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Hackney Winter Night Shelter teams up with local graffiti artists to raise money

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 17 November 2017 at 11:23
Hackney Winter Night Shelter ready for guests. (Photograph: Paul Driver)

Sales of a specially created #RoofTop clothing range will boost long-running homelessness charity’s coffers

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East End exhibitions – five of the best for December

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 16 November 2017 at 19:13
Countryfile: a still from Max Colson's digital animation The Green and Pleasant Land. Image courtesy the artist/arebyte

In our recurring feature, we cast an eye over the top art exhibitions this month, in the borough and beyond

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From Russia to Watford: OperaUpClose to perform restaged, rewritten Tchaikovsky libretto in Arcola show

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 16 November 2017 at 13:44
UpClose and personal: Eugene Onegin at the Arcola opens 22 November. Photograph: OperaUpClose

We speak to the Olivier Award-winning lyricist Robin Norton-Hale about the company’s unique take on Eugene Onegin

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Fire notice highlights past failures at Homerton Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 16 November 2017 at 12:36
East London NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services in the grounds of the Homerton Hospital. Photograph: David Holt

Hospital says ‘majority’ of issues were addressed last year

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Homerton Hospital wins Eden Project award for measuring carbon footprint

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 15 November 2017 at 15:40

NHS Trust has pledged to cut carbon emissions by five per cent

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Geffrye Museum announces last events before two-year closure

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 15 November 2017 at 14:14
Goodbye at the gates: the Geffrye almshouses lit up for Christmas. Photograph: Hannah Taylor

Next January’s traditional Epiphany celebration is the highlight of the Kingsland Road institution’s ‘last big shindig’ until early 2020

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Residents fume as London Fields ward forum abandoned due to overcrowding

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 15 November 2017 at 12:49

Second cancellation in two years at same venue leaves deputy mayor ‘frustrated’

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Divest Hackney ‘alarmed’ as data suggests rise in fossil fuel investments

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 14 November 2017 at 17:32
Divest Hackney protest

Town Hall questions accuracy of figures following January pledge to cut pension fund’s exposure

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Basqu-ing in glory: ex-BSix student wins prize for graffiti-influenced film

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 14 November 2017 at 11:23
A still from Djofry Makumbu’s degree project, Dreams. Photograph: Goldsmiths University

Djofry Makumbu claimed this year’s Alumno/SPACE Studios Bursary Award for his colourful piece of Basquiat-riffing stop-motion animation, Dreams

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Mangle E8 acid attack: Arthur Collins found guilty of ‘barbaric’ act

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 13 November 2017 at 17:19
Arthur Collins

He threw acid over a group of clubbers in London Fields last Easter

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Mayor praises council’s ‘transparency’ post-Grenfell – despite blocking release of old fire safety checks

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 13 November 2017 at 13:13

Glanville speech lauds council’s response, but admits new FRAs are ‘not perfect’

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Mayor gives out 1,000 ‘I love Hackney’ badges as part of EU nationals drive

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 10 November 2017 at 16:05

Glanville promotes #HackneyLovesYou campaign ahead of re-election bid

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Holborn Studios granted reprieve as High Court rules Hackney Council decision ‘unlawful’

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 10 November 2017 at 13:05
Holborn Studios

Hoxton venue hails ‘turning point’ in three-year battle against demolition plans

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Government rejects Hackney Council’s defence of ‘fortnightly’ freesheet

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 9 November 2017 at 17:31

Senior civil servant explains DCLG notice ordering Town Hall to cut back Hackney Today

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St John the Baptist school awarded top marks by education watchdog

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 9 November 2017 at 14:47

Hoxton school is eighteenth in borough to win ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted

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Once in a Lifetime opportunity: Talking Heads tribute band to run through two classic albums at MOTH Club

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 9 November 2017 at 13:22
Who Is It?: Speaking in Tongues formed in Bristol in 2005. Photograph: Speaking in Tongues

We chat to Speaking In Tongues, who will play Talking Heads: 77 and Remain in Light in full later this month

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Tackling child sexual exploitation: Experts share ten ways to help kids

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 9 November 2017 at 12:16

Staff from the University of Bedfordshire visited Hackney social workers yesterday to share advice over cake and comics

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Not-So-Still Life tackles elderly loneliness with drawing classes

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 9 November 2017 at 10:14
Green fingers: the next Not-So-Still Life will focus on Botanical Drawing

All are welcome at this new social enterprise, with the next session taking place in Clapton this Saturday 11 November

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Hackney among ten worst boroughs for homelessness, new report shows

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 8 November 2017 at 15:57
Homeless man on bench

Shelter launches urgent appeal after revealing one in 200 people in the UK are homeless

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Hackney lawyers launch new legal fight over Whitehall’s ‘stubborn failure’ to tackle toxic air

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 8 November 2017 at 14:43
ClientEarth supporters and the Green Party's Caroline Russell outside court last year. Photograph: ClientEarth

ClientEarth set for another court battle amid its ongoing campaign against ‘Poisoned Playgrounds’

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