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Woman, 92, suffers broken hip during robbery
Bag is snatched as attacker follows his victim home after a shopping trip
Read MoreWoman glassed in face on night out nearly loses eye
Police are appealing for witnesses to attack on the dance floor
Read MoreHackney duo jailed for possession of guns
Pistol, handgun and ammunition found in offenders’ car and at home in the wardrobe
Read MorePolice appeal for witnesses to New Year’s Day shooting in Clapton
23 year old man is in a stable condition after being shot in the chest outside Olympia Eatery, Upper Clapton Road
Read MoreCharity’s struggle to meet demand for essentials of cookers, carpets and coats
Every week, Family Action volunteers scrutinise increasingly urgent and bleak applications for emergency welfare grants
Read MoreHappy New Year from the Hackney Citizen!
We wish all our readers, contributors and supporters the very best for 2011
Read MoreHere’s to welcoming in 2011, says London Mayor Boris Johnson
“However you bring in the New Year, have a wonderful time”
Read MoreFashion designer Katharine Hamnett and local heroes make Hackney New Year’s Honours list
Ten local residents are recognised for their achievements and service
Read MoreMerry Christmas from the Hackney Citizen!
Big thanks to all our readers, contributors and everyone who has supported us over the past year
Read MoreHackney MP praises government action to end detention of children in asylum centres
Diane Abbott welcomes a possible ‘culture shift’ within the immigration system as a key Liberal Democrat manifesto commitment is honoured
Read MoreHackney student caught with gun and ammo stash jailed for 5 years
Hiding a weapon on behalf of someone else is no defence, warn police
Read MoreYuletide past in Hackney
A look at how we used to celebrate Christmas
Read MoreHackney Winter Night Shelter expects heavy New Year demand
Volunteers anticipate that more people will need beds as government help is cut
Read MoreHackney gets its new rape crisis centre
Diane Abbott MP welcomes London Mayor Boris Johnson’s funding for the new service provided by the nia project
Read MoreStudents: EMA is a necessity, not a bribe
Sixth-form pupils express anger at their media portrayal as ‘goons’
Read MoreMurderer of mother and two young girls 28 years ago is jailed for life
Tony Dyce raped and killed Norma Richards, then stabbed and drowned two of her daughters
Read MoreWoman held after girl of four is stabbed to death
A woman has been detained under the Mental Health Act after a four-year-old girl was found stabbed to death in Clapton
Read MoreHands Off: women speak out over Hackney strip clubs
A short documentary by filmmaker Winstan Whitter
Read MoreKen Livingstone joins Hackney anti EMA cuts demonstration
Students march from BSix sixth form college to the Town Hall to protest cuts to Educational Maintenance Allowances
Read MoreStrippers and vicar unite to fight cleanup campaign
Women’s groups in move to close down strip clubs, while vicar fears ban would leave workers in danger
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