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‘We must continue to take precautions’: Local public health boss issues Covid warning with Hackney still a London ‘outlier’
Dr Sandra Husbands says borough ‘not yet on brink of local lockdown, but that will only stay true if people comply with guidelines’
Read MoreDomestic violence charity ‘shocked and saddened’ by council eviction notice
Sistah Space, a specialist service for women of African and Caribbean heritage, has been asked to move back to a former home it claims is unsafe following a months-long dispute with the Town Hall
Read MorePadella, Shoreditch, food review: ‘Buzzing addition to East London – even if the food is slightly underwhelming’
This haven for pasta fans, recovering from a pre-Covid launch, offers ‘la dolce vita without needing pockets as deep as Donatella Versace’
Read MoreCondemnation and praise as Town Hall announces trial run for highly contentious road closure scheme
Air quality campaigners left ‘devastated’ by decision, while residents on affected rat-runs pleased their ‘voices have been heard’
Read MoreSewage flowed into East London’s Olympic Park wetlands six times during early summer heatwave
Campaigners say Thames Water’s failure to make data publicly available is ‘unacceptable in the 21st century’
Read MoreHackney Conservatives throw support behind Haggerston Baths campaign
Locals call for building to be kept to ‘original height’ as developers promise submitted scheme will ‘save, repair and restore’ Baths’ heritage
Read MoreCall goes out for spare laptops to support Hackney pupils cut off by digital divide
Town Hall estimates 4,000 pupils are still without sufficient equipment despite existing loan schemes
Read MoreBroadway Market to reopen on Saturday as visitors told: ‘Queue, shop, go’
Soft launch over weekend has Broadway ‘ready to go’ as warnings repeated over ‘flouting’ of social distancing making reopening difficult
Read MoreCouncil health boss voices ‘major concerns’ over Homerton Hospital path lab partnership
Hospital moves to reassure that new arrangement will see ‘no change to the way patients receive or find out about tests’
Read MoreHackney councillor offers clothes alteration service for donations to local food bank
Alterations to dresses, trousers, cardigans and handmade facemasks part of Katie Hanson’s ‘socially useful and productive’ charity drive
Read More‘Geffrye must fall’: Stand Up To Racism protest calls on museum to remove statue
Councillors join protesters in accusing Museum of ‘disrespect’ as demands repeated to take down ‘reminder of oppression’
Read MoreCo-living flats on Kingsland Basin approved despite ‘totally unconvinced’ councillors
Scheme ‘threatens the very characteristics that have created this quiet, tucked-away refuge’, says council’s public realm chief
Read MorePublic health director warns social distancing has ‘slipped’ due to confusion
Work continues to ‘nip in the bud’ rise in cases in N16 as borough-level lockdowns dismissed as ‘unlikely’
Read MoreSomerford Grove renters face eviction as Hackney Mayor calls out billionaire landlord
Councillors speak out over ‘poor treatment’ of residents as calls repeated for ‘complete end’ to use of Section 21 no-fault evictions
Read MoreUnions celebrate ‘fantastic victory’ in fight for better pay for Homerton Hospital workers
ISS staff to receive same sick pay as NHS colleagues as hospital commits to impact assessment of bringing workers inhouse
Read MoreCross-party calls made to safeguard future of domestic violence charity Sistah Space
Council urged to offer reduced rent at Mare Street premises as founder advocates for domestic violence victims’ right to ‘place of safety’
Read MoreMuseum of the Home’s decision to keep Robert Geffrye statue sees swift backlash
Campaigners call for boycott following announcement Museum aims to ‘reinterpret and contextualise the statue where it is’
Read More‘Outdated and grossly unfair’: Discrimination against benefits claimants in Hackney rental market called out
Local resident says prejudicial advertising for properties still going on despite being ruled unlawful earlier this month
Read MoreCouncil finance director warns of ‘big challenge’ on business rates relief
‘The double whammy for businesses will be having less income and higher costs,’ says Ian Williams
Read MoreVIDEO: Hackney Mayor Philip Glanville on coronavirus, lockdown and more
The borough leader speaks to the Citizen about the council’s work over the past few months and the challenges and issues it faces today
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