Posts by Hackney Citizen
Parents in shock as council approves flats that will ‘overshadow’ playground
Council rides roughshod over covenant designed to protect ‘the right of uninterrupted and unheeded access of light’
Read MoreTurning the spotlight on Hackney's botanical and textile history
Light projections, music and an interactive trail celebrate borough’s little known roots as a haven for exotic plant life and textiles
Read MoreOne Hackney: let’s get together and feel all right
Big players in Hackney’s health establishments are teaming up with smaller organisations to create ‘integrated health and social care’
Read MoreHackney MP Diane Abbott joins Corbyn’s new Labour shadow cabinet
Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP ‘very happy’ to be named shadow international development secretary
Read MoreThe school of hard knocks
At Hackney’s Boxing Academy, last-chance pupils are punching their way to a brighter future
Read MoreNosh Hashanah! Food for the Jewish New Year
Food historian Gillian Riley looks at how new establishments are carrying on long-standing kosher traditions
Read MoreCouncil admits error over ‘out of date’ map used in waste plan
‘Densely populated’ residential area listed as industrial as North London Waste Plan relies on Town Hall map
Read MoreHomelessness costs double in five years as council struggles to meet demand
Charity warns housing shortage and budget cuts are making it hard for councils to help homeless residents
Read MoreFilm night to screen moo-ving tale of dairy farmer
For Organic September, Growing Communities is showing documentary The Moo Man, about a ‘maverick farmer and his unruly cows’ navigating the dairy crisis
Read MoreRestoring health and vintage furniture at Spitalfields Crypt Trust
Recovering addicts are learning to make, renovate and sell old sofas, tables and much more
Read MoreTwo charged over fatal stabbing of Marcel Addai in Hoxton
17-year-old died from stab wounds on the St John’s Estates on Pitfield Street
Read MoreStop the Blocks: an East London guided tour with a difference
Community campaign group aims to highlight the “devastating effects” overdevelopment is having on East End residents
Read MoreEel passes help endangered fish complete final leg of 3,000 km odyssey
Tunnels helping eels on their upstream battle are being refurbished by the Canal and River Trust
Read MoreCheep snack or fowl food? Debate over chicken takeaways continues
A fast food restaurant has applied to open opposite a school, sparking concerns about public health
Read MoreBootstrap Campus connects young locals with Hackney’s creative economy
The youth programme run by Dalston social enterprise Bootstrap Company is breaking down barriers to creative careers
Read MoreFilming inside 'another world' at Hackney ballet shoe factory
Ballet shoe factory Freed of London is one of Well Street’s hidden gems. A new short film tells the stories of the craftsmen and women who work there
Read MoreFilming inside ‘another world’ at Hackney ballet shoe factory
Ballet shoe factory Freed of London is one of Well Street’s hidden gems. A new short film tells the stories of the craftsmen and women who work there
Read MoreHackney Mayor calls on government to ‘step up’ funding for refugees
The prime minister has pledged the UK will take 20,000 refugees by 2020 but funding only announced for one year
Read MoreTurning over a new leaf: looking to the future after Victoria Park Books closes
Owner of independent bookshop Joanna De Guia has launched the events business Story Habit
Read More‘That’s me in the painting’ – how Stik became a street art icon
His trademark figures have become part of the furniture in East London. Now a new book charts the evolution of Stik’s unique, highly politicised style
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