Residents worry ‘upmarket nail bar’ selling booze could lift crime rate
Town Hall weighs up application as neighbours complain of ‘drunk people in the street trying to break down our door’
Read MoreAlter Ego 2019: Singer-songwriter Angelina ‘ecstatic’ after winning top talent contest
The 18-year-old beat eight other finalists at the event, which also saw the launch of the council’s Discover Young Hackney Festival
Read MoreHackney’s diagnosed depression rates highest of any London borough
Council and mental health charity Mind say figures show local services are better at finding and supporting people with depression
Read MoreHackney gears up for two-week Dementia Festival
Events including singing, dancing and sports will take place all over the borough – starting this Thursday
Read MoreRichmond Road Medical Centre’s third Healthy Mind event set to be ‘biggest yet’
The Dalston surgery’s annual exhibition of local mental health services takes place on 15 May
Read MoreLocal children’s author Ed Vere wins highly regarded Oscar’s Book Prize for ‘tale of courage’
The Hackney resident collected his award from royal patron Princess Beatrice
Read MoreTown Hall urges Windrush victims to claim for compensation
Residents affected by the government’s ‘hostile environment’ policies can apply now
Read MoreNew five-year health strategy aims to ‘break down barriers in society’ for learning disabled people
Plan sent back for further costing as Integrated Learning Disabilities Service faces £4.2m overspend
Read MoreYe Olde Axe’s licence renewed amid debate over neon ‘striptease’ sign
Town Hall asks owner for written management policy as campaigners call for close of all remaining strip clubs
Read MoreMao Chow, Mare Street, food review: ‘Tempting for even the biggest vegan-sceptic’
Julian Denis offers up intimate, animal-free feasts from his new, permanent base near London Fields
Read MoreTransport for London unveils plans for major new Cycleway between Hackney and Isle of Dogs
Borough’s transport chief urges residents to have their say on the proposals, which include 5.6km of segregated lanes and public realm improvements
Read MoreHackney Citizen wins ‘Niche Market Newspaper of the Year’ at the newsawards 2019
Editor-in-chief ‘delighted’ as paper finally triumphs after being nominated four times in a row
Read MoreThirty-foot swastika daubed on Hackney Wick building owned by Jewish Brexit Party candidate
Lance Forman, whose father is a Holocaust survivor, calls attack on his salmon smokery a “sick act” – as police investigate
Read MoreFrom fast to feast
Our resident food historian on late spring’s bounty
Read MoreFlamboree, Old Street, food review: ‘Contemporary spin on an Alsatian classic’
This new tarte flambée restaurant is a ‘welcome departure’ from Old Street’s more expensive spots
Read MoreDeputy Mayor wants Hackney’s new education board to ‘keep our family of schools together’
Newly-established Schools Group Board will aim to ‘reduce exclusions’
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘We need to get used to weeds in the streets’
Kate Poland on mulching, plant dyes and the tension between wildlife and tidiness
Read MoreBird On The Wire Turns 10, live music review: ‘Eclectic and unpredictable’
The promoters, who started off in a Dalston basement, celebrated 10 years in the business with an evening of experimental sound and ‘guilty pleasures galore’
Read MoreAngelina, Dalston, food review: ‘Ambitious vision’
The new Japanese-Italian fusion restaurant is ‘well worth a visit’
Read MorePrimary school parents launch art auction to fund green playground
Art for Air, which features more than 100 pieces by prominent artists, will raise money for a scheme to make the school more eco-friendly
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