Posts by Hackney Citizen
The Awakening – review
The Awakening, a 1920s British ghost story, is showing at the Rio Cinema, Dalston until Thursday 24 November
Read More‘I predict a riot … again’ – trader Alessio Rastani speaks at Occupy London’s new Bank of Ideas
Speaking at the newly-open Bank of Ideas, Alessio Rastani the Bank of Ideas warns of more global protests and riots
Read MoreHackney gang members convicted of Hoxton murder witness intimidation
Trident police claim victory as Hackney gang’s ‘wall of silence’ is broken
Read MoreOccupy London protestors open Bank of Ideas
Occupy London hails ‘symbolic’ occupation of UBS offices in Sun Street, Hackney. Controversial banker gives speech at opening of the ‘Bank of Ideas’
Read MoreOccupy London’s Bank of Ideas to open in Hackney
Occupy London’s third outpost, the ‘Bank of Ideas’ in Shoreditch, will be a place for ideas and meetings say campaigners
Read MoreOccupy London protesters take over empty UBS bank offices
Activists host press conference in building owned by Swiss bank as St Paul’s Cathedral camp faces high court action
Read MoreFuture Shorts Film Festival 2011 – review
The Future Shorts Film Festival launches at the Hackney Picturehouse
Read MoreLondon Mayor Boris Johnson launches schools inquiry
The Mayor of London announces a inquiry to look into the challenges facing schools across the capital
Read MoreRiot-hit Hackney businesses: London Mayor’s compensation scheme is a ‘joke’
Hackney businesses hit by the summer riots are yet to find out if they will be getting compensation
Read MoreResidents start Stamford Hill Neighbourhood Forum in advance of Localism Bill
The Stamford Hill Neighbourhood Forum has been formed in anticipation of new powers to be given to local communities by the government
Read MoreChannel 4’s Top Boy lands second series
East London gang drama starring Ashley Walters will return next year
Read MoreEast 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?
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