Town Hall admits flagship scheme could build fewer affordable homes than first planned
Two over budget schemes prompt questions on how projections of housing delivery can be trusted
Read MoreThe Red Shoes, Sadler’s Wells, ballet review: ‘Lavish, beautiful and devilishly funny’
Matthew Bourne’s retelling of the classic film is full of ‘satirical and playful magic’
Read MoreConnect. Grow food. Improve your health. Give back to the community.
St Mary’s Secret Garden in Haggerston is running a free six-week course designed to improve wellbeing. Find out more…
Read MoreFat White Family, EartH, live music review: ‘Electrifying night of high intensity’
The rock band brought the house down with a frenzied set to promote their critically acclaimed new album
Read MoreBattle of the Potemkin: Town Hall seeks demolition of Hackney’s answer to Serpentine
Town Hall ‘disputes artistic merit’ of Antepavilion structure as competition aims to ‘expose and question authoritarian planning culture’
Read MoreDialogue in the Dark, Space Studios: ‘An hour in total darkness that helps us appreciate different forms of awareness’
A new immersive exhibition on Mare Street enables sighted people to experience what it is like to live with a visual impairment
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘A lack of plant diversity means one in five species could be under threat’
Kate Poland on the biodiversity crisis, how individuals can plough their own furrow amid the seed industry’s oligopoly, and why sprouts are not just for Christmas
Read MoreGoing Ananas
Out with pine needles and in with pineapples as our resident food historian slices into the background of the tropical fruit
Read MoreThames Water to make £10k community donation as ‘way of saying sorry’ for flooding
A burst pipe in Finsbury Park last year damaged 177 homes and left thousands without water
Read MoreTitbits – Cleaning up the air with Burke and Square
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – Silvertown blues
Why is near unanimous opposition to the controversial £1bn tunnel not being reflected by political leaders? Londoners deserve an answer
Read More‘Glastonbury moment’: Hackney Carnival could take a ‘one-year rest’
Council culture boss says ‘challenge’ must be put to Town Hall to seek investors for carnival
Read MoreEmployment boss calls for greater ‘flexibility’ for apprenticeship money
Town Hall officers complain of ‘massive challenge’ of limitations to apprenticeship levy
Read MoreCouncil urges move away from fashion to bring Hackney Walk back to life
Town Hall to meet with Intermediate Capital Group next week as planning boss expresses ‘frustration’ at vacant units
Read MoreTown Hall told to pay thousands to mother and son over ‘unsuitable accommodation’
Watchdog finds family’s living conditions had ‘detrimental effect on their mental health and wellbeing’
Read MoreHappy New Year 2020 to all our readers!
The Hackney Citizen wishes everyone a happy, safe and peaceful New Year
Read MoreHackney councillor Mete Coban awarded MBE for youth work in New Year Honours
Stoke Newington’s Labour rep ‘incredibly humbled’ after he is recognised for the work of his charity My Life My Say
Read MoreLocal stars honoured at Hackney’s Youth Sports Awards
Olympic sailor Iain Percy handed out gongs in front of 200-strong audience at the Town Hall
Read MoreSoumik Datta, Oslo Hackney, live music review: ‘A true work of art’
The expert player of the Indian sarod launched his latest album with a gig that shone a light on deforestation and climate change
Read MoreLocal playwright’s first film to show in Berlin after London Lift-Off triumph
Tamara von Werthern ‘delighted’ that her short film will be screened in her home country after impressing festival judges
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