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Elli Free: Will we ever learn?

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 22 May 2020 at 15:42

The director of Room to Heal, a local charity supporting refugees and asylum seekers, on Windrush, immigration detention, and opportunities for ‘fundamental change’ post-lockdown

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Travis Elborough: Maps for the mind during lockdown

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 20 May 2020 at 16:41

The acclaimed local author on why we now need maps more than ever, ‘even if the routes and roads they contain are never taken’

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Letter: ‘We should be celebrating the private sector, not using it to score cheap political points’

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 20 May 2020 at 15:18

Chair of Hackney Conservatives Jack Sutcliffe defends ‘dynamic private sector’ in response to our story about a delivery of the wrong coronavirus tests to a mobile centre in Dalston earlier this month

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2020: A brutal siege

By Patrick Bogue | Monday 18 May 2020 at 13:41

Local doctor Patrick Bogue on the ‘striking parallels’ between his work in the Gaza strip and tackling coronavirus in the NHS

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Coronavirus: ‘It’s not just the health inequities of people of colour that should be up for debate’

By Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley | Tuesday 12 May 2020 at 16:21

The disproportionate number of Covid deaths among the BAME population ‘underscores the inescapable extent of inequality in modern Britain’, writes Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley

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Letter: ‘Labour MPs must amend the Trade Bill to prevent further NHS privatisation’

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 24 April 2020 at 20:34

Lifelong health campaigner Shirley Murgraff calls on opposition MPs to ensure ‘strong protection’ for the health service in trade deals

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A plea to parents: ‘Kindness to strangers can be measured precisely – it is two metres’

By Pammi Fitch | Monday 23 March 2020 at 10:57

A local resident and park-goer with an underlying health condition appeals to families to take social distancing seriously

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Titbits – Trump fans and Diane’s plans

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 4 March 2020 at 11:07
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Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

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Leader – Clipped wings

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 4 March 2020 at 08:59

The Home Office could learn from Hackney’s handling of Windrush – now, after a very public snub, we’ll see if it really has the willing

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Titbits – Revealing demo and a frosty hello

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 7 February 2020 at 08:39
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Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

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Leader – Klein and fall

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 7 February 2020 at 08:19

The rise in homophobia in Hackney will sadly continue if those in public office don’t face serious consequences for it

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Titbits – Cleaning up the air with Burke and Square

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 8 January 2020 at 08:31
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Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

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Leader – Silvertown blues

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 8 January 2020 at 08:14
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Why is near unanimous opposition to the controversial £1bn tunnel not being reflected by political leaders? Londoners deserve an answer

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Titbits – Applesauce and idle talk

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 6 December 2019 at 11:33
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Leader – Dashers and dancers

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 6 December 2019 at 10:54
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A Christmas election is a big ask for local candidates, but some have shown more willing than others

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Titbits – Selective memoir and a chuting spar

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 November 2019 at 20:17
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Leader – On a roll?

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 November 2019 at 19:42
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Three good reasons why you should register to by 26 November

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Titbits – Indifferent reps and fruit-based peps

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 4 October 2019 at 09:44
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Leader – Short straw

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 4 October 2019 at 09:28
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The Town Hall’s plan to sue a building firm despite giving it a non-compliant design spec could ward off others

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Titbits – Ruffled feathers and information measures

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 4 September 2019 at 10:52
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