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Boy, Almeida, review: 'a nightmare vision of consumerist Britain'

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 6 May 2016 at 14:16

Innovative production brings Leo Butler’s stark vision of 21st century London to life in Boy at the Almeida

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Hackney voters in multiple polling cards mix-up

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 5 May 2016 at 14:18
Problems: some voters have received more than one polling card

Duplicate entries on electoral register remain despite efforts to remove them

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Voters complain of ballot problems at Hackney polling stations

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 5 May 2016 at 11:34
Once more unto the polls... In 2016 we voted often

Hackney residents had problems as they tried to cast their votes this morning for a new London mayor and London Assembly members

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Homerton Hospital spends £2 million on pathology lab that was never built

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 4 May 2016 at 16:44
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Trust claims no money has been wasted in spite of the fact the project is at a standstill

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Green Film Festival screens a global selection of eco-cinema at the Barbican

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 4 May 2016 at 12:52

The event is back until 8 May with an array of new independent documentary films that highlight worldwide environmental struggles

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Meet the North East candidates for May 2016 London Assembly elections

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 4 May 2016 at 11:14
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Everything you need to know to choose your assembly member on 5 May

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Hackney New School to unveil new art, music and science buildings

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 3 May 2016 at 17:49
Photograph: Eva Rinaldi via Flickr

Hackney rapper Professor Green will launch extra facilities on Friday

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Sir David Attenborough opens Woodberry Wetlands nature reserve

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 3 May 2016 at 14:11

Contact with nature is our ‘birthright’, says veteran broadcaster, as land sealed off for nearly two centuries is finally opened to the public

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Drowning of teenager Jack Susianta who fled police was accident, inquest rules

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 29 April 2016 at 14:49
Jack Susianta. Photograph: Facebook

Police reject criticism they seemed ‘hesitant’ to help as teenager disappeared in river Lea

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Miscarriage of justice victim Sam Hallam takes compensation battle to Supreme Court

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 28 April 2016 at 16:41
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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

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Junior doctors descend on Hackney Town Hall during second day of strike

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 27 April 2016 at 17:17

‘We’re here at the Town Hall because we really want this to be heard by the public,’ said one protester

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Dalston to hold wicker man blaze to herald start of summer

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 27 April 2016 at 15:54

Foraging group to stage ‘May Fest’ in Abbot Street car park this Saturday

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Feral – Ulli Mattsson review: 'urging new water through old riverbeds'

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 27 April 2016 at 11:24

Laplander Ulli Mattsson has penned an elegiac musical tribute to her homeland

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Campaigners stage protests against ‘damaging’ Housing Bill

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 26 April 2016 at 18:21

Activists held vigil outside Town Hall before marching on Westminster in a weekend of protest

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No refugees from Syria have been provided sanctuary by Hackney Council

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 26 April 2016 at 17:53

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’

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Homerton medics show solidarity with junior doctors as strike begins

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 26 April 2016 at 13:54
Homerton Hospital Picket Line

Consultants to cover emergency care as junior doctors slam government’s ‘unbelievable, disrespectful and aggressive’ stance over contracts

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Police detective sacked over botched Mark Duggan gun investigation

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 25 April 2016 at 17:41
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Pistol-whipping committed by Kevin Hutchinson-Foster was not properly investigated by Met detective, police watchdog finds

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Woman to be sentenced for plotting ISIS-style execution of her husband

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 25 April 2016 at 17:24

Nurten Taycur offered undercover police officer £5,000 to murder Ercan Akan by slashing his throat

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Sir David Attenborough to open Woodberry Wetlands

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 22 April 2016 at 17:11
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Acclaimed documentary maker to launch London Wildlife Trust’s new flagship nature reserve

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In a Land of Paper Gods author on ‘naughty children who disappeared from history’

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 21 April 2016 at 13:29

Rebecca Mackenzie talks about writing her debut novel, synchronicity and growing up in an evangelical environment

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