Posts by Hackney Citizen
Have your say on the future of Hackney libraries
The council’s consultation ends on Monday 27 June 2011
Read MoreSainsbury’s plans for Stoke Newington store meets with mixed response
Whilst critics claim that independent shops could be forced to close, the local business association says that traders hold ‘a range of views’
Read MorePolice appeal for missing 13 year-old Hackney girl
Crystal Rkaloo was last seen at school yesterday, wearing a Mossbourne Academy uniform
Read MoreCouncil to decide future of Hackney Today
The Cabinet is to consider retention of its freesheet in defiance of criticism that it is simply ’propaganda on the rates’
Read MoreHackney Pearl announces short film competition
Create and submit your films, 6 – 14 August 2011
Read MoreHoxton Hall gets Heritage Lottery Fund cash
One of only four remaining music hall theatres in the UK, the Grade II listed building is set to benefit from a £200,000 grant
Read MoreLibya allocated Olympic tickets
Organisers confirm Libya’s Olympic authorities – headed by Gaddafi’s eldest son – given passes to London Games
Read MoreClapton caterer Vegan Peasant brings glamour and style to veggie cuisine
A unique meat- and dairy-free catering service is converting some of Hackney’s most bloodthirsty carnivores to the subtle and exotic delights of vegan high dining
Read MoreGovernment to defend its 9,000 Olympic tickets
Allocation breakdown shows 450 tickets set aside as prizes at School Games and 1,500 reserved for foreign business guests
Read MoreRivendale bids to open free school in Hackney
The Citizen meets James Woods from Rivendale Education, a group which plans to set up a school free from local authority control. If it succeeds, pupils and parents can expect some radical changes
Read MoreChatsworth Road Market open every Sunday
From today, 12 June, 11am – 4pm
Read MoreSex Worker Film Festival
Sunday 12 Jun 2011, Rio Cinema
Read MoreSenna – review
Until 16 June 2011, Rio Cinema
Read MoreCanada goose killed by dog in Clissold Park: man arrested
A 24 year-old man is charged with having a dog out of control in a public place
Read MoreClissold Park ‘Zoo’ closure plea renewed
Campaigners launch a new petition, claiming the park’s animal enclosures are a “bizarre, inhumane anachronism”
Read More2012 Olympic torch ignites row over Games’ green credentials
The 2012 torch was supposed to be low carbon, but the scientists at EDF, the Games’ sponsors, simply ran out of time
Read MoreClapton Festival 2011
Saturday 11 – Sunday 12 June
Read MoreResidents oppose Hackney high-rise at London Fields
Locals say tower blocks are inappropriate for a designated conservation area of predominantly low-rise buildings
Read MoreHackney parents to vote on secular and faith schools merger
Parents of pupils at Springfield, St. Matthias and St. John the Baptist have until 13 June to respond to plans to federate the schools
Read MoreVictory in sight for Clapton ‘save our loos’ campaign
As hundreds sign a petition to save Chatsworth Road market toilets, the council says it will reconsider plans to demolish the public lavatories
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