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Road closures: Feud flares up again as campaigners clash with Town Hall over school pollution figures

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 14 May 2018 at 17:34

Clean air group says monitoring results show illegal levels of toxic air at four primaries – but the council disagrees

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Richmond Road Medical Centre to host special exhibition for National Mental Health Awareness Week

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 14 May 2018 at 12:47
'We want people to be aware': Richmond Road Medical Centre

Over 35 organisations will showcase the care on offer in Hackney at the award-winning GP practice this Thursday

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Hackney’s energy company will avoid Bristol woes, says energy chief

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 11 May 2018 at 17:57

Cllr Jon Burke says company will be safe from procurement issues

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Vinyl hurrah: new wax-slinging shops fire up the wheels of steel

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 10 May 2018 at 15:36
Crate-digging: the no-nonsense interior of Tome Records, a new opening on Graham Road. Photograph: Andrew Fawthrop

As demand for the classic format gathers pace, a growing network of independent retailers emphasise the social aspect of shopping for music and the opportunities record shops present to discover something unexpected

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Hackney set for ‘biggest ever’ Dalston Children’s Festival

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 10 May 2018 at 14:16

Drag queen among the special guests for two days full of free activities

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Dream Nails, interview: “we’re under no illusions that art is enough”

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 10 May 2018 at 12:25
Dream Nails (l-r): Janey, Mimi, Lucy and Anya. Photograph: Deborah Ellis

The Hackney punk band have a lot they want to do, and a bout of flu isn’t going to stop them. They talked to Kate Wilsea about their new song, how London’s music scene is changing, and their DIY attitude to pretty much everything

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Mayor Glanville hails election results as manifesto mandate

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 10 May 2018 at 11:19

‘Despite Tory austerity and cuts to our grant, we must continue to be ambitious’

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Hackney Liberal Democrats resolute after ‘bittersweet’ election showing

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 10 May 2018 at 10:27

Tributes to ‘true gentleman’ Ian Sharer, who lost his seat after 24 years of service

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Pamela, Dalston, restaurant review: Asian-inspired vegan menu with no Ayres and graces

By Andrew Barnes | Wednesday 9 May 2018 at 15:16
Slate grey and sumptuous: the peanut and sesame ice cream at Pamela

The Kingsland Road bar that honours all the world’s Pams has seen a selection of famous London pop-ups pass through their kitchen. Now, they’ve set out their own stall

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Stoke Newington farmers’ market celebrates 15 years

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 9 May 2018 at 12:30

Growing Communities has been running London’s only fully organic food fair since 2003 – and is marking the occasion with a big party

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Hackney woman to celebrate 90th with charity plane jump

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 9 May 2018 at 12:16

Irene Lewington is hoping to raise £600 for St Joseph’s Hospice

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Titbits – Doorbells, ice pops and electable chin locks

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 9 May 2018 at 09:06
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Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

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Leader – ‘Real’ politics

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 9 May 2018 at 08:49
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Labour’s language of moral censure in the aftermath of the elections is worrying

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Women’s Equality Party ‘very proud’ of election results after first ever Hackney candidate

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 8 May 2018 at 19:40

Party chiefs praise Harini Iyengar who ran for mayor and Dalston councillor

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Greens call for voting reform after losing Hackney Downs and Dalston by small margins

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 8 May 2018 at 19:21
Cllr Alastair Binnie-Lubbock

Party slams Hackney’s ‘archaic, unfair first-past-the-post voting system’

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Campaign to save Clapton community garden pins hopes on 1980s mural

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 8 May 2018 at 15:04

Residents calling on council to rethink its house-building plans are worried the artwork could be lost – despite a vow to retain it

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Three billboards outside St Mary’s, Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 8 May 2018 at 12:37

Church rector takes inspiration from Oscar-winning film to raise awareness of homelessness in the borough

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Hackney man’s fight for compensation over miscarriage of justice continues at Supreme Court

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 8 May 2018 at 11:20
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Sam Hallam’s murder conviction was quashed in 2012 after he had spent seven years in prison

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Dalston Labour councillor re-elected by 21 votes after dramatic recount

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 4 May 2018 at 20:17
Peter Snell and Soraya Adejare

Peter Snell was only up one vote on his Green challenger in the first count

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Liberal Democrats wiped out in Hackney as Labour gains three Cazenove seats

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 4 May 2018 at 19:59
Caroline Woodley, Anthony McMahon and Sam Pallis

Council now has 52 Labour councillors and five Conservatives

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