Posts by Hackney Citizen
East London Design Show 2011
The eighteenth annual East London Design Show and shopping event features products and collections from a plethora of Hackney-based designers
Read MoreAnger grows over Olympic proposal for Fish Island
Residents complain that second corporate Olympic venue on small industrial area in Stratford, which will include the UK’s largest TV screen, is a disaster waiting to happen
Read MoreBid to curb betting shop ‘blight’ gains support from local councils
Council leaders are calling for extra local powers to curb the ‘blight’ of betting shops on the high street
Read MoreThe Moringa Tree charity launches SuperSeed Challenge
How much money can you raise from a single seed? Hackney charity The Moringa Tree challenges local residents
Read MoreHackney ‘Anti-Library’ celebrates unread books
The Anti-Library at Space Studios is an exhibition of books which have never been read by their owners
Read MoreHackney Council defends ‘slowest’ adoption rate
Hackney Council has been ‘named and shamed’ as having the ‘slowest’ adoption rate in the country – but the service is also one of the most sustainable
Read MoreCuts put brakes on Hackney Playbus
Hackney’s community Playbus warns of a reduced service due to funding cuts
Read MoreHackney teenager amongst three jailed for gun possession
Three jailed over Sterling sub-machine gun found stashed near Marden House on the Pembury Estate
Read MoreHow Hackney reclaimed child protection social work
Is a model of social work that radically transformed child protection in one borough about to go mainstream?
Read MoreMan charged with murder after Hackney pub stabbing
Police investigating the death of Tommy Lawrence found stabbed outside the Glyn Arms in Clapton have charged a man with murder
Read MoreHackney hoard of gold coins goes up for sale
The buried gold coin hoard discovered in Stamford Hill is to be auctioned off by its rightful owner, Max Sulzbacher
Read MoreThe Ides of March – review
Until 10 November 2011, Rio Cinema
Read MoreHackney artists flock to Well Street
In spite of controversial rent hikes and recent shop closures, Well Street may be about to enjoy an artistic and cultural renaissance
Read MoreSavage Messiah – review
Laura Oldfield Ford’s dismal prognosis for a gentrified London is a hard pill to swallow
Read MoreCoverGirl: Grrrls on film
A brief encounter with the unusual five-piece band CoverGirl
Read MoreSeeing through the spin: experts call for greater council transparency
Too dangerous, too complicated, too expensive: objections raised by councillors to open data and greater freedom of council information
Read MoreHackney to be split into three under Labour proposals
Labour calls for three Parliamentary seats to cover Hackney, rather than the two proposed by the Boundary Commission
Read MoreClarence Road shops struggle to rise from ashes of the Hackney riots
The Hackney Citizen talks to local business owners suffering a slump in trade in the aftermath of the summer’s civil unrest
Read MoreHousing Benefit reductions come into force in New Year, warns Hackney CAB
A drastic reduction to Housing Benefit entitlement will affect many Hackney residents in private rented accommodation
Read MoreStop the planning free-for-all, says Hackney Friends of the Earth
Community-level decison making on parks, shops and other planning issues is vital, says local Friends of the Earth group
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