Posts by Hackney Citizen
Why are some mentally ill patients treated like criminals?
When Linda Morgan’s son Joe Paraskeva was sectioned, he tried to escape from hospital and was given a prison sentence that could see him spend the rest of his life behind bars. His mother has launched a campaign, Justice for Joe, to highlight his case
Read MoreGay-free zone homophobic stickers: Muslim youth found guilty
An 18 year-old man was today convicted and fined £100 for putting up homophobic stickers in east London
Read MoreLe Quattro Volte – review
Until 2 June 2011, Rio Cinema
Read MoreSummer portions for getting trim
The final in our four-part series on eating well from a local nutritional therapist
Read MoreThe buck has to stop with Sharon Shoesmith
There is no point making scapegoats of frontline staff. A case such as Baby P’s requires top managers to take responsibility
Read MoreContract killers as young as 15 recruited to do drug syndicates’ dirty work
Turkish crime gangs in north London thought to be linked to spate of killings
Read MoreThe beauty of putting foods together and being prepared
The third in our four-part series on eating well from a local nutritional therapist
Read MoreStoke Newington Literary Festival unveils 2011 programme
Friday 3 – Sunday 5 June 2011, various venues
Read More‘Big society’ tsar Lord Wei leaves post after less than a year
Cabinet office insists departure does not mark scaling back of project, but Labour say flagship policy is descending into farce
Read MoreThe 21 strides Phillips Idowu hopes will take him to Olympic gold
The British triple-jumper is getting closer to Jonathan Edwards’ 16-year-old world record
Read MoreBarbican unveils Olympics arts festival
Programme includes theatre productions starring Juliette Binoche and Cate Blanchett, and major Bauhaus exhibition
Read MoreJulia’s Eyes – review
Until 26 May 2011, Rio Cinema
Read MoreLeona Lewis – interview
With a ‘more uptempo’, ‘darker’ album due out later this year, the superstar singer talks about what’s next
Read MoreBBC Radio 1 announces Olympics music festival in Hackney
Two days, 100,000 people and six stages on Hackney Marshes, 23-24 June 2012
Read MoreBritain’s youngest ‘hitman’ convicted of woman’s murder
Teenage gang member known as Riot was 15 when he killed Gulistan Subasi outside her Hackney home last year
Read MoreSlavery claim women to receive payout from the Metropolitan police
Four awarded total of £20,000 after high court judge rules their allegations were not properly investigated
Read MoreCocknBullKid: Adulthood – review
(Moshi Moshi)
Read MoreRSPB condemns killing of River Lea coots
A bird conservation charity has described the stoning of a nest of a mother bird and her chicks as ‘vile, repugnant and barbaric’
Read MoreMcDonald’s opens farm gates for Olympic borough schools
Hackney school children find out how the food that will feed London 2012 spectators and athletes is reared, grown and harvested – just don’t mention the chickens
Read MoreStoke Newington resident plunges off tower for St Mungo’s homelessness charity fundraiser
Melissa Houghton abseils from London’s tallest abseil-able building, at Guy’s Hospital
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