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Health campaigners urge Homerton Hospital not to privatise pathology laboratory

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 20 April 2016 at 13:16
pathology laboratory DFAT Australian Aid via Flickr

Future of ‘excellent’ pathology laboratory in doubt as hospital confirms it is considering ‘all options’

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Police seemed ‘hesitant’ to enter river Lea to help drowned teenager, inquest hears

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 19 April 2016 at 17:27
Jack Susianta. Photograph: Facebook

Witness tells inquest that there ‘didn’t seem to be any sense of urgency’ to save Jack Susianta, who drowned after he was chased by police

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Council commission slammed for ‘dismissing’ PSPO opposition as ‘passing social media campaign’

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 19 April 2016 at 14:35
sophie-linden deputy mayor hackney

‘The council have dismissed the groundswell of public opposition to Linden’s Law,’ says housing campaigner

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Pesticide Free Hackney campaigners urge council to stop using ‘toxic chemicals’

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 19 April 2016 at 11:58
Photograph: Pesticide Free Hackney on Facebook

Council faces calls to rid Hackney of pesticides but remains committed to following government guidance on weed control

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Future PSPOs: we will not rule them out, says Hackney Council

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 18 April 2016 at 17:31
Hackney Council's PSPO

Report recommends that Hackney Council monitor the ‘success’ of Public Space Protection Orders that are currently in place in ten other London boroughs

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Campaigners to march against housing bill in weekend of protests

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 15 April 2016 at 18:09
Photograph: Dean Ryan / Kill the Housing Bill

Housing activists to hold vigil outside Hackney Town Hall ahead of a march into central London

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Pensioner found guilty of murder after beheading estranged partner Judith Nibbs

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 15 April 2016 at 14:55
Dempsey Nibbs

Dempsey Nibbs flew into jealous rage after learning Judith was having affairs

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Hackney designers 'recreate' the moon with a little help from NASA

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 15 April 2016 at 13:25

Lunar globes are 20 million times smaller than the actual Moon and recreate all of its craters, bumps and ridges

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Hackney designers ‘recreate’ the moon with a little help from NASA

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 15 April 2016 at 13:25

Lunar globes are 20 million times smaller than the actual Moon and recreate all of its craters, bumps and ridges

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Boris Johnson delays making Bishopsgate Goodsyard decision

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 14 April 2016 at 16:04
Bishopsgate Goodsyard High Level Park Hammerson and Ballymore

Mayor of Hackney Jules Pipe calls for a more ‘creative, collaborative approach’ that includes councils

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Dance Tunnel did not apply to extend licence, Hackney Council confirms

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 12 April 2016 at 18:26
Dance Tunnel artwork credit Nick Cobby

Dalston nightclub has been ‘able to operate regularly until 5am’, claims Town Hall

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Finsbury Park residents take legal action over ‘inappropriate’ Wireless Festival

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 12 April 2016 at 13:10
wireless festival fence perimeter finsbury park

Summer festival is ‘the last thing we want’, says chair of Friends of Finsbury Park group

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Last Dance Tunnel: beloved club to close in August

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 April 2016 at 16:42
DAnce Tunnel Dalston hackney

Hackney’s ‘licensing climate’ makes it ‘impossible’ to continue, says venue

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‘Unacceptable’ plans for Bishopsgate Goodsyard hit setback

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 April 2016 at 15:44
Designs for the Bishopsgate Goodsyard development. Photograph: Hammerson plc

Boris Johnson’s own planning officers recommend that he reject the controversial scheme

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Families to dig up Shakespeare’s Curtain Theatre before developers move in

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 8 April 2016 at 16:04

The site of early performances of Romeo and Juliet and Henry V is to be incorporated into a tower of luxury apartments and office space in Shoreditch

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Candidates announced for Hackney Downs and Stoke Newington byelections

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 8 April 2016 at 10:35
Hackney Town Hall

Contenders have thrown their hats into the ring for two seats in Stoke Newington and Hackney Downs following the resignation of councillors

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Homerton junior doctors strike for fourth time over new contracts

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 7 April 2016 at 16:23

48-hour junior doctors’ strike leads to over 5,000 operations and procedures cancelled nationally

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Titbits – council rags, terror flags and whitewashed Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 6 April 2016 at 13:55
Titbits bird

Hackney and Greenwich’s unlikely partnership, fashion hub consternation, and the borough in an alternative universe

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Number of Hackney children ‘in need’ rises by almost a third

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 6 April 2016 at 12:43
Photograph: Tom Hull

Over one thousand children at risk of abuse or neglect at home, new figures also show

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Ringing the changes – London’s first all-women’s wrestling event hits Hackney Wick

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 5 April 2016 at 11:45

Pro Wrestling EVE took over the Cre8 Lifestyle Centre in late March for an evening of barrier-breaking sports entertainment

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