Posts by Hackney Citizen
Sightseers – review
Co-writers Steve Oram and Alice Lowe star in this chilling campsite comedy from the makers of Kill List
Read MoreMentally ill Hackney man jailed for hospital arson has prison sentence quashed
Mother vows to keep fighting against the criminalisation of mental health patients
Read MoreThe Hackney Debate – Secondary schools: is parental choice paramount?
This year’s Hackney Debate asked whether Government reforms are creating healthy diversity or dangerous fragmentation in secondary schools
Read MoreThe butcher, the baker and the bag maker – East End Trades Guild launches
Independent traders in East London join forces to resist threat of rising rents and competition from big companies
Read MoreAtomica Gallery blasts off
New pop-up gallery and shop opens off Brick Lane
Read MoreCampaigners put wheels in motion for improved cycle routes
Congested towpaths are the result of poor cycle routes on the roads, says Hackney Friends of the Earth
Read MoreCouncil ‘kill-joys’ lack Christmas spirit say Broadway Market traders
Cafés warned against providing tables and chairs for public use ‘without a licence’
Read MoreBoff calls on Boris to take Council to task over London Living Wage
Town Hall urged to take action as contracted employees found to receive less than London Living Wage
Read MoreSeason of goodwill helps Hackney Winter Night Shelter meet demand
With more volunteers than ever, the Night Shelter is opening for an extra two months this year
Read MoreLeader – Anti-Veolia deputation fails the ‘spirit test’
Hackney Council’s reasons for preventing a resident speak at a council meeting are puzzling and perhaps disingenuous
Read MoreHackney Council’s spending on festive lights dazzles
Town Hall spends more than neighbouring boroughs on festive lights despite residents being worst hit by cuts, according to a new report
Read MoreNewington Green Unitarian Church approved for civil partnerships
Hackney takes a step closer to equal marriage rights
Read MoreHackney social services condemned over failures after mother kills children
Coroner criticises staff who allowed woman suffering from paranoid schizophrenia unsupervised overnight visits
Read MoreRow brews over Chesham Arms development
Local residents mobilise against plans to turn historic pub into flats
Read MoreBe Unpackaged: zero packaging grocery store opens in Hackney
Ecological shop and café, Unpackaged, opens its doors in Richmond Road
Read MoreHackney MP welcomes plan to tackle female genital mutilation
Shadow Public Health Minister Diane Abbott is among those supporting prosecutions for those who force girls to undergo female genital mutilation
Read MoreHackney Council to extend 20 mph speed limit to more roads
Council vows to expand 20 mph zones to more of the borough’s roads – despite police reluctance to enforce them
Read MoreBroken ceilings for property prices
Property prices in Hackney are way past the point of being affordable for those on the borough’s average income, according to a new report
Read MoreRe-igniting former glories in E5
Long neglected Clapton is quickly becoming the go-to area in Hackney, and developing more charm in the process
Read MoreTemple of Doom
Ridley Road is getting its arts in gear with the opening of the new Doomed Gallery
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