Posts by Hackney Citizen
Leader – 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
Read MoreEnd of Watch – review
This LA cop drama shot in a hand-held camera style is an impressive boys in blue bromance
Read MoreLondon’s Overthrow – review
A pedestrian polemic by China Miéville
Read MoreLife in Transit: The Journey that Counts – review
Modern poetry of transport by Sam Berkson
Read MoreLeader – a Living Wage is a fair one
Hackney Council should act now to broaden Living Wage pay
Read MoreRain Room – pour show at the Barbican
New exhibit perfects the art of staying dry in a shower
Read MoreAsk Hackney Police – live webchat with Borough Commander Matt Horne
Chief Superintendent Matt Horne will be online to answer your questions today, Wednesday 28 November, starting at 6.30pm
Read MoreHackney Police Borough Commander to host first live webchat
Chief Superintendent Matt Horne will be online to answer your questions on Wednesday 28 November, starting at 6.30pm
Read MoreKnow your rights at work! says Hackney Citizens Advice
Problems at work? Local advice charity offers free legal advice about safeguards in place to to protect you from being unfairly dismissed or discriminated against
Read MoreGreen is working, say Hackney campaigners in call for eco-jobs
The green economy is growing but needs Government support, says Hackney Friends of the Earth
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