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Council and residents clash over future of Clapton car park

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 6 March 2018 at 12:52

Town Hall wants to build 11 affordable homes on the site of a community garden

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Titbits – Pussycats, Easter lash and early manifesto flash

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 6 March 2018 at 12:21
Titbits bird

Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

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Leader – Smoke and mirrors

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 6 March 2018 at 11:54
HC Crest

Empty reassurances on fire safety are ominous with elections coming up

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Hackney Council U-turns on release of expert cladding report

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 6 March 2018 at 11:07
Lincoln Court: cladding failed safety standards. Photograph: Simon Phipps

Town Hall said last July that the report was ‘currently being written’ as part of its post-Grenfell review

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Closure-threatened migrant centre in Hackney launches funding plea

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 2 March 2018 at 17:43

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

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 2 March 2018 at 17:19

A Statutory Notice from Hackney Council regarding Hackney Markets

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Obituary – Spirit

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 2 March 2018 at 16:29

The Rastafarian chef, teacher and ‘community treasure’ died last month aged 71

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Nabihah Iqbal @ Archspace, live music review: ‘dreamy existentialist electronica with a guitar kick’

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 28 February 2018 at 16:57
'Trademark beret': Nabihah Iqbal

The electronic music polymath (and occasional NTS Radio DJ) muses on poetry and the daily grind in her mesmerising debut live show

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Hackney among ten contenders for first ever walking neighbourhood award

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 28 February 2018 at 15:31

Local rambler covers the borough’s 58 parks in one day to celebrate nomination

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Takeaway, Tommy Hazard, book review: funny and disturbing semi-fiction from Hackney’s NHS frontline

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 28 February 2018 at 13:34
Takeaway is written from the perspective of a cynical Hackney ambulance driver, Tommy Hazard. Photograph: Hackney Council

This hard-hitting yet pocket-sized volume, set all around Hackney, finds humour and brutality in the work of a relatably flawed ambulance driver

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Council calls for residents’ support in fight against bus cuts

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 28 February 2018 at 11:51

Town Hall launches consultation ahead of talks with Transport for London

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Britannia Leisure Centre: Campaigners accuse council of ‘painting rosy picture’ after new images unveiled

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 27 February 2018 at 14:30

Town Hall reveals details of new secondary school

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Public Access TV @ OSLO, live music review: New Yorkers’ sound goes from new wave to night moves

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 27 February 2018 at 10:38
Buzzband lifer John Eatherly (foreground) on stage at OSLO Hackney with Public Service TV. Photograph: Casey Cooper-Fiske

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

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Mayor of London coughs up £130k to cut air pollution in Homerton

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 26 February 2018 at 17:32
Homerton Hospital

The hospital will team up with the council to make the area a Low Emission Neighbourhood

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Women traders to host Well Street Market’s first showing of 2018

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 23 February 2018 at 17:06

International Women’s Day celebration hopes to inspire the next generation of female entrepreneurs

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Pet project: Hackney volunteers to tackle old age isolation using dogs

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 23 February 2018 at 16:15

Pets Against Loneliness to launch officially next month at New Unity church

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Swan stranded under bridge following River Lea oil spill

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 23 February 2018 at 11:56

The bird, who has so far evaded rescuers, is now all alone after mate was safely caught last night

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‘Pioneering’ gender-based violence project on trial at Hackney college

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 22 February 2018 at 14:06

EU-backed human rights scheme tackles issues like FGM and forced marriage

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Charity launches illustrated book by Hackney schoolchildren about ‘rapidly changing’ Ridley Road Market

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 22 February 2018 at 11:37

Princess May pupils took part in a project run by House of Illustration

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Hackney to approve council tax hike tonight as Mayor blames Tory cuts

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 21 February 2018 at 17:38
Hackney Town Hall

Three per cent rise will fund social care and children’s services

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