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Dalston resident among those fighting bid to start Brexit without vote of MPs

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 15 November 2016 at 15:06
Chowdhury outside the Royal Courts of Justice. Could a law career beckon? Photograph: Tahmid Chowdhury/Twitter

Tahmid Chowdhury, aged just 22, was an interested party in ‘R v The Secretary of State for Exiting the EU’ and plans to attend at least two days of the appeal

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Christmas at Hackney House – everything you need to party with cheer and spirit

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 15 November 2016 at 15:00

The cool and versatile venue in the heart of Shoreditch offers inclusive packages from £48 per person, not to mention free prosecco for Monday – Wednesday revellers…

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Charity launches project to prevent sexual abuse of boys in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 15 November 2016 at 14:32
Rich Faulding from Stop It Before It Starts

Barnados is looking to improve the safeguarding of vulnerable boys and young men in the borough

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Nazi swastikas painted on vans outside Jewish school in Stamford Hill

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 15 November 2016 at 13:02
Swastikas were discovered painted on vans on Monday morning. Photograph: Shomrim

Community safety chief acknowledges need for reassurance following spate of incidents, but councillor cautions against giving crimes too much publicity

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Win a pair of tickets to ‘A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer’ at the National Theatre!

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 14 November 2016 at 17:16
"...big anthems, shiny costumes, blood, tears and real cancer patients" - A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer.

Expect big anthems, shiny costumes, blood, tears and real cancer patients in this heartbreaking musical

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London Fields residents welcome decision to shelve homes plan

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 14 November 2016 at 16:30
'Welcome move': Julian Blake

London Fields West LLP last month submitted a planning application – since withdrawn to erect a four-and-a-half storey building containing three flats

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Removal Men, The Yard Theatre, review: ‘at its best worthy of Joe Orton’

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 14 November 2016 at 12:20

An Immigration Removal Centre is the setting for a new play at the Yard Theatre that explores a ‘crisis of compassion’ in society, through song, dance and caustic-whimsical dialogue

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Warning of ‘Croydonisation’ of Hackney Central under council’s ‘masterplan’ vision

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 14 November 2016 at 11:46
Laurie Elks. Photograph: Jordan Milne

Champions of historic buildings say council’s vision for future of area could strip away protections for St Augustine’s Tower and the surrounding ‘oasis’

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Pentonville Prison escapee James Anthony Whitlock arrested in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 14 November 2016 at 10:40
James Anthony Whitlock. Photograph: Metropolitan Police

Fugitive arrested at address in Shepherds Lane, Homerton, yesterday afternoon after escaping from jail earlier this month

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Pretty F*cking Good Toast at Machine No. 3, restaurant review, Hackney Central – a masterclass in sourcing

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 12 November 2016 at 14:30
The Smoked Haddock toast, paired with Beavertown's Lupuloid.

The bar at the end of Well Street has teamed up with a toast-master for an excellent pop-up that runs until the end of November

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Hackney Walk: Residents demand action over ‘horrendous alarms’ and ‘endless pop-up parties’

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 11 November 2016 at 16:24
Mehetabel Road residents at the Chesham Arms pub, where they met to discuss the problems

Much-vaunted fashion hub accused of ‘breaking promises about noise and light pollution’ as council ‘drags its feet’

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Campaigners demand ‘mini Holland’ in Hackney after Walthamstow success

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 11 November 2016 at 15:36
london fields cycleway

Council accused of ‘wasting an opportunity’ to trial a similar traffic reduction scheme in London Fields

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Concert pitch – Hackney’s gig guide for November

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 10 November 2016 at 18:00
Cosmic Strip. Photograph: Family PR

We sieve out some of the best live music picks for this month

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A hotly anticipated UK debut from Taiwanese dance sensation

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 10 November 2016 at 16:51
Cloud Gate 2

Cloud Gate 2, the sister company of the renowned Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan make their highly anticipated UK debut with a thrilling triple bill of dance at Sadler’s Wells later this month.

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Mysteries unearthed in Shoreditch excavation of Shakespeare’s Curtain Theatre

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 10 November 2016 at 11:44
Archeologists excavating the site of The Curtain Theatre

‘Unusual passageway’ discovered under stage where first actors to play Romeo and Juliet trod the boards

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Burglars strike again at Black Cat Cafe – just weeks after last break in

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 10 November 2016 at 10:21
Broken glass at the Black Cat. Photo: JustGiving

Oli Dunk, a chef at the popular Clarence Road vegan eatery, said he arrived this morning to find windows shattered, adding: ‘I’m gutted’

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‘That’s the way to do it!’ Shoreditch gallery radically reworks seaside puppet show

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 9 November 2016 at 16:20

Artists Jonathan Baldock and Emma Hart bring out the sinister edge of the popular children’s show that some claim makes light of domestic violence

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Britannia Leisure Centre given £300,000 refit – despite plans to knock it down

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 9 November 2016 at 15:03
The Britannia leisure centre is located on the edge of Shoreditch Park

Pat Turnbull from the Save Britannia Leisure Centre campaign says facility will be sacrificed for homes to be sold at market rate

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Council weighs up temporary school plans for Haggerston ‘parkland’ as campaigners set out alternative vision

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 9 November 2016 at 12:58
The Audrey Street depot site

Planning committee set to decide tonight whether to grant permission to create temporary school premises on the disputed site

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Council apologises to Dalston resident Jacqueline Kent for delays in fixing mould hell

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 9 November 2016 at 11:02
Saying sorry: Councillor Clayeon Mckenzie

Clayeon McKenzie says sorry to Jacqueline Kent after the Hackney Citizen raised her case with the council

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