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No, Haggerston Baths will not reopen as a pool, council confirms
Developers vie to win chance to provide space for creatives after three strikingly similar rival bids – none of which involve a swimming facility – are shortlisted
Read MoreRevealed: How Hackney Today competes aggressively with local papers
Town Hall cancels odd relationship with Royal Borough of Greenwich after government puts the screws on Hackney Council in a letter that could serve as a prelude to court action
Read More‘Run to ruin’ – the sorry tale of Dalston Lane’s Georgian terraced houses
As diggers move in to demolish 200-year-old buildings on Dalston Lane, we look back at their recent chequered history and the campaign to save them
Read MoreConcert pitch – Hackney’s live music guide for December
‘Tis the season for Christmas gigs, shows and carol concerts. We round up some of the best
Read MoreThe Geffrye Museum decks the homes of Christmas past
Visitors can discover what Christmas was like through the ages at the Geffrye Museum’s annual exhibition of festive homes
Read MoreTitbits – Labour tensions, cycling lessons and council beards revisited
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreWhitehall gives Hackney Council final warning over ‘Town Hall Pravda’
Government minister cries foul over Hackney Today, accusing council of ‘not playing by the rules’
Read MoreChristmas climate change rally to mark Paris treaty
‘Santa’s arctic retreat is melting’, say organisers calling for the government and council to act
Read MoreCouncillor Harvey Odze hails Donald Trump’s climate change ‘myth’ comments
Conservative apparently holds President-elect in high regard – at least when it comes to his opinions about the environment
Read MoreWell Street Market prepares for launch with bands set to perform this weekend
Rebooted historic street market will be home to fashion and street food stalls as well as a special market reserved for teenage entrepreneurs
Read MoreHackney Winter Night Shelter calls for volunteers to help run seasonal service for homeless people
Ahead of councillor’s question on official homelessness stats, shelter user tells Hackney Citizen: “It’s a slippery slope to being on the street”
Read MoreCouncil “fake newspapers”: Ten quotes that show cross-party concern
Labour, Tories, Greens, Liberal Democrats and UKIP – all have slammed ratepayer funded rags in different places, at different times
Read MoreSchoolboy injured by cyclist in hit-and-run on ‘dangerous’ superhighway in Stoke Newington
Boy’s mother criticises ‘rude’ police response and council’s new traffic scheme after 11–year-old was left with soft tissue damage in his shoulder
Read MoreRow rages over council’s ad sales war with local press
Philip Glanville accuses Hackney Citizen editor of U-turn but does not deny freesheet competes with platforms for independent journalism
Read MoreCampaigning journalist on ‘concerning parallels’ between Hackney Today and East End Life
‘Tower Hamlets Council chose to cut publication of its freesheet. Why can’t Hackney do the same?’ asks journalist Ted Jeory
Read MoreAphex Twin to headline first UK show in a decade at Field Day 2017
Legendary electronic music producer will play rare two hour set on the festival’s brand new indoor stage arena
Read More‘Don’t cut off our lifeblood’: Hackney Citizen editor’s open letter to Mayor Philip Glanville
Call for Hackney’s mayor to halt sale of advertising in Town Hall’s fortnightly freesheet in light of commercial challenges now facing local press
Read MoreAntique traders Bennet and Brown win fight to stay in Finsbury Park shop after landlord offers new lease
People power wins out following vocal campaign and petition to save the antiques shop
Read MoreNorthwold Estate residents fear community will be ‘wrecked’ if plan to flatten homes goes ahead
But landlord Guinness pledges an overall increase in social rented homes on the estate under its proposals
Read MoreFury as landlord Guinness rips children’s bikes off railings on Northwold Estate
Housing provider gave ‘no notice’ before blitz on Clapton estate earmarked for controversial redevelopment, which lacks proper bike racks
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