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Hackney Empire to close – for a few months
Main house performances to stop “for a period of reflection” for at least six months
Read MoreBrouhaha over Clissold Park makeover
Fears over future funding and staffing levels for Hackney’s favourite green space
Read MoreHackney high-rise will ruin our community, say residents
Locals are opposing plans for a 21 storey tower block at London Fields
Read MoreSupermarket onslaught threatens Stokey shopkeepers
Some local food retailers are struggling to survive
Read MoreHave your say – on gambling
Hackney Council keen to hear from concerned citizens
Read MorePrime Minister visits The City Academy
New £30 million school in Homerton Road welcomes Gordon Brown
Read MoreHave your say – Council charging for cars
Debate sparks over proposed new scheme
Read MoreShoreditch Light Bar – campaigners cautious over new plan
Calls for community planning approach for all ‘hope value’ sites
Read MoreJack Straw meets young offenders in Hackney
Jessica Mudditt speaks to the Justice Secretary about ‘tough and constructive’ punishments
Read MoreHackney MP to help victims of DNA database
Advice clinic available on Friday 25 September
Read MoreHackney Council contractors paint over Banksy artwork
Half of historic graffiti piece blacked out
Read MoreDalston resident off to Climate Camp
Lynn Chambers tells Jessica Mudditt why she’s going
Read MoreHave your say – Council’s £1m Ridley Road Market scheme
Following the original consultation, comments are now being sought on the design
Read MoreHackney MP and Liberty to hold DNA clinics
Diane Abbott MP to help innocent locals get wiped from national database
Read MoreShoreditch Light Bar saved from developers’ bulldozers
A Victorian pub avoids demolition after an 18 month campaign to preserve it
Read MoreHave you seen this missing Hackney girl?
Emmanuela Okeke was last seen on Saturday 8 August
Read MoreCouncil in court over Spirit’s shop
Former Broadway Market shopkeeper Lowell Grant is still seeking justice
Read MoreLocal health watchdog elects new team
Hackney LINk is the borough’s new watchdog for health and social care services
Read MoreWicker Man sacrifice sparks festival’s fiery finale
Festival organisers chose a traditional paganistic ritual to mark the end of one of the most talked-about artistic events of the summer
Read MoreHackney man’s assisted suicide: retired GP seeks legal clarity
A change in the law on assisted suicide may be due
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