Posts by Hackney Citizen
‘Wes Anderson likes my work!’ Art by Hackney schoolchildren to be plastered on billboards as part of ‘fantastic’ creativity project
Thirty youngsters took part in Hackney Young Voices – receiving support from renowned artists and education experts
Read MoreThree thousand electric vehicle charging points to be introduced in Hackney by 2030
Borough’s transport chief says rollout will alleviate concerns that some people have about switching to electric
Read MoreArt and conservation shop owner has two days to raise £10k for new premises in Clapton – or faces closing it for good
Illustrator Ben Rothery needs help if Hidden Planet is to survive and thrive
Read MoreExtinction Rebellion to host event at Clissold Park this Sunday to highlight ‘worrying’ air pollution in Hackney
Breathing Space will feature talks, storytelling, arts and crafts, food, and more
Read More‘It’s like I’m on The Apprentice’: Hackney students sell school-grown produce at Ridley Road Market for charity initiative
Pupils from across the borough took part in charity project Know Your Onions
Read MoreNominations open for this year’s Hackney Design Awards – with two new categories added
The biennial celebration of the borough’s architecture will now recognise ‘innovative and low-carbon designs’
Read More‘Robot pets to world-saving tech’: Children’s visions of the future go on display in Hackney as part of charity project
Stories by youngsters from the Literacy Pirates are on hoardings on Northchurch Road throughout summer
Read MorePolice investigating string of sexual assaults in Hackney Marshes make third arrest
Sixteen-year-old boy remains in custody after being taken in on Wednesday
Read More‘It’s our local park’: Primary school pupils fight for ‘basic right’ to have playtime in De Beauvoir Square
Candidates for upcoming De Beauvoir by-election line up in support of the children following complaints from local residents
Read More‘They are so beautiful’: Delight in Hackney as two sculptures are unveiled outside the Town Hall to mark Windrush Day
Thomas J Price says his nine-foot-tall figures of a Black woman and a Black man are a ‘celebration of the Windrush generation’
Read MoreQueer campaigners offer up shares in ‘UK’s first community-run LGBT+ venue’ – with £100k needed to open it this year
Friends of the Joiners Arms, still waiting for the new LGBT+ pub it fought hard for, has decided to build its own
Read More‘Joy, inspiration and wonder’: Young V&A unveils summer of family fun to mark its 150th anniversary – and begin the countdown to its big reopening
East London’s oldest museum, formerly the Museum of Childhood, will be out in the community as huge redevelopment continues
Read More‘This isn’t about dressing up as Batman’: Hackney resident to launch support group for fathers no longer living with their children
John Murphy says Hackney Dads will be a place for fathers to share advice and take part in community events with their kids
Read More‘Trip of a lifetime’: Hackney pupils visit the Canary Islands to learn about sea life and plastic pollution
The Year 6 students from St Mary’s Primary School ‘now understand what it means to be a global citizen’
Read MoreVolunteers begin repairs on historic local bridge at risk of losing its protected status
The event, organised by Volunteer Centre Hackney to mark this year’s Volunteers’ Week, also featured a floating litter pick
Read MoreHackney local heads up UK delegation for G7 Youth Summit – and presents list of demands to German Chancellor
Safia Sangster selected to lead team of four to Berlin to negotiate youth manifesto
Read MoreCelebrated cartoonist to shine light on people who feel invisible with Hackney art trail
Henny Beaumont – inspired by her daughter, who has Down’s Syndrome – is teaming up with businesses for a public exhibition in July featuring work by people with disabilities
Read More‘Populist hobby horses rather than tackling the cost of living crisis’ – Mayor responds to Queen’s Speech
‘Instead of tackling the cost of living crisis, today’s proposals showed the Government seems bizarrely preoccupied’
Read MoreLocal elections 2022: ‘Exhilarated’ Greens celebrate winning two seats in Hackney as Labour maintains firm hold
Zoë Garbett and Alastair Binnie-Lubbock elected in Dalston and Hackney Downs – two wards where the party narrowly missed out in 2018
Read MoreLabour’s Philip Glanville re-elected as Mayor of Hackney
Glanville glides home with 59 per cent of the vote, but insists the victory ‘is about a new administration’
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