Citizens Advice asks council tenants about heating issues following Hackney estate failures
Service launching new district heating advice service following persistent heating and hot water outages
Read More‘Held hostage’: Residents slam ‘dangerous’ lift failures at council block
Rozel Court dwellers say lifts have been ‘constant problem’ in last decade and lambast services fees as ‘money down the drain’
Read MoreHackney Bath House facing closure amid rent dispute
Town Hall orders Civic Estate to surrender lease over community spaces due to rent arrears – but management calls for ‘full transparency’
Read MorePlans for Kingsland tower blocks ignite affordable housing concerns
Criterion Capital lodges application to demolish Matalan store and build 254 flats at rear of Dalston bazaar
Read MorePro-Palestine activist highlights plight of Palestinians following ‘terrifying’ West Bank arrest
Susanne Björk urges residents to support Palestinians following her deportation ordeal
Read MoreNew Era residents to be rehoused this summer as landlord picks developer
Hill Group to rebuild 1930s redbrick estate over a decade after public campaign against rent hikes
Read MoreBSix teachers to strike as sixth-form college mulls A-level cuts
Educators to stage 16-day walkout as local politicians decry New City College’s ‘money-making agenda’
Read MoreArtist collective buys ‘creative quarter’ studios from council for £1.1m
Council sells to V22 following fears that disposal would lead to ‘private sector carve-up’ and pose risks to Curve Garden
Read MoreClapton Art Market returns for second year to ‘champion neighbourhood’s creativity’
The Round Chapel’s Old School Rooms will host the event next Thursday, with funds being raised for community projects
Read More‘Hugely beneficial’: Stoke Newington volunteers launch £10k crowdfunder to create lively community garden
The team taking care of a little haven behind Bethune Road want to turn it into a food-growing and event space
Read More‘It’s a real adaptation’: Team behind Our Cosmic Dust on bringing the award-winning play from Tokyo to London
The director, translator and lead actor spoke to the Citizen as the show begins its run at the Park Theatre
Read MoreYoung people’s use of sexual health clinics ‘significantly higher’ in Hackney
Public health analysis reveals spike in STI-related support following closure of local sexual health information service
Read MoreEcologist ‘proud’ as new species of bee and wasp discovered at Olympic Park
A survey of wildlife at the 102-hectare site has left experts buzzing
Read MoreHamad Butt: Apprehensions, Whitechapel Gallery, exhibition review: ‘A salutary reminder’
The artist, who died of AIDS in 1994 aged just 32, takes the ‘hazards of deadly disease as a central focus’
Read MoreHaggerston cafe’s booze licence survival plan sparks concern from neighbours
Bread & Butter wants to stay open until 11pm every day except Sunday, but locals fear children would be ‘intimidated’
Read MoreHackney children exposed to verbal abuse could face long-term mental health effects
Charities and psychologists call on schools and MPs to take action
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Woodland escapes
In need of a day out after a music tour around Europe, our columnist was inspired to pen a list of the best tree-filled trips within an hour of Hackney
Read MoreBing Bong Pizza, Morning Lane, food review: ‘Stuffed after six slices’
Bing Bong Pizza, from inside a cocktail bar, offers up nonna-style pies in ‘gloriously sleazy surroundings’
Read More‘Art for the people’: How Dalston’s enduring peace mural captured a community
Hackney History Festival revisits radical, melancholy chronicle of iconic artwork never seen by its author
Read MoreTitbits – Tale of two halves
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
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