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Stik art sale raises £32,500 at Christie’s auction for Hope charity at Homerton Hospital

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 19 May 2016 at 17:02
Sleeping Baby artworks

‘I never expected we’d get so much,’ said Stik

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Four jailed for murder of Hoxton teenager Marcel Addai

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 19 May 2016 at 11:57

Brutal knife attack an example of the ‘terrible grip gang culture has on young men who embrace it’

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‘Queen’s Tea Party’ thrown for Hackney Deaf Children’s Society

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 18 May 2016 at 16:57

Staff from AOL get on board to raise awareness of the issues facing deaf youngsters in the borough

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Venting about renting in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 18 May 2016 at 16:35
A Hackney-based participant in #VentyourRent. Photograph: Twitter

Twitter campaign illustrates that depth of feeling over housing woes goes deeper than a hashtag

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Will Volley, Hackney graphic novelist and creator of The Opportunity – interview

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 18 May 2016 at 11:35

Comics artist Will Volley may have the perfect pitch for his new graphic novel – selling door-to-door

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Will Volley, Hackney graphic novelist and creator of The Opportunity – interview

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 18 May 2016 at 11:35

Comics artist Will Volley may have the perfect pitch for his new graphic novel – selling door-to-door

The post Will Volley, Hackney graphic novelist and creator of The Opportunity – interview appeared first on East End Review.

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‘Hidden’ report reveals air pollution at 27 Hackney schools over EU limits

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 18 May 2016 at 11:04

Primary schools in most deprived boroughs – including Hackney – tend on average to be more exposed to poor air quality, report finds

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Campaigners to get their day in court over council thumbs-up for Wireless festival

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 17 May 2016 at 17:16
Tom Palin

High Court judge to consider Friends of Finsbury Park’s case in June

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All aboard! Lea Bridge Station reopens after 31 years

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 17 May 2016 at 12:26

Lea Bridge station, which was closed in 1985, has reopened to passengers

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Boceto review, Hackney Central: Spanish class

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 17 May 2016 at 10:49

Traditional tapas and kooky cocktails are the order of the day at this relaxed Mare Street eatery

The post Boceto review, Hackney Central: Spanish class appeared first on East End Review.

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Slave’s Lament – an art film with "raw immediacy" from Mile End auteur

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 16 May 2016 at 14:07

A Robert Burns song is given a reggae makeover in a film by Matt’s Gallery artist Graham Fagen

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Titbits – hipster brewing, Twitter pruning and the canine Tony Hawk

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 16 May 2016 at 11:13
Titbits bird

Read the column that pecks at the crumbs of what’s going on in the borough…

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Rio Cinema workers to strike over living wage and redundancies

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 14 May 2016 at 20:44
Rio Cinema, Dalston

Staff at the Dalston cinema are demanding to be paid the London Living Wage

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Stik’s NHS artworks to be auctioned in aid of Homerton Hospital

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 13 May 2016 at 17:42
Sleeping Baby artworks

Graffiti artist hopes to raise thousands of pounds for the hospital which he says was once ‘an essential place of my survival network’

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Rio Cinema workers to strike over living wage and redundancies

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 13 May 2016 at 16:58

Workers at the Dalston cinema are demanding to be paid the London Living Wage

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Hackney environmental lawyers welcome London Mayor’s vow to combat air pollution

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 13 May 2016 at 16:33
London Mayor Sadiq Khan

‘Today’s announcement should send a clear message to the UK government,’ says ClientEarth

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Four found guilty of Marcel Addai gang murder

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 13 May 2016 at 13:03

Hoxton gang members face life in prison over fatal knife attack on teenager

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Government spends over £100,000 fighting air pollution case against Hackney lawyers

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 12 May 2016 at 17:05

Department of Environment and Rural Affairs spent at least £105,000 of taxpayers’ money in court challenges over illegal air pollution

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People want terraces not tower blocks, says housing crisis expert

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 12 May 2016 at 10:25
Create Streets has worked on plans to develop Mount Pleasant. Watercolour by Francis Terry

We don’t have to build up to solve London’s housing crisis, says co-founder of research institute

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Azealia Banks axed from Hackney music festival after racist rant at Zayn Malik

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 11 May 2016 at 18:42

US rapper was due to perform at Rinse Born & Bred festival in Haggerston Park, but has been told she’s no longer welcome after Twitter meltdown

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