Posts by Hackney Citizen
Christmas 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
Read MoreGypsies 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
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