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Nightingale residents force council to act on ‘dangerous’ parking
Town Hall finally ramps up enforcement following complaints that cars blocking emergency access to estate are ‘putting lives at risk’
Read MoreRough sleepers’ charity denies informing on EU nationals to Home Office
Thames Reach slams reports as ‘misleading and factually incorrect’ and says it has not helped detain anyone in Hackney
Read MoreBlack Hackney councillors at women’s day event asked ‘are you cleaners?’
Councillors Sophie Conway, Carole Williams and Sade Etti say incident highlights issues around perceptions of black women – but do not want guard to lose job
Read MoreArtist behind ‘beware of Jews’ signs in Stamford Hill apologises
Franck Allais says sign reported to police as a hate crime was not intended as an antisemitic statement
Read MoreA Process Revealed, book review: Stadt and deliver
Timber-framed behemoth Stadthaus on Murray Grove is the subject of A Process Revealed, which demystifies the apartment block’s architectural approach
Read MoreOwners of controversial LD50 gallery told to ‘vacate premises’, claim campaigners
Shutdown LD50! declares victory in blog post but gallery boss Lucia Diego dismisses claims as ‘false information’
Read MoreDalston’s Hackney Pirates put on a show at the Rio
Literacy charity premieres film made by children at red carpet bash
Read MoreTwo choices for Haggerston Baths’ future – but pool hopes vanish down plughole
Mayor urges residents to get involved in new consultation before final decision is made
Read MoreHackney law centre ‘thrilled’ by Lady Fraser donation
Author gifts £500 to legal charity in memory of her late husband, local-born playwright Harold Pinter
Read MoreJailed: retired Stoke Newington vicar who abused choirboy
Cyril Ashton Rowe sentenced to four years in prison for crimes committed in 1970s and 1980s
Read More‘Small wins give us confidence’, say business rates campaigners
Mayor welcomes budget measures but local trader says government is still ‘punishing’ small businesses
Read MoreThe Writer’s Shed: a ‘cabin in the woods’ in the heart of London
Within the Victorian houses that surround London Fields is a hidden design gem, tailor-made for one
Read MorePolice cuts will risk safety of Hackney residents, warns Mayor Glanville
Town Hall wants a fairer deal for London as crime spikes in the borough for the first time in years
Read MoreVIDEO: Palm 2 shopkeeper suffers brutal crowbar assault in attempted robbery
Police issue CCTV footage of the “savage attack” and appeal for witnesses to come forward
Read MorePetition opposing business rates hike handed to Downing Street
‘The sheer severity of the impact on areas like Hackney is unjustifiable’, warns Mayor Philip Glanville
Read MoreHackney Citizen shortlisted for prestigious Niche Market Newspaper of the Year award
Winner will be announced in early April at ceremony at the Lancaster London hotel
Read MoreRapist got married hours after horrific attack near Victoria Park
Derry McCann was released early from prison after being convicted for a similarly brutal attack in 2006
Read MoreDalston’s Eastern Curve Garden under threat
Regeneration plans slammed as Town Hall launches consultation
Read MoreTitbits – procurement, pineapple on pizza, and a proud ‘kipper
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read More‘The high street is dying’: Stoke Newington traders slam ‘anti-business’ parking fines
Businesses warn they could be in ‘big trouble’ as TfL rakes in over £1 million in just three years
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