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Could supermarket giant Tesco be poised to muscle into Chatsworth Road?
Grocer indicates scheme is nothing to do with it after councillor hits out over secrecy surrounding new planning application for premises on characterful shopping street
Read MoreEmpire stars Clive Rowe and Sharon D Clarke get gongs in New Year’s Honours list
MBEs, or should that be MHEs, for panto stalwarts, and an OBE for Chaya Spitz of the Interlink Foundation in Stamford Hill
Read MoreLettings agency probed after complaints from Stoke Newington tenant
London Corporate Apartments Ltd, which manages properties across the capital, is being investigated by trading standards officers from an East London council
Read MoreHappy New Year 2017 to all our readers!
The Hackney Citizen wishes everyone a happy, safe and peaceful New Year
Read MorePolls, hellos and goodbyes: My, haven’t the past 12 months flown by!
Is it really nearly January again? Time for a quick recap of the year when Philip Glanville replaced Jules Pipe in Hackney’s top job, Sadiq triumphed and Brexit was the buzzword – in spite of Hackney’s best efforts
Read More2016 – A look back on the year we woke up as strangers in a strange land
What have we learnt? What has changed? And what is likely to stay the same? As the year draws to a close, we look back on a momentous 12 months
Read MoreMerry Christmas from the Hackney Citizen!
Many thanks to all our readers, contributors and everyone who has supported us over the past year
Read MoreRio could get second screen by summer 2017 and a third by 2021
Executive director Oliver Meek reveals growth plans as he admits financial situation for iconic Dalston cinema is currently precarious
Read MorePolice appeal after war memorial at St John-at-Hackney Church desecrated
A female suspect was arrested and remains in custody. Anyone who witnessed the desecration is being urged call 0207 275 3113.
Read MorePoliticians join police officers on the beat in Hackney
‘Walk the Met’ initiative raises awareness of the struggles faced by officers over the busy festive period
Read MoreAcorn pub in Haggerston saved from demolition after achieving Asset of Community Value status
Campaign for Real Ale sought protection after application to knock down the early Victorian building in Queensbridge Road was put in earlier this year
Read MoreFood advertising is not so innocent, say Hackney’s student filmmakers
Youth of the borough make short film warning their peers about how food choices are shaped, driven, and manipulated by marketing messages
Read MoreOpening of free school close to Hackney Marshes delayed after Department for Education steps in
Project manager for Barclay Secondary Free School acknowledges ‘difficult setback’ following Waltham Forest Council opposition and decision by Whitehall
Read MoreBah humbug! Complaints Clissold Park Christmas Market ‘charged £7.50’ to see Santa
Bearded sleighman’s alleged Scrooge-like presents and officious elf also criticised amid complaints about expensive rides and experiences
Read MoreFate of Homerton’s threatened pathology lab to be decided without public consultation
Health in Hackney Scrutiny Commission hears current on site department could be cut by up to 70 per cent, with services delivered from afar instead
Read MoreLondon Fields resident Lucy Vincent campaigns for better food for prisoners
Following critical report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons, journalist says feeding convicts more nutritious meals could help reform them
Read MoreMy Favourite London Devils, Iain Sinclair, book review: ‘mapping space through memories’
Hackney author’s new book is an attempt to piece together a personal anthology of the literature of the capital
Read More‘Give us back our art!’ Petition launched over missing Stik mural
A group of young Polish artists want the mural they painted with Stik to be returned to the town of Gdansk, after it was found ‘mutilated’ and for sale in a West London gallery
Read MoreOutrage after fatal dog attack on cygnet in Clissold Park
Users of green space suggest setting up zones around water where dogs would have to be kept on leads in aftermath of incident
Read MoreAnger at council’s plan for new parking controls close to Stamford Hill
Opposition politicians voice fears motorists are seen as cash cow – but council insists revenue will be reinvested in transport schemes
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