Posts by Hackney Citizen
Boy, Almeida, review: 'a nightmare vision of consumerist Britain'
Innovative production brings Leo Butler’s stark vision of 21st century London to life in Boy at the Almeida
Read MoreHackney voters in multiple polling cards mix-up
Duplicate entries on electoral register remain despite efforts to remove them
Read MoreVoters complain of ballot problems at Hackney polling stations
Hackney residents had problems as they tried to cast their votes this morning for a new London mayor and London Assembly members
Read MoreHomerton Hospital spends £2 million on pathology lab that was never built
Trust claims no money has been wasted in spite of the fact the project is at a standstill
Read MoreGreen Film Festival screens a global selection of eco-cinema at the Barbican
The event is back until 8 May with an array of new independent documentary films that highlight worldwide environmental struggles
Read MoreMeet the North East candidates for May 2016 London Assembly elections
Everything you need to know to choose your assembly member on 5 May
Read MoreHackney New School to unveil new art, music and science buildings
Hackney rapper Professor Green will launch extra facilities on Friday
Read MoreSir David Attenborough opens Woodberry Wetlands nature reserve
Contact with nature is our ‘birthright’, says veteran broadcaster, as land sealed off for nearly two centuries is finally opened to the public
Read MoreDrowning of teenager Jack Susianta who fled police was accident, inquest rules
Police reject criticism they seemed ‘hesitant’ to help as teenager disappeared in river Lea
Read MoreMiscarriage of justice victim Sam Hallam takes compensation battle to Supreme Court
Legal fight taken to highest court in the land as Court of Appeal dismisses Sam Hallam’s compensation claim for the seven years he spent in prison
Read MoreJunior doctors descend on Hackney Town Hall during second day of strike
‘We’re here at the Town Hall because we really want this to be heard by the public,’ said one protester
Read MoreDalston to hold wicker man blaze to herald start of summer
Foraging group to stage ‘May Fest’ in Abbot Street car park this Saturday
Read MoreFeral – Ulli Mattsson review: 'urging new water through old riverbeds'
Laplander Ulli Mattsson has penned an elegiac musical tribute to her homeland
Read MoreCampaigners stage protests against ‘damaging’ Housing Bill
Activists held vigil outside Town Hall before marching on Westminster in a weekend of protest
Read MoreNo refugees from Syria have been provided sanctuary by Hackney Council
The first Syrian refugee has yet to be resettled in Hackney, despite Mayor Jules Pipe last year saying the council wanted to ‘stand up and help’
Read MoreHomerton medics show solidarity with junior doctors as strike begins
Consultants to cover emergency care as junior doctors slam government’s ‘unbelievable, disrespectful and aggressive’ stance over contracts
Read MorePolice detective sacked over botched Mark Duggan gun investigation
Pistol-whipping committed by Kevin Hutchinson-Foster was not properly investigated by Met detective, police watchdog finds
Read MoreWoman to be sentenced for plotting ISIS-style execution of her husband
Nurten Taycur offered undercover police officer £5,000 to murder Ercan Akan by slashing his throat
Read MoreSir David Attenborough to open Woodberry Wetlands
Acclaimed documentary maker to launch London Wildlife Trust’s new flagship nature reserve
Read MoreIn a Land of Paper Gods author on ‘naughty children who disappeared from history’
Rebecca Mackenzie talks about writing her debut novel, synchronicity and growing up in an evangelical environment
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