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Muslim Council of Britain welcomes Town Hall motion to adopt Islamophobia definition
Town Hall will vote next week on endorsing and adopting All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims definition
Read MoreDebate rages over ‘giant glowing orb’ in Stratford as campaigners warn of ‘class-cleansing’
Newham Extinction Rebellion threaten to ‘disrupt’ MSG Sphere as campaigners demand proposal be rejected
Read MoreAbney Park set to become major venue after council wins £4.4m in funding
Plans signed off last year include a new cafe and events space, as well as further restoration of historic chapel
Read MoreHomerton cinema becomes donation point for unused toiletries to help tackle hygiene poverty
Local resident teams up with Castle Cinema to create Hackney’s first drop-off location for national charity Beauty Banks
Read MoreCouncil forces developers to open up St-John-at-Hackney churchyard walkway
Councillors call on Thornsett to honour agreement to open up space for public use
Read MoreTown Hall admits flagship scheme could build fewer affordable homes than first planned
Two over budget schemes prompt questions on how projections of housing delivery can be trusted
Read MoreBattle of the Potemkin: Town Hall seeks demolition of Hackney’s answer to Serpentine
Town Hall ‘disputes artistic merit’ of Antepavilion structure as competition aims to ‘expose and question authoritarian planning culture’
Read MoreThames Water to make £10k community donation as ‘way of saying sorry’ for flooding
A burst pipe in Finsbury Park last year damaged 177 homes and left thousands without water
Read More‘Glastonbury moment’: Hackney Carnival could take a ‘one-year rest’
Council culture boss says ‘challenge’ must be put to Town Hall to seek investors for carnival
Read MoreEmployment boss calls for greater ‘flexibility’ for apprenticeship money
Town Hall officers complain of ‘massive challenge’ of limitations to apprenticeship levy
Read MoreCouncil urges move away from fashion to bring Hackney Walk back to life
Town Hall to meet with Intermediate Capital Group next week as planning boss expresses ‘frustration’ at vacant units
Read MoreTown Hall told to pay thousands to mother and son over ‘unsuitable accommodation’
Watchdog finds family’s living conditions had ‘detrimental effect on their mental health and wellbeing’
Read MoreHappy New Year 2020 to all our readers!
The Hackney Citizen wishes everyone a happy, safe and peaceful New Year
Read MoreHackney councillor Mete Coban awarded MBE for youth work in New Year Honours
Stoke Newington’s Labour rep ‘incredibly humbled’ after he is recognised for the work of his charity My Life My Say
Read MoreLocal stars honoured at Hackney’s Youth Sports Awards
Olympic sailor Iain Percy handed out gongs in front of 200-strong audience at the Town Hall
Read MoreLocal playwright’s first film to show in Berlin after London Lift-Off triumph
Tamara von Werthern ‘delighted’ that her short film will be screened in her home country after impressing festival judges
Read MoreFormer Homerton Hospital employee ‘shocked and upset’ by demand for £7k by Christmas Day
Heavily pregnant woman, who left the Homerton in 2013, says she has had to use maternity savings to return overpaid wages with interest
Read MoreIconic Shoreditch market stall closes after 100 years – and is snapped up by Museum of London
Syd’s tea and snack stand had been run by the Tothill family since 1919 and will now serve as ‘part of London’s heritage’
Read MoreRevealed: Hackney’s last-ditch attempt to stop Silvertown Tunnel rebuffed by other councils
Greenwich and Waltham Forest refuse offer to join forces in opposition to avoid efforts being ‘used by political opponents’
Read MoreCouncil promises three football pitches worth of new trees in two years
Public realm boss puts out call for ‘army’ of tree planters to tackle climate emergency
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