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Wilton Estate residents ‘excited’ by rooftop solar farm bid

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 28 November 2017 at 14:44

Community group Hackney Energy backing residents’ pitch for City Hall funding

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Haggerston Baths revamp approved by cabinet as Mayor ‘sad’ plans don’t revive historic swimming pool

By Adam Barnett | Tuesday 28 November 2017 at 11:49
Inside Haggerston Baths in 2015. Photograph: Simon Mooney

Town Hall rubber-stamps Castleforge plans as Mayor pays tribute to campaigners

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Hackney parents slam ‘catastrophic’ plans to cut high needs funding

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 27 November 2017 at 11:59
Hackney Town Hall

Council’s proposal to ‘speed up funding process’ could see support slashed by up to 90 per cent

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Haggerston Baths: Future to be decided next week – but no new pool

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 24 November 2017 at 17:28
Inside Haggerston Baths in 2015. Photograph: Simon Mooney

Preferred bid for iconic building’s redevelopment to go before Cabinet on Monday

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Council issues stubborn response to Hackney Today legal threat

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 24 November 2017 at 16:27

Government has ordered the Town Hall to cut back its freesheet by February

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Charity launches urgent £100k appeal to save playground for disabled children

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 24 November 2017 at 14:20

‘Lifeline for hundreds of families’ facing closure due to lack of funding

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Broken masonry ‘crashes 100 feet’ from London Fields council block

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 23 November 2017 at 18:48

No reports of injuries so far after debris was left scattered across the road next to Morland Estate

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Controversial PSPO is back in Hackney – but ‘only relates to alcohol’

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 23 November 2017 at 17:42
Hackney Council's PSPO

The council axed its previous PSPO in 2015 after it was slammed for ‘criminalising the homeless’

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Raising Hackney: Diane Abbott and Mayor Glanville celebrate Northwold Estate community centre

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 23 November 2017 at 13:22
Diane Abbott and Mayor Glanville celebrating Raising Hackney. (Photograph: Jonathan Goldberg)

The community centre is celebrating a new name and the involvement of a new charity

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Council to hand out flowers ahead of domestic violence awareness drive

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 22 November 2017 at 17:11

Town Hall supporting UK charity’s ‘Blooming Strong’ campaign with 16 days of activism

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Hackney Quakers make amends for disowning radical anti-slavery dwarf 300 years ago

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 22 November 2017 at 14:22

North London branch hoping to ‘resuscitate the memory’ of revolutionary abolitionist Benjamin Lay

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‘Deliberately unclear’: Residents slam council over ‘misleading’ Dalston plans

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 22 November 2017 at 12:45
Young couple in Eastern Curve Garden

Scathing consultation response leads council to accept ‘distrust’ over its motives for regeneration

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Grenfell: Over 100,000 people join call for £1 billion Whitehall sprinkler fund

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 21 November 2017 at 16:08
Grenfell Tower fire. Photograph: Natalie Oxford via Twitter

Labour’s ‘Make Homes Safe’ petition was hand-delivered to the Treasury today

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Help pick out local landmarks to ‘preserve Hackney’s character’

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 21 November 2017 at 13:31

Council asks residents to nominate their favourites for its heritage list

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Grenfell: ‘No plans’ for resident-led fire safety panel, says Hackney Council

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 21 November 2017 at 12:10

Camden setting up fire safety panel ‘led by tenants’, but Hackney to rely on ‘existing network’ of resident groups

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Hackney’s public sector workers nearly £3,000 worse off thanks to pay caps

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 21 November 2017 at 09:46

Mayor Glanville slams ‘unfair’ caps as Trades Union Congress counts the cost

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Night Overground from Dalston Junction will launch ten days before Christmas, says Sadiq Khan

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 20 November 2017 at 15:19

Rich Mix and Arcola welcome news of 24-hour train service

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Britain’s first ever HIV testing pop-up opens in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 17 November 2017 at 15:51

Prince Harry attends launch on Morning Lane to hand out testing kits

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‘Living in fear’: Resident slams council after ‘three burglaries in five weeks’ at block with broken door

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 17 November 2017 at 12:23
Saying sorry: Councillor Clayeon Mckenzie

Town Hall ‘monitoring the situation’ after fixing ‘deliberately damaged’ door four times since September

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Hackney Winter Night Shelter teams up with local graffiti artists to raise money

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 17 November 2017 at 11:23
Hackney Winter Night Shelter ready for guests. (Photograph: Paul Driver)

Sales of a specially created #RoofTop clothing range will boost long-running homelessness charity’s coffers

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