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What a difference a year makes – a look back at 2014
2014 saw skyscrapers planned for Shoreditch, Hoxton residents fighting back against investors, glyphosate scandals and ‘peak gentrification’
Read MoreVideo – Unexploded World War Two bomb destroyed in Clissold Park
Stoke Newington resident Marcus Fairs hits bomb with spade while digging up garden
Read MoreHappy New Year to all our readers!
The Hackney Citizen wishes everyone a happy, safe and peaceful New Year
Read MoreChief Nurse from Stoke Newington made Dame in Queen’s New Year Honours
Eileen Sills, Chief Nurse at Guy’s and St Thomas’, is made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Read MoreFour arrested in connection with anti-Semitic graffiti attacks
Four men have been arrested after up to twenty cars were daubed with swastikas in Stoke Newington
Read MoreAnti-Semitic graffiti attacks continue as vehicles targeted in Stoke Newington
Swastikas and slogans appear on Osbaldeston Road as graffiti attacks in Jewish community continue
Read MoreHackney Mayor slams ‘relentless attack’ as council’s budget slashed
Hackney hardest hit London borough as DCLG cuts funding by 6.3 per cent
Read MoreMerry Christmas from the Hackney Citizen!
Big thanks to all our readers, contributors and everyone who has supported us over the past year
Read MorePaddington Bear statue decapitated in Shoreditch
Statue of Paddington made by 13 year-old for NSPPC auction suffers unbearable loss
Read MorePrimary school daubed with swastika graffiti for second time in a week
Police are investigating after anti-Semitic graffiti appears outside Jubilee Primary School in Cazenove
Read MorePersonal details of 15,000 council tenants published online in data leak
Council apologises after botched FoI request sees spreadsheet of personal information leaked online
Read MoreHackney Picturehouse scoops ‘Scrooge award’ for scrimping on living wage
Cinema gets ‘gift of coal’ from Citizens UK campaigners while ‘Living Wage Champions’ Sugru celebrated
Read MoreMan in hospital after building collapses during basement excavation work
Man thought to be construction worker taken to hospital after being injured on Malvern Road site
Read MoreVictory for New Era estate as Westbrook sells to charitable foundation
New owners Dolphin Square Foundation say they wish to ‘develop a rent policy that is demonstrably fair’
Read MoreBuilders discover time capsule on site of Queen Elizabeth Children’s Hospital
Capsule found by Rydon workers on site of former hospital provides ‘snapshot of life’ from 1902
Read MoreThird man charged with murder of student Joseph Burke-Monerville
19 year-old London Met student was shot in the head as he sat in a parked car in Lower Clapton
Read MoreFather jailed for murdering partner and baby daughter in ‘horrific’ attack
Roland McKoy killed partner Valerie Forde and 22-month old daughter Real-Jahzara McKoy with machete and screwdriver
Read MoreNight shelters to give food and warmth to homeless over Christmas
Donations needed for Hackney Winter Night Shelter and Spitalfields Crypt Trust
Read MoreYesodey Hatorah Girls’ School in breach of admissions policy
Office of Schools Adjudicator rules Jewish school must revise its arrangements ‘as quickly as possible’
Read MoreStudying Mossbourne Academy from the inside
A PhD devoted to Mossbourne written by one of its first employees, Dr Christy Kulz, is a slog of a read but worthwhile
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