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Council’s education chief to face grilling over school funding
Deputy Mayor expected to speak on timeframe for rollout of Schools Group
Read MoreTown Hall buys up over £60m worth of property in one-year spending spree
Council says purchases can further socialist values by providing space for ethical businesses and affordable homes
Read MoreMental health assessment rooms set for overhaul amid fears over ‘safety and dignity’
Accessibility, privacy and staffing issues cited at Homerton Hospital as mental health boss says: ‘We need to do something soon’
Read MorePrivate firm’s online doctors’ appointments could spell doom for GPs, top medics warn
‘I really don’t see how what’s happening is not going to pull apart general practice very, very quickly,’ says councillor
Read MoreNew Year’s Day shooting: Dalston nightclub’s licence suspended over ‘security concerns’
Management pledges to work closely with police and neighbours
Read MoreNew Year’s Honours 2019: Awards for prominent Hackney residents
Museum director, publisher and food charity founder among those to receive recognition
Read MoreHappy New Year 2019 to all our readers!
The Hackney Citizen wishes everyone a happy, safe and peaceful New Year
Read MoreWinter Toy Appeal: Thousands of the borough’s poorest children to get a gift after huge response
Organisers thank the public for their generosity and the volunteers who help them spread festive cheer
Read MoreCarved-up Stik mural to get Polish homecoming after four-year wrangle with London gallery boss
Stik hails ‘step forward for artists’ rights’ as he reveals plans to restore a community mural in Gdansk that was chopped up and sold off without his knowledge
Read MoreTown Hall ponders crime hotline for reporting suspicious activity
Council to explore ‘route for parents and members of the community to raise concerns’
Read MoreHomelessness charity launches winter campaign with video shot by Hackney filmmaker
Rob Newman’s film shows how finding a home is often just the first step on the road to recovery
Read More‘We’ve gone back decades’: Unions urge politicians to tackle alleged culture of bullying at Hackney Council
Independent review begins into working culture and practices at council’s housing contact centre and complaints team
Read MoreTown Hall gears up to provide affordable internet to social housing
Mayor Philip Glanville declares intention to ‘harness our own digital assets and estate for the public good’
Read MoreCouncil restoration of Abney Park chapel ruins in sight
‘This historic site will receive lottery grant funding to maintain and improve a green space that residents can enjoy and contribute to a more sustainable Hackney,’ says mayor
Read MoreBenthal Primary parents ‘thrilled’ as council shelves plans to rebuild school
Council states Shoreditch Park academy still ‘much-needed’ though Save Britannia Leisure Centre campaigners sceptical
Read More‘Hopefully the first of many’: Students impress at Hackney Shed’s first Monologue Slam
Teachers want the theatre company’s acting contest to become an annual, borough-wide event
Read MoreWhoville listen? Councillors labelled ‘grinches’ as campaigners again call for 100 per cent fossil fuel divestment
Christmas cards from Hackney children calling for end to high-carbon investments delivered to committee as Town Hall defends 50 per cent divestment by 2022 as ‘ambitious’
Read MoreCouncil working with private property owners to remove Grenfell-style cladding
‘We will continue to monitor this and ensure no stone is left unturned to make buildings in Hackney safer,’ says mayor
Read More‘We don’t use WhatsApp’: Young people deliver Snapchat training to council safeguarding officers
‘Paradigm shift’ in social care underway as Town Hall presents new approach of contextualised safeguarding
Read MoreLocal author’s Alaskan salmon odyssey nets him prestigious literary prize
Adam Weymouth, who lives on a barge in the River Lea, has won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award for his debut book
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