Two teenagers charged with assaulting police following Dalston bus fare row
Situation escalated after a 15-year-old girl was caught without a valid ticket
Read MoreHackney Citizen Christmas Listings 2017: food, music, booze, gift shopping, children, charity and more
Almost every day of the big countdown to Christmas brings something local and exciting to enjoy
Read MoreUpper 43: a stunning new development of seventeen private 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments in Upper Clapton
Available from February 2018 | Liverpool Street in 13 minutes | all homes with private balcony or terrace
Read MoreChildren living in ‘Dickensian conditions’ on the rise in Hackney, says Winter Toy Appeal charity
Appeal founder calls for community help
Read MoreBe-Bop-A-Lula, Stoke Newington, restaurant review: Nashville to N16
The old Monarch pub has been transformed into a boozy temple of rock ‘n’ roll, Americana, and high-calorie diner classics. Does the food get our reviewer jiving, or All Shook Up?
Read More‘They believe because we believe’: an interview with the stars of the Empire’s panto Cinderella
We talk to Aisha Jawando and Kat B, playing Cinderella and an Ugly Sister respectively, about what panto is all about
Read MorePumpkins are for life, not just for Halloween…
…but, as our resident food historian Gillian Riley spells out in this latest piece, every member of the cucurbit family of fruits is worthy of your attention
Read MoreAbuse and neglect reports double in Hackney, rising at twice national rate
Council points to awareness campaign as numbers jump from 660 to 1,261
Read MoreTitbits – Quiet consultations and confusing quotations
More on the Town Hall’s communication problems in this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreStoke Newington Town Hall revamp is ‘not a sell-off’, says Mayor as cabinet agrees site’s future
Plans include shops, cafés and live music but would protect children’s library
Read MoreLeader – A winter’s tale
An emboldened community, more than paradoxical housing policy, will help in the fight against homelessness
Read MoreThree Elvises and posh nosh for Hackney’s older folks this Christmas
Weekly event for ‘swanky’ senior citizens hopes to ‘forge new friendships’ at a lonely time of year for some
Read MoreLondon Fields Lido: £1.5 million contract and still no reopening date
FoI request from local resident shines light on ‘chaotic’ project
Read MoreHackney has more than 1,000 empty homes – amid ‘urgent’ housing crisis
Borough has tenth highest number of homeless people in the UK, according to leading charity Shelter
Read MoreWilton Estate residents ‘excited’ by rooftop solar farm bid
Community group Hackney Energy backing residents’ pitch for City Hall funding
Read MoreHaggerston Baths revamp approved by cabinet as Mayor ‘sad’ plans don’t revive historic swimming pool
Town Hall rubber-stamps Castleforge plans as Mayor pays tribute to campaigners
Read MoreConcert pitch: Hackney’s gig guide for December ’17
Christmas jazz, a Scottish troubadour, chicken nuggets and new music from SEO-unfriendly London band Totally – it’s all in this month’s gig guide
Read MoreHackney the perfect Petri dish for new vegan burger experiment Doppleganger
We sent a reviewer to take one of the very first London bites of this Cambridge creation – does it live up to the claim that it ‘could be mistaken for meat’? And perhaps more importantly, is it tasty?
Read MoreHackney parents slam ‘catastrophic’ plans to cut high needs funding
Council’s proposal to ‘speed up funding process’ could see support slashed by up to 90 per cent
Read MoreHaggerston Baths: Future to be decided next week – but no new pool
Preferred bid for iconic building’s redevelopment to go before Cabinet on Monday
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