Posts by Hackney Citizen
Leader — Dog’s breakfast of a ‘resurrected’ campaign
Plot thickens over Head of Regeneration’s last-gasp call to arms as pow-wows on petition do not add up
Read MoreHackney GCSE results dip under controversial new exam structure
Results drop by 3.1 per cent but benchmark of five A*-C grades still 2 per cent higher than national average
Read MoreConservatives abandon Scrutiny after new system leaves them with ‘no voice’
Michael Levy says Council is now ‘scrutinising itself’ as Labour slams group for ‘playing politics’ with cross-party function
Read MoreDe Beauvoir Primary investigated over exam ‘maladministration’
Key Stage 2 test results annulled as Department for Education investigates administration of school’s exams
Read MoreFollowing no-notice inspection, Jewish school remains defiant over exam question redaction
Jewish state school rated ‘good’ will continue instructing students to refrain from answering sensitive exam questions
Read MoreTerrorist suspect arrested in Hackney
21 year-old man bailed until December after being arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences
Read MoreSt Mungo’s dispute escalates as staff vote for second week of strike action
Residents of Mare Street hostel to be left with ‘skeleton service’ as over 100 staff members vote in favour of strike
Read MoreFormer councillor launches appeal against ‘illegally run’ election
Vernon Williams who ran as an independent candidate in May’s local elections accuses returning officer of breaking the law
Read MoreTricia Okoruwa obituary
Tributes paid to ‘tenacious’ Head of Hackney Learning Trust who devoted her career to improving school standards
Read MoreTeenager facing years behind bars for killing schoolgirl Shereka Marsh
Old Bailey judge hands 15 year-old boy 9 year jail sentence for shooting Urswick School pupil dead
Read MoreStokey Local loses high court appeal over Sainsbury’s development
Judge dismisses judicial reviews against Wilmer Place development as campaigners left to foot £22,000 legal bill
Read MoreHackney teenage boy missing for a fortnight
Police concerned for the welfare of 16 year-old Keiarani Hamilton-Hughes from Victoria Park
Read MoreClosed female-only gym awarded Asset of Community Value status
Community group ‘delighted’ after receiving protective status for Sunstone Women
Read MoreCouncil to ‘re-evaluate’ St Mungo’s contract as staff strike over working conditions
Workers at homeless charity in week-long strike over changes brought in by Chief Executive Howard Sinclair
Read MoreEviction of council house tenants in Hackney rises by 60 per cent
98 people in one year forced to leave their council homes due to rent arrears
Read MoreRage 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’
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