Posts by Hackney Citizen
Punters petition to get The Joiners Arms listed as a ‘community asset’
Campaigners seek Asset of Community Value status for ‘legendary’ Shoreditch gay pub facing closure in the new year
Read MoreEthiopian food comes Haile recommended
Food historian Gillian Riley discovers the unique culinary heritage of Africa’s oldest independent country
Read MoreNo moor room: canal boat families fight for their own stretch of water on River Lea
Hackney Boating Families seek to create ‘community moorings’ in Lower Clapton
Read MoreSowing the seeds of Hackney City Farm
Built on the site of a defunct brewery, the farm was founded 30 years ago on the principle that caring for animals and plants brings people together
Read MoreHackney Greens announce general election candidates
Charlotte George will stand in Hackney South and Shoreditch and Heather Finlay in Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Read MorePerson and plate: a morning shandy with Tunde Roberts
Annalies Winny meets the vicar on a mission to unite Woodberry Down, with or without God
Read MoreCouncillor Philip Glanville makes history with midnight wedding
Hoxton councillor and partner Giles McCrary convert civil partnership into marriage one minute after changes to law come into effect
Read MoreLeader — If it is broke, do fix it
What are the implications of recent events in Tower Hamlets for Hackney’s executive mayoral model?
Read MoreTitbits — Secular snack tables, Boris bagels and graveyard gossip
Abney Park suffers hatchet job, Boris gets bagels named in his honour and ‘affordable’ micro-homes arrive in the borough
Read MoreChristmas appeal: Trussell Trust calls for tins off your trolleys
Hackney Foodbank needs experienced advisors, sorters, and ‘someone with a large-ish car’
Read More‘Most chicken shops are just in it for the money’: healthy food vans tackle child obesity
Riojaes Caribbean street food van serving healthy food a hit with schoolchildren
Read MoreLondon Fields Brewery owner Jules Whiteway arrested
Former ringleader of ‘prolific’ drugs ring arrested on suspicion of tax evasion
Read MoreTown Hall throws out opposing bids for Neighbourhood Forum in Stamford Hill
Council rules approving either forum would be ‘detrimental to community cohesion’ in North Hackney
Read MoreNew Era residents march to Downing Street to hand in 300,000 signature petition
Hoxton residents call on Westbrook Partners to ‘do the right thing’ and let them remain in their homes
Read MoreBardens Boudoir to increase capacity in Dalston’s ‘over-saturated’ nightlife zone
Bardens Boudoir on Stoke Newington Road receives 21 letters in support of its variation of premises license application
Read MoreDiane Abbott throws hat into the ring for London Mayor
Priorities for Hackney MP would be battling the housing crisis and reversing ‘toxic’ narrative of immigration
Read MoreDerelict Homerton pub to become second ‘pocket home’ development
The Deuragon Arms will be demolished to make way for 29 one-bedroom microflats aimed at the borough’s ‘city-makers’
Read MoreApprentices and unemployed to work on £4m Council development scheme
King Edward’s Road development includes 15 homes for social rent subsidised by 17 homes for private sale
Read MoreMan charged with criminal damage over Citizens Advice Bureau incident
Homerton man charged with two counts of criminal damage after windows were smashed at the Mare Street bureau
Read More‘The toilet is in the shower’: vulnerable tenants in tiny £258 a week flats hit with ‘revenge evictions’
Tenants in Stoke Newington flats threatened with eviction after complaining about noise from music rehearsal studios below
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