Posts by Hackney Citizen
Rage on Rivington Street: residents furious over pedestrianised party zone
Bars and clubs argue that prohibiting cars will increase street safety and help local businesses
Read More‘Biggest thing in the area since the Plague’: Goodsyard consultation opens
Campaign More Light More Power urges residents and local businesses to ‘get involved’ in planning consultation
Read MoreSt Mungo’s Broadway strikers protest outside Mare Street hostel
A seven-day strike action by workers from the charity St Mungo’s Broadway has begun today to protest against pay cuts and changes to contracts
Read MoreFree fireworks tickets for people on benefits slammed as ‘tokenistic’ gesture
Council will give away 250 out of the 5000 tickets to those on benefits and allowances
Read MoreMassive Adidas ad on Marshes slammed as ‘grossly inappropriate’
Save Lea Marshes claims Council obtained planning permission for advert ‘sensitive in size, scale and visual appearance’
Read MoreHackney law centre solicitor Diane Morrison wins prestigious award
Hackney Community Law Centre does ‘so much with so little’ says winner of ‘in-house solicitor of the year’
Read MoreDevelopers Taylor Wimpey reveal plans for ’boutique’ Dalston flats
Building will start on five storey building and fifteen storey tower in 2015
Read MoreHackney’s ‘out of control’ house prices focus of Chats Palace debate
Diane Abbott to attend public discussion organised by campaign group Positive Money
Read More‘Rare’ Hackney domain name sells for over £3,000 at auction
hackney.co.uk comes on market for first time since registrations were formalised in 1996
Read MoreMichael Rosen: How parents can be a child’s best teacher
With a new book out, poet Michael Rosen talks about his teaching strategies for parents
Read MoreProtesters to rally in Hackney over US trade deal
National day of action against Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, a free trade deal between Europe and the USA
Read MoreAnti-Semitic crime rate in Hackney second highest in London
Jewish charity CST says this Summer saw ‘significant increase’ in anti-Semitic incidents across London
Read MoreChild kidnapper arrested after escaping from mental health unit in Homerton
54 year-old Shane Hart arrested in Watford after absconding from John Howard Centre
Read MoreA long way from home: Sudanese artist highlights plight of a displaced population
Tortured and uprooted, Anwar Elsamani counts himself lucky among migrants
Read MoreThe ideas man: Michael Rosen urges parents to take teaching into their own hands
The former Children’s Laureate talks to the Citizen about the joy of learning and the misery of politics
Read More‘It’s ok to be angry’: Hackney campaigner honoured
Meet the Hackney stalwart on a lifelong mission to save the NHS
Read MoreTireless campaigner Hamdy Shahein completes ‘arduous’ charity walk
62 year-old newsagent completes another fundraising feat
Read MoreTitbits — Bromsgrove beckoning, Mayoral rumours and playing away
Exodus of talent as Islington gets riot play, Bromsgrove snatches Tom Ebbutt and rumours abound over Mayor Pipe’s next move
Read MoreOPEN Campaigners win hearing over ‘Georgian Disney’ development
Council decision to forge ahead with demolition will be examined at judicial review in November
Read MoreRare sighting of ‘goatsucker’ on Marshes draws crowds
Migratory wild Nightjar on RSPB’s ‘red list’ of endangered species spotted near Middlesex Filter Beds
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