Posts by Hackney Citizen
Hackney set for fifth by-election in two years as another Labour councillor quits
Yvonne Maxwell is yet to speak out about her resignation, but said she was ‘free at last’ on social media
Read MoreTurner Prize winner Helen Cammock joins public art trail in East London
Cammock’s contribution to The Line is to be unveiled in late May on a bridge over the River Lea
Read MoreCritically acclaimed artworks by brain injury survivors go on show at Shoreditch Library
The exhibition is part of an art trail created by members of renowned charity Headway East London
Read More‘What a relief’: East London’s first ever menopause café to open in Hoxton
The discussion group will meet on the first Wednesday of every month at the WaterHouse Restaurant
Read More‘You can find family anywhere’: Young people who have been in care perform sell-out play at Hoxton Hall
‘Plays aren’t something that we can always relate to as young, care-experienced people, but this was really relatable to us,’ said one actor
Read MoreStoke Newington Library’s refurbishment gets £500k funding boost
The library, which closed for two years at the end of March, will have more money to spend on upgrading its facilities
Read MoreEnvironmentalists buzzing over £250k funding for bee corridor in Hackney
Charity ecoACTIVE plans to build a green thoroughfare for wildlife between four local parks
Read MoreNew stall enters the fromage fray at Stoke Newington Farmers’ Market
A collective of British farms will set up shop at the much-loved market this month
Read MoreMay elections: Everything you need to know to cast your vote
Residents will be selecting councillors, assembly members, and a London mayor on 2 May
Read MoreMan, 47, arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following two crossbow attacks in Shoreditch
The suspect is in custody in east London after a woman was shot in the head and a man was hit in the neck in separate assaults
Read MoreFirst electric charger in Hackney’s ‘country-leading rollout’ installed in Hoxton
Follingham Court is the first place to benefit from the Town Hall’s partnership with energy firm Zest
Read More‘Celebrate wisely’: Hackney rabbi issues reminder to local Jewish community ahead of Purim
Jewish Community Council co-founder Rabbi Schapiro asks people to be ‘vigilant and not too dramatic’
Read More‘Explosion of colour’: Hackney Carnival to make its long-awaited return on 22 September
The major event has not taken place in person for half a decade
Read MoreLetter: ‘The suppression of dissent in Hackney is an alarming pattern’
Members of two local campaign groups condemn council’s ‘refusal to listen to citizens’
Read More‘We need a push’: Beloved adventure playground launches crowdfunder for ‘unique’ new fence
Shakespeare Walk, recently crowned London’s best adventure playground, needs to replace its crumbling perimeter
Read More‘So exciting’: Hackney schoolboy plays organ for 2,000 people at St Paul’s Cathedral
Peter Maku, 14, says he is ‘very proud’ after playing a Bach composition on the venue’s famous instrument
Read MoreTeenager arrested on suspicion of murder following fatal stabbing on Hackney Road
Seventeen-year-old in custody after boy of the same age died on Saturday night
Read More‘They aren’t really surviving’: Hackney Foodbank warns of huge surge in pensioners asking for help
‘People who have worked hard for much of their lives are struggling,’ says one of the charity’s caseworkers
Read MoreMayor’s Music Awards 2024: Borough’s young musicians impress at Hackney Empire
More than 350 local pupils performed at the annual gala celebrating Hackney’s finest aspiring artists
Read MoreEast End filmmaker awarded ‘Art Icon’ status by Whitechapel Gallery
Isaac Julien, whose early works feature Hackney, follows in the footsteps of luminaries such as Tracey Emin
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