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East London Design Show 2011

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 16 November 2011 at 10:16
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The eighteenth annual East London Design Show and shopping event features products and collections from a plethora of Hackney-based designers

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Anger grows over Olympic proposal for Fish Island

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 15 November 2011 at 13:27
Fish Island Olympic proposal

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

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Bid to curb betting shop ‘blight’ gains support from local councils

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 14 November 2011 at 18:12

Council leaders are calling for extra local powers to curb the ‘blight’ of betting shops on the high street

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The Moringa Tree charity launches SuperSeed Challenge

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 14 November 2011 at 14:42

How much money can you raise from a single seed? Hackney charity The Moringa Tree challenges local residents

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Hackney ‘Anti-Library’ celebrates unread books

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 12 November 2011 at 12:07
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The Anti-Library at Space Studios is an exhibition of books which have never been read by their owners

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Hackney Council defends ‘slowest’ adoption rate

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 12 November 2011 at 10:53
Children Hackney

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

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Cuts put brakes on Hackney Playbus

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 12 November 2011 at 09:56
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Hackney’s community Playbus warns of a reduced service due to funding cuts

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Hackney teenager amongst three jailed for gun possession

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 11 November 2011 at 20:48
Pembury Boys

Three jailed over Sterling sub-machine gun found stashed near Marden House on the Pembury Estate

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How Hackney reclaimed child protection social work

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 9 November 2011 at 13:36
Hackney Town Hall. Photograph: Hackney Citizen

Is a model of social work that radically transformed child protection in one borough about to go mainstream?

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Man charged with murder after Hackney pub stabbing

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 9 November 2011 at 11:57

Police investigating the death of Tommy Lawrence found stabbed outside the Glyn Arms in Clapton have charged a man with murder

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Hackney hoard of gold coins goes up for sale

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 9 November 2011 at 11:04
Sulzbacher coins

The buried gold coin hoard discovered in Stamford Hill is to be auctioned off by its rightful owner, Max Sulzbacher

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The Ides of March – review

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 8 November 2011 at 22:25

Until 10 November 2011, Rio Cinema

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Hackney artists flock to Well Street

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 8 November 2011 at 20:55
Karin Janssen in front of self-portrait

In spite of controversial rent hikes and recent shop closures, Well Street may be about to enjoy an artistic and cultural renaissance

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Savage Messiah – review

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 8 November 2011 at 20:21
Laura Oldfield Ford

Laura Oldfield Ford’s dismal prognosis for a gentrified London is a hard pill to swallow

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CoverGirl: Grrrls on film

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 8 November 2011 at 20:04
CoverGirl

A brief encounter with the unusual five-piece band CoverGirl

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Seeing through the spin: experts call for greater council transparency

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 8 November 2011 at 10:12
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Too dangerous, too complicated, too expensive: objections raised by councillors to open data and greater freedom of council information

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Hackney to be split into three under Labour proposals

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 8 November 2011 at 09:03

Labour calls for three Parliamentary seats to cover Hackney, rather than the two proposed by the Boundary Commission

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Clarence Road shops struggle to rise from ashes of the Hackney riots

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 7 November 2011 at 09:23
Cherry Pratt, Fingerlicking Caribbean Takeaway

The Hackney Citizen talks to local business owners suffering a slump in trade in the aftermath of the summer’s civil unrest

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Housing Benefit reductions come into force in New Year, warns Hackney CAB

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 6 November 2011 at 20:28
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A drastic reduction to Housing Benefit entitlement will affect many Hackney residents in private rented accommodation

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Stop the planning free-for-all, says Hackney Friends of the Earth

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 6 November 2011 at 20:08
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Community-level decison making on parks, shops and other planning issues is vital, says local Friends of the Earth group

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