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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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Illegal Jewish schools: council denies cover up over ‘missing’ children

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 5 April 2016 at 11:40
Stamford Hill Street

Council education chiefs accused of ‘destroying’ evidence of Jewish children dropping off education system

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Virtual Reality show: pupils get visit from Oscar winners

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 5 April 2016 at 10:43
'Best day of school!' Pupils get animated using a virtual reality headset. Photograph: Jubilee Primary School

Company that worked on Gravity introduces primary school pupils to computer animation

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Bishopsgate Goodsyard decision looms as hearing date finally set

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 4 April 2016 at 12:58
David Donoghue more light more power

Knocking up 38 and 46 storey tower blocks would ruin Shoreditch and Spitalfields for generations, campaigners warn

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Shakespeare in Shoreditch festival stages 1,000 plays

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 4 April 2016 at 11:49
Best Pies in London by Abi Zakarian produced with Youaremine 620

Actors will climb aboard a custom built ‘pageant wagon’ and set off on a tour of Hackney

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Man beheads wife in act of ‘pure hatred’

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 4 April 2016 at 11:30
Police have confirmed they are investigating the incident

Police discovered the decapitated body of Judith Nibbs at her home on Charles Square Estate

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People passed from pillar to post

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 1 April 2016 at 12:11
Hackney Citizen crest

Council resources are stretched like never before – but this is exacerbated by a “not my problem” mentality that pervades all of our society

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