Posts by Hackney Citizen
Smash up paving and make space for nature at groundbreaking 10xGreener event
‘If a lot of people make a little space, we can make a difference’, says postcode gardener Kate Poland
Read MoreA&E waits at the Homerton hit worst level in over a year as cold weather bites
Despite missing the four-hour target, the hospital remains one of the country’s top performers
Read MoreMajor Whitechapel Gallery exhibition to ‘shine light’ on London’s imperiled LGBT+ venues
Queer Spaces will look at how recent closures across the capital have affected the community
Read MoreHackney-based app for blind people wins start-up award and £35k in funding
Wayfindr, a non-profit founded in 2015, helps visually impaired people travel indoors
Read MoreHomerton Hospital to launch new exhibition honouring its long bond with local artist
Painter and former primary school teacher Rosemary Phelps has worked with the hospital for over 30 years
Read MoreWho’s your unsung hero?: Nominations open for Mayor’s Civic Awards
Town Hall asks people to put forward their neighbourhood champions by early April
Read MoreCouncil Tax hike of almost five per cent included in budget proposals
Average Hackney property facing a near £50 a year rise as mayor takes aims at continuing austerity
Read MoreTitbits – Soporific stories and disappearing Tories
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – Glass houses
The council can learn from the police’s admission that it’s training in people skills doesn’t fit the bill
Read MoreMs Paolini’s Phantasmagoria Cabaret returns to Hackney
The Italian performer is back at Hoxton Hall next month with an evening of mime, dance, music and comedy
Read MoreShoreditch Art Wall: Businessman set to sue developers over alleged ‘broken agreement’
Peter Mackeonis launches campaign to fund legal bid after another company was put in charge of the wall – but developer says it has done everything ‘by the book’
Read MoreHoxton man wrongly jailed for murder loses lengthy compensation battle
Sam Hallam, who spent seven years in prison before his conviction was quashed in 2012, left ‘very disappointed’ by Supreme Court ruling
Read MoreNew exhibition by Jewish youth group celebrates Stamford Hill’s post-war ‘pioneers’
Teen Action’s history of the area between 1950 and 1980 opened at Hackney Archives last week
Read MoreDiane Abbott’s constituency Labour Party backs her in BBC ‘media bias’ row
Hackney North Labour releases statement supporting the MP following her Question Time appearance earlier this month
Read MoreEmpty homes crackdown as Town Hall doubles tax for absent owners
More than 400 properties currently qualify for the hike, which could raise an extra £200k a year
Read MoreStoke Newington schoolkids create ‘iconic’ map of low-pollution walks
William Patten pupils team up with illustrator to plot the area’s less polluted routes
Read MoreContactless donation points to help the homeless launch in Hackney
Three terminals have already been installed, with more to be introduced across the borough
Read MoreJennette Arnold to bow out of London Assembly after nearly 20 years
The Labour member for Hackney, Islington and Waltham Forest says the ‘time is right’ for new challenges
Read MoreLydia Café blaze: Chef escapes serious injury after deep fat fryer goes up in flames
Incident in Stoke Newington prompts warning from fire brigade that using water on an oil fire is the ‘worst thing you can do’
Read MoreFour escape basement fire at Stoke Newington café
One treated for smoke inhalation after blaze at Lydia Café on Church Street this morning
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