Two choices for Haggerston Baths’ future – but pool hopes vanish down plughole
Mayor urges residents to get involved in new consultation before final decision is made
Read MoreHackney law centre ‘thrilled’ by Lady Fraser donation
Author gifts £500 to legal charity in memory of her late husband, local-born playwright Harold Pinter
Read MoreJailed: retired Stoke Newington vicar who abused choirboy
Cyril Ashton Rowe sentenced to four years in prison for crimes committed in 1970s and 1980s
Read More‘Small wins give us confidence’, say business rates campaigners
Mayor welcomes budget measures but local trader says government is still ‘punishing’ small businesses
Read MoreHackney Showroom announces JOY & DISSENT: A festival of cultural activism from 27 March – 9 April
To celebrate their 2nd birthday, creative and cultural space Hackney Showroom has put together an outstanding programme of cutting edge new performance, bringing together 20 new shows & 80 artists
Read MoreThree sheets to the wind: we take a wine-centric look at a trio of new local eateries
Quaffs were taken at Whitechapel Refectory (the cafe located inside the Whitechapel Gallery) as well as Newcomer Wines and Furanxo, both on Dalston Lane
Read MoreMichael Jackson auditions coming to Hackney Empire
Motown the Musical at the Shaftesbury Theatre looking for young local talent with ‘moves like Michael’
Read MoreThe Writer’s Shed: a ‘cabin in the woods’ in the heart of London
Within the Victorian houses that surround London Fields is a hidden design gem, tailor-made for one
Read MoreLetter – “stark inequalities” remain this International Women’s Day
London Assembly Member Jennette Arnold OBE writes to the Citizen with some troubling statistics and her thoughts on relationship education
Read MorePolice cuts will risk safety of Hackney residents, warns Mayor Glanville
Town Hall wants a fairer deal for London as crime spikes in the borough for the first time in years
Read MoreVIDEO: Palm 2 shopkeeper suffers brutal crowbar assault in attempted robbery
Police issue CCTV footage of the “savage attack” and appeal for witnesses to come forward
Read MorePetition opposing business rates hike handed to Downing Street
‘The sheer severity of the impact on areas like Hackney is unjustifiable’, warns Mayor Philip Glanville
Read MoreHackney Citizen shortlisted for prestigious Niche Market Newspaper of the Year award
Winner will be announced in early April at ceremony at the Lancaster London hotel
Read MoreHamlet, Almeida Theatre, review: method and madness
The N1 theatre stages the tragedy with a variety of bells & whistles that make for a stylish production
Read MoreEduardo Paolozzi @ Whitechapel Gallery, review: Mixed media magnificence
The Scottish-born artist’s work covered an astonishing range of styles and media – our reviewer visited Whitechapel to take it all in
Read MoreRapist got married hours after horrific attack near Victoria Park
Derry McCann was released early from prison after being convicted for a similarly brutal attack in 2006
Read MoreNew film Century: 10 Women x 10 Decades to hit Hackney Central on International Women’s Day
A new documentary produced in line with the 106th annual celebration will be screened at the Hackney Attic on 8 March
Read MoreDalston’s Eastern Curve Garden under threat
Regeneration plans slammed as Town Hall launches consultation
Read MoreTitbits – procurement, pineapple on pizza, and a proud ‘kipper
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – LD50 Gallery’s warped logic must be defeated by intellect, not bans
LD50’s guest speakers’ statements are repulsive and chilling, but while they remain on right side of law care must be taken not to martyr them
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