-listed gates ‘saved’ as greengrocer’s plans prove fruitless
Council refuses to allow local business to expand its premises, after Abney Park Trust objects to plans
Read MoreFume Free Streets slams ‘perverse’ proposal over London Fields ‘quietway’
Hackney Council should scrap original road closure plans, council officers to recommend
Read MoreJuliet Jacques: ‘Being transexual has politicised my creative work’
The Hackney-based author of the acclaimed memoir Trans is convinced that emotions can play a crucial role in affecting social and political change
Read MoreEU referendum – don’t forget to vote on 23 June
In order to vote, you must be registered by 7 June
Read MoreCouncillors clash over election of new Speaker of Hackney
Opposition parties take the unusual step of proposing an alternative
Read MorePetition launched against plan to turn Mecca Bingo Hackney Road into high-rise flats
‘What is being proposed to replace it not only would be unaffordable to the local community but a visual eyesore to the area’
Read MoreRio Cinema workers strike over living wage and job cuts
Industrial action goes ahead in face of cinema restructure that would offer staff higher wages but cut hours and employees to pay for it
Read MoreHackney’s population to hit 300,000 in next decade, say government number-crunchers
The number of people living in the borough is likely to rise by 16.4 per cent over the next 10 years
Read MoreSylvia Pankhurst: East London suffragette may get a statue in Bow
Statue on Roman Road would be part of a wider art trail that celebrates East London’s ‘amazing visionary women’
Read MoreNew Lee Valley Ice Centre could put Leyton Marsh at risk, campaigners warn
Save Lea Marshes group vows to protect the ‘vital green lung’ of Leyton Marsh from plans to create an ‘international standard’ ice venue
Read MoreNursery branches out with indoor treehouse
Robinson Crusoe provided inspiration for innovative new extension
Read MoreWalk this way – history buffs take a tour of De Beauvoir
This Victorian enclave of Hackney boasts Jacobean-styled finery as well as architectural oddities
Read MoreMarket gardens: the ‘ugly sisters’ of horticultural history
East London’s market garden scene was once a hotbed of commerce, where fruit, vegetables and exotic plants once flourished
Read MoreMarket gardens: the ‘ugly sisters’ of horticultural history
East London’s market garden scene was once a hotbed of commerce, where fruit, vegetables and exotic plants once flourished
The post Market gardens: the ‘ugly sisters’ of horticultural history appeared first on East End Review.
Read MoreSadiq Khan announces Sophie Linden as London’s new deputy mayor for policing
Cllr Linden plans to step down as Deputy Mayor of Hackney
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