Cllr Jonathan McShane will quit cabinet in May to ‘devote more time’ to charity
Hackney’s cabinet member for health has been a councillor for 13 years
Read MoreProof, Courtyard Theatre, review: ‘open-throated, no holds barred performances’
The intensity of the performances – particularly during the fights – gives visceral power to this otherwise stripped-back production of David Auburn’s Tony Award-winning play
Read MoreBoaters vow to ‘reclaim towpath’ from criminals – starting with a human chain in Hackney
More than half of towpath users now steer clear due to safety fears, a recent survey found
Read MoreExam success across the board this year for North London independent
For the very first time, this year has seen North Bridge House add to its impressive pool of exam outcomes with two sets of GCSE results. As North Bridge House Senior Canonbury celebrates its founding cohort’s GCSE success, the North London independent school group has overall achieved remarkable results from 11+ to A-level for its mixed ability pupils
Read MoreHackney Mayor Philip Glanville criticised for ‘remaining shtum’ on Vittoria Wharf demolition
Save Hackney Wick calls on Mayor to use influence over LLDC plans
Read MoreWhistle to blow on Romance FC’s women’s five-a-side tournament in Shoreditch this Saturday
The all-female football collective will take on 11 other teams from the South East and France for charity in the 2017 edition of Playing For Kicks
Read MoreCouncil has ‘no plans’ to publish old Fire Risk Assessments and is ‘redoing’ ones it claimed were ‘up-to-date’
Town Hall had previously rejected Freedom of Information requests on grounds it would publish FRAs
Read MoreEast End exhibitions – five of the best for October
Our regular look at the best exhibitions in and around the borough in the coming month features Hackney-based video games, sex shops, a Düsseldorf School legend and more
Read MoreRashan Charles: Family ‘concerned and disappointed’ following Metropolitan Police decision not to suspend officer
Relatives say Charles died ‘within minutes’ of the officer ‘throwing him to the ground’ and vow to push for a criminal investigation
Read MoreNew landlord licensing measures will ‘drive up standards’, say campaigners
Community action group Citizens UK welcomes Town Hall consultation on scheme that will ‘bring rogue landlords to book’
Read MoreHackney Stand Up to Racism drops speaker over ‘racism’ – but defends group linked to Jihadi John
Rashan Charles’s father was booked to speak alongside group banned by NUS
Read MoreFire Risk Assessment error blamed on bungling safety expert
According to the council, a surveyor wrongly put 24 June 2017 as the date of an FRA for one of its blocks – despite carrying out the test on 4 October 2016
Read MoreSchool funding reforms ‘designed to confuse parents and quash protests’, say Hackney campaigners
Education Secretary Justine Greening revealed further changes to the controversial national funding formula last week
Read MoreHackney Downs Vegan Market to go weekly from this weekend
The free Saturday plant-fest, which attracts thousands to Hackney Downs Studios, is run by popular local blogger Fat Gay Vegan
Read MoreHackney Council confirms identity of freesheet’s publishers after delay to ‘get to the bottom of that’
Hackney Burgesses mystery solved – with a little help from Citizen readers
Read MoreDiane Abbott slammed for recounting racist abuse on live TV
The Shadow Home Secretary told ITV’s Good Morning Britain she has been called a ‘nigger bitch’ – prompting a frenzied reaction on social media
Read MoreBorn to boogie – a look at Marc Bolan’s early life in Hackney
Did you know that the T-Rex frontman was from the borough? Learn more about the early days of the then-Mark Feld, as he set out on his all-too-short journey to change rock history
Read MoreHackney Mayor faces public grilling in Question Time event at Town Hall
Hackney Citizen has been offered one vetted question for the Mayor
Read MoreHackney Council posts newspaper-style story online, despite claims of not competing with local press
The council has declined to rule out launching an online newspaper
Read MoreRich Mix to host ‘rowdy, political knees up’ Question Time Cabaret next week
Artist Talia Randall and a panel of journalists and performers will tackle ‘gentrification and the art of the East End’ in an inimitable way – albeit without any Dimblebys
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