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How Alice Burke cleaned up the Nightingale Estate
The once notorious estate is a far safer place now than it was 20 years ago – something many attribute to the bravery of a 79-year-old great grandmother
Read MoreRabbi on unregistered Jewish schools: ‘I’m confident there’s no scandal waiting to break out’
Rabbi Avrohom Pinter, a leader of the Stamford Hill community, says he fears ‘liberalism is becoming intolerant’ as he makes plea for people to respect others’ way of life amid row over education
Read MoreHaggerston Baths: taking a dip down memory lane
Since the millennium this Wren-revival-style building has lain empty and neglected. With three schemes for the Baths set for public consultation, the Hackney Citizen delves into the history and political wranglings that underpin its plight
Read MoreBrain injury survivors show their artistic sides with first public exhibition at Stratford Circus
Artists are all members of Headway, a Hackney-based charity that provides specialist support for the multitude of effects that can result from a serious brain injury
Read MoreRisk of ‘Rotherham’ situation warns Hackney councillor in unregistered Orthodox Jewish schools row
Local rabbis bemoan Ofsted’s “agenda” as concerns raised over lack of safeguarding and “missing” children
Read MoreRSPCA speaks out after cat needs leg amputated after being caught in trap in Stoke Newington
Charity issues warning over cruel and illegal gin traps after incident in Lordship Park, saying it is ‘extremely concerned’ over use of contraption, which is indiscriminate and causes suffering
Read MoreTitbits – Photo error, lèse-majesté and disunity on unions
Taxpayer-subsidised Hackney Today gets political, and no, we didn’t scrunch it up. This and more from the monthly column that pecks at crumbs of news
Read MoreDouble stabbing ‘sign of gang tensions’ says neighbourhood watch volunteer
Police continue to investigate following two incidents which occurred in close proximity to each other in Dalston on Sunday
Read More“We aim to eradicate rough sleeping in just three years”
Council’s aim in new strategy for tackling most visible form of homelessness is very ambitious, admits mayoral adviser in charge of outreach work – but she insists setting target is right
Read MoreTussle over Hackney Today continues after council rapped by DCLG
Town Hall says it won’t share contents of letter to Whitehall as it again insists freesheet provides value for money for taxpayers who subsidise it
Read MoreVigilance urged after cat found decapitated in Clapton car park
‘Whoever did this is vile and a stain on humanity,’ says council’s cat protection officer following incident shortly before Christmas
Read MoreOBE for Stoke Newington School chair of governors Crispin Truman
Headteacher Annie Gammon congratulates charity stalwart and former chair of the London Cycling Campaign after New Year’s Honour’s list gong
Read MoreCould 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
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