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Hackney activist highlights campaign to end violence against sex workers
Thierry Schaffauser talks about his work and the international campaign to end violence against those working in this industry
Read MoreLondon Mayor Boris Johnson joins tea party with Hackney girl Barbara Windsor
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson volunteers at a Contact the Elderly tea party and calls on citizens to help those who are vulnerable and isolated
Read MoreRioter gets five years in longest sentence yet relating to August disorder
Junior Saunders pleaded guilty to violent disorder, criminal damage to a police car and burglary in Hackney on 8 August
Read MoreHackney Council rent hike threatens Centerprise
An iconic Dalston bookshop and cultural centre may have to close if a new lease fails to be agreed
Read More‘Nessie of the Lea’ mystery as river raider lurks beneath
A mysterious and dangerous creature has returned to the River Lea and its presence is causing more than a wind in the willows
Read MoreHackney Council defends CLR James library ‘Starbucks cafe’ decision
‘It’s not a Starbucks’ says Hackney Council, but admits the cafe will sell Starbucks coffee and other Starbucks products
Read MoreMinistry of Stories teams up with the Hackney Citizen
Young journalists at the Ministry of Stories produce their own newspaper, Hoxton A.M., available free inside this month’s Hackney Citizen
Read MoreHackney’s political parties divided over ‘Bank of Ideas’ squatters
The borough’s political parties are at odds over the occupation by campaigners of a UBS-owned building
Read MoreTime to take the green Christmas challenge says Hackney Friends of the Earth
There are lots of ways to have an eco-friendly festive season says local environmental campaign group Hackney Friends of the Earth
Read MoreHackney councillor Rick Muir ‘saves’ the British pub
Councillor pens influential think tank reports in support of all-party call for reform of pub industry
Read MoreHackney school students bag Olympics jobs
Two hundred Hackney students working at Olympics to be paid London Living Wage after help from community campaign group
Read MoreHackney public sector workers strike over pensions
Strikes hit Hackney’s services as its public sector workers heed their union’s call to fight pension cuts
Read MoreUBS squatters at ‘Bank of Ideas’ face eviction delay
Squatters occupying a UBS-owned building in Hackney are optimistic after possession order delay
Read MoreSecond exhibition set for Sainsbury’s Stoke Newington proposal
Agreement reached for public exhibition of revised proposals for Wilmer Place development
Read MoreHackney community gardens get cash boost
Generous Groundwork grant enables Hackney residents to transform neglected space into fruit and veg patches
Read MoreAnger at Sainsbury’s store bid nearby Hackney’s Broadway Market
Traders and residents are up in arms over a new proposal for a Sainsbury’s Local store near Broadway Market
Read MoreWoman killed in Homerton road accident
Police appeal for witnesses to fatal collision on Homerton High Street after pedestrian dies of injuries
Read MoreMurder she wrote: new play highlights Sam Hallam ‘miscarriage of justice’ case
A new ‘verbatim’ play, Someone To Blame, highlights the case of Sam Hallam, who is fighting a ‘miscarriage of justice’
Read MoreBBC to mark 2012 Olympics with ‘biggest ever free live music event’
Elbow commissioned to write BBC Olympic theme tune as plans for Proms, Shakespeare season and Radio 1 event revealed
Read More‘I predict a riot … again’ – trader Alessio Rastani speaks at Occupy London’s new Bank of Ideas
Speaking at the newly-open Bank of Ideas, Alessio Rastani the Bank of Ideas warns of more global protests and riots
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