Posts by Hackney Citizen
Organiser of 400-person wedding in Stamford Hill facing £10k fine
Borough’s police chief hits out at ‘unacceptable’ behaviour when ‘people across the country are postponing or cancelling celebrations’
Read MoreHackney postal voters asked to reapply with Town Hall’s election system left damaged by cyber attack
Affected residents have been notified ahead of local and London polls in May, but council insists ‘no evidence voter data has been stolen’
Read MorePlight of local music venues brought into focus for charity photography book
Alex Amorós spent the November lockdown capturing the borough’s beloved stomping grounds, some of which are in a fight for survival
Read MoreStaff at Hackney doctors’ surgery named ‘GP Team of the Year’
Richmond Road Medical Centre in Dalston recognised at the prestigious National General Medical Practice Awards for fourth year running
Read MoreHappy the Man by Gareth Evans
The local poet pays tribute to the Happy Man Tree, which was felled earlier this month
Read MoreHackney energy firm to help deliver Scotland’s first hydrogen-powered train
Arcola Energy, based in Dalston, tasked with developing ‘potential game-changer’ in country’s ambition for zero-emissions rail travel
Read MoreCouncil chief executive announces retirement after 13 years in the job
Hackney Mayor pays tribute to Tim Shields, who will step aside on 31 May
Read MoreTown Hall brings over 100 cleaning staff back in-house
Cleaners working at council buildings across the borough joined the environmental services team at the start of the year
Read MoreHappy Christmas from the Hackney Citizen!
We’ll be back next week – until then, enjoy some recent festive content and a couple of stories from our archive
Read More‘We owe it to residents’: Hackney Council set to adopt strict new limits on air pollution
Town Hall consulting on a raft of measures designed to help it meet rigorous World Health Organisation guidelines
Read MoreWinter Toy Appeal team ‘bowled over by people’s kindness’ as they reach record number of kids
Over 5,400 children in poverty across north-east London will have a present to open this Christmas thanks to ‘great show of warmth and love’
Read MoreWomen’s museum launches £20k appeal to help it gather more stories from across East London
East End Women’s Museum calls for support as it prepares to open a permanent home in Barking next year
Read More‘Hopeful day’ as woman, 83, becomes first Hackney resident to receive Covid vaccine
Cheers erupted at Elsdale Street Surgery this morning when Josephine Casey had the jab
Read MoreHackney City Farm wins funding for two zero-waste initiatives
Farm’s zero-waste shop to expand and add digital signs thanks to backing from North London Waste Authority
Read MoreHackney Mayor urges residents to ‘review Christmas plans’ as London bumped up to Tier 3
Borough leader warns virus ‘still very dangerous’ following spike in cases across the capital
Read MoreComic – Welcome Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
Artist Francisco de la Mora with his view on LTNs, informed by his upbringing in Mexico City
Read MoreSecond Mary Wollstonecraft sculpture unveiled in Newington Green
Bust of ‘mother of feminism’ goes on display inside the historic Meeting House she once frequented
Read MoreLocal photographer Alan Denney to chart the history of the A10 road in virtual event hosted by the Hackney Society
Denney dips into his formidable archive tomorrow to map the changes in the borough over the past 40 years, and will later take part in a live Q&A
Read More‘Historic moment’ as name of slave trader John Cass removed from Hackney park
Sign for Cassland Road Gardens taken down, with consultation over a new name set to begin next month
Read MoreTitbits – Pipe dreams and risky schemes
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
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