Posts by Hackney Citizen
Charity appeals for volunteers to help blind people in Hackney use specially adapted radios
British Wireless for the Blind Fund’s devices allow people to enjoy podcasts, books, talking newspapers and more
Read MoreDiane Abbott signs up for local bookshop’s Women of Westminster event
The Hackney MP will join Labour colleague Rachel Reeves and historian Diane Atkinson to discuss the successes of female parliamentarians over the past century
Read More‘Real sense of history’: Family photos donated by Hackney women on display at Sutton House
Cherelle Sappleton’s exhibition, featuring snaps gifted by the local community, offers a highly personal glimpse into the borough’s past
Read MoreCouncil forced to cut back Hackney Today after court rejects its appeal
Hackney Mayor ‘extremely disappointed’ as Town Hall considers how to replace its controversial freesheet
Read MoreCouncil to put up warnings about ticks after woman reports catching Lyme disease in Clissold Park
Andrea Smyth says she was bitten last month in the same dog-free zone where a jogger purportedly caught the disease in 2018
Read More2019: A Space odyssey
Hackney stalwart Space Studios’ Mare Street gallery is relocating to Ilford in the autumn. The charity’s chief exec Anna Harding talks about the move, and picks out her personal highlights from the past 16 years
Read MoreLeader – What will it take?
The death of any homeless person is a stain on those with real power to do something – not just the ones that happen so publicly
Read MoreTitbits – Tory blues, Mayor stews and hold the front page, we’ve got breaking… information
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreMore than 40 Hackney streets could close to traffic for Car-Free Day in September
Council announces plan to ban vehicles from Stoke Newington Church Street on 22 September, with residents encouraged to take part
Read MoreExtinction Rebellion: Free six-month display to be unveiled at V&A Museum of Childhood
The exhibition in Bethnal Green, centred on the activist group’s family-friendly work, is part of a wider partnership that will see its designs go on show at the V&A’s Rapid Response gallery
Read MoreThree Hackney residents named in national 100 Women in Cycling list
Cycling UK’s annual line-up, which features well-known names alongside grassroots campaigners, recognises achievements in the promotion of women’s cycling
Read MoreThirty-seven Hackney primary schools sign up for census lessons
A free course created by the Office for National Statistics is being rolled out ahead of the next national headcount in 2021
Read MoreTransport for London lays out plans for new Cycleway between Dalston and Lea Bridge
Public can have a say on the first phase of the route, which is designed to make it easier to get around east London on foot or by bike
Read MoreActor Tracy Ann Oberman ‘truly moved’ by visit to Jewish primary in Hackney
The former EastEnders star discussed her life and her fight against antisemitism with journalist Jonathan Freedland at Simon Marks School earlier this month
Read MoreStage set for £700k overhaul of Stoke Newington School’s theatre and drama studio
Renovation work is part of Hackney Council’s £20m investment in school buildings across the borough over the next two years
Read MoreHackney to get five water fountains as part of City Hall’s fight against plastic waste
Mayor of London reveals locations of 50 new refill stations, including Broadway Market, Mare Street, Worship Square, Ridley Road and Hoxton
Read MoreTown Hall breaks ground on new homes ‘firmly rooted’ in Stamford Hill’s Jewish community
Tower Court will feature 50 family-oriented properties, Shabbat-compliant lifts and a new base for Hatzola ambulance service
Read MoreThe Hackney artist in charge of Tilbury Carnival on celebrating Windrush in a Leave hotspot
Renowned outdoor artist Ali Pretty, who lives in London Fields, wants to create a ‘new story’ for Thurrock
Read MoreCharity behind Hackney Winter Night Shelter wins funding to pilot a local women-only refuge
Hackney Doorways reveals successful bid for support from Mayor of London’s rough sleeping fund
Read MoreOver 13,500 cigarettes seized in raid on Hoxton shop amid council crackdown on illegal tobacco
Sniffer dog Pippa helps trading standards officers track down the stash, hidden in a sink unit and under the chocolate stand
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