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Night ride from Hackney to Hertfordshire in defiance of muggers
Cyclists’ moonlit pedalling from Proud Archivist to Fish and Eels in Hertfordshire was inspired by Hackney Citizen article
Read MoreLandlord of council-subsidised cafe Hackney Heart is Labour activist
Hackney Council pays thousands of pounds of public funds to accountant running for election in nearby Enfield
Read MoreEye Opticians shop damaged in riots fears trade will be hit after Specsavers opens next door
Chain giant could outcompete independent small business in Mare Street’s ‘war of opticians’
Read MoreTitbits – Four Communications, Hackney Today and parties’ row over Cazenove
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Read MoreHackney Council approves plan to demolish Dalston’s historic Georgian terrace
Total demolition of heritage buildings to go ahead after close-run vote at Town Hall
Read MoreCar wars as Hackney Council seeks to put brakes on parking at Kingsland Shopping Centre site
Town Hall at odds with developer amid concern over future of Dalston’s Eastern Curve Garden
Read MoreKingsland Shopping Centre plans: clash with developers over car culture
Parking concerns fuel split amid debate over Eastern Curve Garden’s future
Read MoreProject to celebrate retired Caribbean nurses’ experiences will host first gathering this month
Scheme by Black Arts Women will result in exhibition at Hackney Museum later this year
Read MoreGang culture shot down as Our Lady’s Convent School students get organised to combat crime
Survey carried out by pupils finds safety is top of public’s concerns
Read MorePupils at Hackney’s Nightingale Primary School get cracking with code ahead of curriculum changes
Coding can be like poetry, says teenage prodigy as students strive to emulate Zuckerberg and Jobs
Read MoreReachOut, the mentoring scheme in a class of its own, celebrates grades rise
‘Character’ focus advocated by MP Tristram Hunt is at heart of group’s work
Read MoreTalmud Torah Chaim Meirim Wiznitz School warned against ‘slapping’
Ofsted report warns ultra-religious independent Jewish school not to use corporal punishment
Read MoreRight royal mix-up over dumped mail trolley is sorted after Citizen steps in
Confusion over abandoned object, but ‘post-mortem’ yields no answers
Read MoreHackney Council agrees 2014/15 budget and rejects alternative Tory and Lib Dem plans
Protesters staged rally against cuts on steps of Town Hall
Read MoreHackney Council’s new parking controls ‘bad for business’ in Victoria Park
Fears trade will be hit, but majority of residents in favour of ramped-up restrictions
Read MoreHackney’s historic Bishop Wood Almshouses put up for sale by charity
Homes intended for poor could be turned into luxury flats if snapped up by developer
Read MoreOver 200 absconders from Hackney’s John Howard Centre in last 13 years
Charity Sane warns of pressure on mental health centres
Read More‘Blatantly an area for families’: regeneration comes to Hackney Wick but tensions remain
Artists fear unique flavour of area risks being lost
Read MoreHackney Citizen shortlisted for prestigious Niche Market Newspaper of the Year award
Winner will be announced in early April at ceremony at Hilton hotel on Park Lane
Read MoreNew bridge will link Hackney Central and Hackney Downs stations
Transport for London says walkway will help passengers make connecting trains more easily
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