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Hackney Council and Tesco blasted as Mayor Boris raises London Living Wage to £8.30 per hour
Protestors demonstrate on behalf of workers being paid poverty wages
Read MoreLondon Living Wage: a message from the Mayor
Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone are both trying to claim ownership of the London Living Wage campaign
Read MoreOlympics ticket payments postponed
Money will not be taken from customers’ accounts for another week as ballots still being run to determine who gets tickets
Read MoreAV referendum: Hackney has highest Yes vote in Britain
A larger proportion of Hackney’s voters have voted ‘yes’ in the referendum on the voting system than in any other local authority
Read MoreHealth agency issues Olympics emergency warning
Health Protection Agency says upheaval caused by its abolition could pose ‘extreme risks’ during Olympic Games
Read More‘RUN’ sculpture to be erected at Olympic Handball Arena in Hackney Wick
A glass and steel public artwork by internationally-renowned artist Monica Bonvicini will be installed in the Olympic Park next year
Read MoreLet’s move to: Haggerston, east London
It’s a great in-betweener
Read MoreSkinners Academy pioneers 21st century approach with new building
An old school with a new twist officially opens on Woodberry Down
Read MoreHackney hoard of gold coins fails to count as treasure, court rules
£100,000 worth of American dollars is handed back to the family of its original owner
Read More2012 Olympic tickets in high demand
Organisers say fears over the ticketing process have not been borne out
Read MoreLondon 2012 Games set to miss green targets
The Olympic Delivery Authority fails to honour key promises to make the Olympics as sustainable as possible
Read MoreHackney to share health services with Newham and Tower Hamlets
Primary care services are to be integrated across the three boroughs
Read MoreHackney Citizen shortlisted for Newspaper Awards 2011
Election digital debates are highlighted in ‘Best Use of New Media’ nomination
Read MoreOlympic Park: name that neighbourhood
A competition for the public to name the five neighbourhoods planned for the Olympic Park after the Games provides an exacting challenge
Read MoreStand-up to help students with new charity
As tuition fees continue to make the news, the comedian Josie Long has taken her comedy – and her actions – into the political arena, setting up a charity to support students
Read MoreLocal landmark Clapton Tram Depot to be demolished for redevelopment
Local campaigners fail in their bid to save an historic Victorian building from being turned into residential flats
Read MoreEvery parent’s worst nightmare: how ketamine killed our daughter
Bright, popular, rebellious and creative, 21-year-old Louise Cattell had everything to live for. Then she made a fatal mistake. She took the party drug ketamine and was found dead in the bath by her flatmate. There are 125,000 other ketamine users in the UK. Louise’s parents want to make sure it never happens to any of them…
Read MoreSign up now for London 2012 tickets – urges Hackney Olympic athlete Phillips Idowu
The Hackney-born triple jumper says winning in front of a home crowd next year will be a unique experience
Read MoreGang members jailed for life over teenage girl’s murder
Two men found guilty of killing innocent schoolgirl in pizza shop revenge attack that went wrong
Read MoreTwo men found guilty of Agnes Sina-Inakoju shooting murder
Leon Dunkley and Mohammed Smoured are convicted at the Old Bailey of 16-year-old’s killing in a Hoxton pizza shop
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