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Whitehall ‘passing the buck’ on illegal air pollution, say Hackney lawyers

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 8 May 2017 at 14:10
ClientEarth supporters and the Green Party's Caroline Russell outside court last year. Photograph: ClientEarth

ClientEarth blasts government’s latest air quality action plan, released by ministers on Friday after failed legal bid to delay publication

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This Beautiful Future, The Yard, theatre review – love during wartime

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 8 May 2017 at 12:25
Bradley Hall as Otto & Hannah Millward as Elodie in This Beautiful Future. Photograph: Richard Lakos

The latest production at The Yard, This Beautiful Future, is “a tale of love and war” set in occupied France, 1944

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General Election 2017: Conservatives announce Hackney candidates

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 8 May 2017 at 11:20
Amy Gray.

Amy Gray to stand in Hackney North and Stoke Newington and Luke Parker in Hackney South and Shoreditch

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Idris Elba scours Hackney for paid extras to appear in new film

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 6 May 2017 at 14:30
Local lad: actor Idris Alba at a recent Ebola conference. Photograph: Jessica Lea/DFID via Wikimedia Commons

The picture will centre on the borough’s African Caribbean community in the eighties

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General Election 2017: Conservatives yet to select candidates for Hackney seats

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 5 May 2017 at 14:13
Hackney Town Hall

Party finished second in both constituencies in 2015

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General Election 2017: Labour party reselects Diane Abbott and Meg Hillier

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 5 May 2017 at 13:57
Diane Abbott MP

Abbott to stand in Hackney North and Stoke Newington and Hillier in Hackney South and Shoreditch

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Grass roots: the local gardening group with big plans for Hackney Downs

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 5 May 2017 at 13:34
Garden state: Hackney Community Gardeners are proposing to rejuvenate Hackney Downs Park. Photograph: Andrew Barnes

Overgrown bowling green could be jettisoned for a host of new features if Hackney Community Gardeners get their way

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Titbits – upstairs, downstairs with the Greens and a skeleton-staffed boozer

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 5 May 2017 at 11:01
Titbits bird

Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

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Leader – When Hackney elects, don’t bottle the ballot

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 5 May 2017 at 10:45
HC Crest

Foregone conclusions? Maybe so, maybe not – either way that shouldn’t stop the borough casting a thoughtful vote that matters

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Hackney Family Cycling’s stolen kit found in police raid

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 4 May 2017 at 11:45
Hackney Family Cycling group

Group’s founder there to witness the bust following Facebook tip-off

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Green Party launches Brexit policy in Space

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 3 May 2017 at 15:14
Alistair Binnie-Lubbock with Caroline Lucas

Joint leader Caroline Lucas proposes referendum on EU divorce deal

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‘Labour lacks economic credibility’, say Lib Dems after Diane Abbott radio gaffe

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 3 May 2017 at 12:16
Calling for more new homes: Diane Abbott MP

Shadow home secretary stumbled over figures when talking to LBC Radio about Labour’s pledge to hire 10,000 extra police officers

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Brain injury survivors to run pop-up art shop in Hoxton

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 3 May 2017 at 10:04
Billy Mann

Five-day project led by Headway East London to feature events, talks and exhibitions

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Katy Taylor – inspiring lessons for aspiring flutists, pianists and recorder players

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 2 May 2017 at 16:40

Hackney-based classically trained musician offers musical, technical and theoretical support on the flute, as well as piano and recorder lessons

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Quick draw: Turner winner Jeremy Deller hands out ‘golden paintbrush’ prize in art competition

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 2 May 2017 at 13:25
“More like a club night”: Art Battle III in action. Photograph: Carlotta Goulden

Raucous Shoreditch live art competition Art Battle III combined competitive drawing with music and cabaret for a unique night out

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Hundreds of pounds worth of equipment stolen from Hackney Family Cycling community project

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 2 May 2017 at 11:20
Pinched: some of Hackney Family Cycling's missing equipment

The London Fields group have set up a GoFundMe page to replace bikes, a twin child trailer and four rear children’s seats

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Local community football team Hackney Wick FC to turn semi-pro

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 28 April 2017 at 17:00
Wick-ed game: Hackney Wick Fc's first XI. Photograph: Bobby Kasanga

The side are set to merge with Newham-based London Bari FC, but a lack of quality football grounds mean they won’t be playing in Hackney

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Art beyond borders: Affordable Art Fair returns in celebration of the art world’s internationalism

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 28 April 2017 at 15:51
Detail from Indian Woman #CosmicChange by Natasha Kumar. Image: Affordable Art Fair

The fair will bring together more international galleries than ever before to celebrate the relationship between art and travel

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Alexandra Savior @ Oslo, Hackney Central, live music review: “vulnerability and strength”

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 28 April 2017 at 15:08
Alexandra Saviour "theatrically cowering down behind the mic. Photograph: Casey Cooper-Fiske

The hotly tipped American steps out of the Shadow of Alex Turner’s side-project with a brief but mesmerising show

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Hackney student and CAFOD volunteer to meet Pope Francis at environmental conference

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 28 April 2017 at 12:59
Pope-ular: Sandra Iheanacho will meet up with the Holy Father and other volunteers in Portugal. Photograph: CAFOD

The three day event in Fátima, Portugal will feature workshops and other events based on sustainability, inspired by the Pope’s words on climate change

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