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Two men convicted after Stoke Newington kidnap and torture ordeal
Anthony Malone and Ranjit Gojra found guilty of brutal attack in Stoke Newington in 2007
Read MoreHackney Council passes budget with £10m public spending cuts
Council tax frozen for seventh year running as spending plans for year approved by councillors
Read MoreNew Dalston CLR James library opens
Hackney’s new mega-library in Dalston opens its doors, keeping the name C.L.R. James, following a concerted local campaign
Read MoreHackney police crack down on counterfeit alcohol and unlicensed taxis
Operation Condor saw the arrest of 70 people last weekend, who were targeted over licensing laws and anti-social behaviour
Read MorePedestrian dies after Hoxton hit and run – police appeal for witnesses
26 year-old year man dies of injuries after collision with car in Kingsland Road
Read More‘Outstanding’ City Academy praised by Ofsted
Students of The City Academy are gaining twice the national average grades, according to Ofsted inspectors
Read MoreHackney gets yarn bombed – Mare Street trees get woolly makeover
The Hackney Citizen meets the mystery ‘Yarn Bombers’ who earlier this week dressed trees outside Hackney Town Hall in knitted woolly jumpers
Read MoreHackney needs more apprenticeships says MP Meg Hillier
As the borough’s jobless figures rise to one of the capital’s highest, local MP Meg Hillier and Hackney Community College join forces to promote apprenticeships for young people
Read MoreAn alternative Olympic tour takes in Hackney’s art, history and fashions
As the Olympics loom, Alexandra Topping takes a tour within sight and sound of the London 2012 site
Interactive: an alternative tour around the site
Read MoreHackney Labour councillor Alan Laing to resign
Four Communications employee and former Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods to resign next month as councillor for Hackney Central ward
Read MoreHackney Council assistant chief executive paid direct to limited company
Town Hall comms chief paid since 2009 as a consultant, rather than as a council employee
Read MoreAdam Deacon: ‘I was too street and too scary for directors’
Adam Deacon talks about his Bafta for rising star and his desire to be a voice for modern youth
Read MoreArt Against Knives sets up at BoxPark Shoreditch
An anti-knife crime charity set up after the 2008 stabbing of an art student in Shoreditch moves in to the BoxPark pop-up mall
Read MoreHackney rising star Adam Deacon: my Bafta award is a win for ‘the underdog’
This year’s Bafta rising star award, voted for by the public, went to Adam Deacon who wrote, directed and starred in the film Anuvahood
Read MoreHackney Council sets 20mph speed limit for residential roads
By April, all residential roads in the borough will have a 20 mph speed limit
Read MoreCampaigners petition Hackney Council to act over ‘criminalisation’ of borough’s young people
Residents have come together to oppose what they see as the excesses of the criminal justice system following last year’s riots
Read MoreCampaigners lose battle to keep Paralympics basketball courts off Leyton Marsh
A fierce council chamber showdown at Walthamstow Town Hall ended in disappointment for those opposed to plans for a temporary Paralympic Games venue on protected land
Read MoreAnti-Valentine’s cakes provide solace to Hackney’s lonely singletons
Valentine’s Day can be a bit of nightmare if you’re unattached, but one Hackney cake shop is determined that it’s not only the blissfully in love who should have fun on February the 14th
Read MoreValentine’s Day – what’s on in Hackney
Cabaret, comedy, music and movies: things to do and places to go on and around Valentine’s Day
Read MoreClissold Park café ‘too posh’ and ‘too pricey’
Recently reopened eatery The House has been criticised as overly expensive
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