Posts by Hackney Citizen
Council and residents clash over future of Clapton car park
Town Hall wants to build 11 affordable homes on the site of a community garden
Read MoreTitbits – Pussycats, Easter lash and early manifesto flash
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – Smoke and mirrors
Empty reassurances on fire safety are ominous with elections coming up
Read MoreHackney Council U-turns on release of expert cladding report
Town Hall said last July that the report was ‘currently being written’ as part of its post-Grenfell review
Read MoreClosure-threatened migrant centre in Hackney launches funding plea
Volunteer-run Akwaaba, which supports refugees and asylum seekers, may have just six months left
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London Borough of Hackney:
Statutory Notice
A Statutory Notice from Hackney Council regarding Hackney Markets
Read MoreObituary – Spirit
The Rastafarian chef, teacher and ‘community treasure’ died last month aged 71
Read MoreNabihah Iqbal @ Archspace, live music review: ‘dreamy existentialist electronica with a guitar kick’
The electronic music polymath (and occasional NTS Radio DJ) muses on poetry and the daily grind in her mesmerising debut live show
Read MoreHackney among ten contenders for first ever walking neighbourhood award
Local rambler covers the borough’s 58 parks in one day to celebrate nomination
Read MoreTakeaway, Tommy Hazard, book review: funny and disturbing semi-fiction from Hackney’s NHS frontline
This hard-hitting yet pocket-sized volume, set all around Hackney, finds humour and brutality in the work of a relatably flawed ambulance driver
Read MoreCouncil calls for residents’ support in fight against bus cuts
Town Hall launches consultation ahead of talks with Transport for London
Read MoreBritannia Leisure Centre: Campaigners accuse council of ‘painting rosy picture’ after new images unveiled
Town Hall reveals details of new secondary school
Read MorePublic Access TV @ OSLO, live music review: New Yorkers’ sound goes from new wave to night moves
The project of John Eatherly (ex-Be Your Own Pet, Turbo Fruits and more) hit Hackney’s OSLO the day after the release of second album Street Safari
Read MoreMayor of London coughs up £130k to cut air pollution in Homerton
The hospital will team up with the council to make the area a Low Emission Neighbourhood
Read MoreWomen traders to host Well Street Market’s first showing of 2018
International Women’s Day celebration hopes to inspire the next generation of female entrepreneurs
Read MorePet project: Hackney volunteers to tackle old age isolation using dogs
Pets Against Loneliness to launch officially next month at New Unity church
Read MoreSwan stranded under bridge following River Lea oil spill
The bird, who has so far evaded rescuers, is now all alone after mate was safely caught last night
Read More‘Pioneering’ gender-based violence project on trial at Hackney college
EU-backed human rights scheme tackles issues like FGM and forced marriage
Read MoreCharity launches illustrated book by Hackney schoolchildren about ‘rapidly changing’ Ridley Road Market
Princess May pupils took part in a project run by House of Illustration
Read MoreHackney to approve council tax hike tonight as Mayor blames Tory cuts
Three per cent rise will fund social care and children’s services
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