Posts by Hackney Citizen
Gypsies and Travellers in uproar over proposals to redefine their ethnic status
Government proposes that only those with ‘genuine nomadic lifestyles’ should be defined as Travellers
Read MorePatti Smith and Caribou to play at Field Day
Acts announced for next year’s festival include punk legend Patti Smith, who will play her landmark album Horses in its entirety
Read MoreEx-councillor condemns ‘sham’ hearing after judge rules against petition
Former councillor and independent candidate Vernon Williams accused Hackney’s Returning Officer of breaking the law
Read MoreOPEN campaigners lose high court battle over demolition of Dalston Lane
Hackney’s heritage being destroyed in favour of ‘bogus replicas’, claims OPEN Dalston Chair
Read More‘Major incident’ forces closure of Hackney Citizens Advice Bureau
Police called to scene as windows of Mare Street bureau smashed
Read MoreTwo charged with criminal damage as 100 car tyres slashed in Stamford Hill
Shomrim say Volvos and people-carriers targeted as 60 cars are damaged in the Jewish Community
Read MoreCharity Commission rules on ‘conflict of interest’ between councillor’s charity and business
Report finds Cllr Michael Desmond was landlord to tenant referred from charity as ‘short term measure’
Read MoreWin tickets for Jonny Woo’s East London Lecture
Jonny Woo looks back on how Shoreditch became the centre of all things cool at his East London Lecture at the Rose Lipman Building. Win a pair of tickets for the opening night here
Read MoreBoris Johnson to intervene as Christmas evictions threaten New Era families
Mayor’s office to write to Westbrook Partners after US firm backtracks on promise to freeze rents on Hoxton estate
Read MoreOfsted under fire over inspection at Stamford Hill Jewish school
Secularists question Jewish school ‘good’ rating amid claims inspection failed to address evolution and sex education
Read MoreVolunteers chip in to create brand new mosaic in Hackney Downs Pavilion
Hackney Mosaic Project works with volunteers to make glass and ceramic ‘Roman-inspired’ artwork depicting animal chase
Read MoreSt Mary’s Secret Garden grows with generous Hackney Giving
Garden of healing gets a new lease of life on its 25-year anniversary
Read MoreBenyon firm pulls out of Hoxton’s New Era Estate over rent hike furore
Residents say Benyon exit is ‘major victory’ but now must fight US property investors Westbrook Partners for their homes
Read MoreIan Rathbone shortlisted for Trustee of the Year award for ‘tireless’ HCLC work
Law centre hopes Chair will be recognised with Guardian newspaper award for his dedication over 18 years as a trustee
Read MoreWinterville festival reveals more programme details
A one-woman play inspired by Kate Bush, a travelling arts circus and family rave form part of the festive town’s eclectic line-up
Read MoreRegional Schools Commissioners: more light touch, not a lot more power
Education’s new ‘middle tier’ in Hackney pushes academies to expand, and that’s about it
Read MoreLondon Fields Brewery owner Jules Whiteway given extra time to repay ‘drugs money’ to taxpayer
Ringleader of ‘prolific’ drugs ring defers repayment of ill-gotten gains while craft brewery grows
Read MoreHundreds march to Benyon Estate offices in protest at New Era rent hikes
‘We aren’t going anywhere’ say defiant residents as Russell Brand joins Dickensian protest march
Read MoreStokey Local vows to ‘fight on’ against Sainsbury’s supermarket development
Campaigners from Stoke Newington pressure group now fundraising to take their case to Court of Appeal
Read MoreDo your wurst: tucking in to the breakfast of centurions
From Roman warriors’ snacks to the designer links of the modern age, Gillian Riley tracks the many lives of the sausage
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