Hackney Citizen

Sue Comitti awarded British Empire Medal – just months after celebrating 50 years of public service

Jay Vaughan’s Family Futures has worked with more than a thousand children

The Hackney author’s third novel is ‘one to put on your summer reading list’

Utility giant says it stopped the work in Woodberry Down when it became aware of nesting activity

Locals in shock after the flowers they had planted around street trees were pulled up

Transport for London says actual number could be even higher because workplace violence is ‘underreported’

London Assembly transport spokesperson says new figures reinforce need for ‘robust regulation’

Crowds took to the streets earlier in the month when police attempted to arrest a driver in Dalston

Housing Ombudsman orders Town Hall to pay the woman £1,500 in compensation

Safia Sangster selected to lead team of four to Berlin to negotiate youth manifesto

Acting chief executive Dylan Jones urges patients to get in touch with concerns after staff shortages forced the hospital to pause treatment

Medics say virus ‘does not spread easily’ and the risk to the general population is ‘low’

Henny Beaumont – inspired by her daughter, who has Down’s Syndrome – is teaming up with businesses for a public exhibition in July featuring work by people with disabilities

There’s an impressive buzz around Louis Korovilas’s new venture, but it’s missing some individuality

De Beauvoir voters will be going to the polls again once by-election is called

Operation to clamp down on street robberies involving scooters escalated into ‘violent scenes’

Council ‘needs to act now and create a School Street’

‘I would like it if food bank distribution centres had a way to pay for fuel donations’

L to R clinical leads Gemma Davies, Gemma Evans at Hackney vaccination centre with Jane Tyler, vaccines volunteering manager, Volunteer Centre Hackney

The plans and operational paperwork will be kept available, should future public health officials need to learn lessons from the two-year crisis

‘Instead of tackling the cost of living crisis, today’s proposals showed the Government seems bizarrely preoccupied’

‘Lovely surprise’: Hackney’s long-serving libraries manager recognised in Queen’s honours

‘Hugely influential’: Local adoption agency founder awarded MBE in Jubilee honours

These Streets, Luan Goldie, book review: ‘Unsparing reflection on the dark side of gentrification’

‘Disastrous’: Thames Water under pressure after residents spot trees being felled during nesting season

‘Why destroy a beautiful wildlife corridor?’ Residents question Hackney Council over ‘weeding’ of tree pits

Tube workers were abused almost 250 times a month during the pandemic, new figures show

‘Concerning’: More than 500 injuries caused by e-scooter collisions in London last year

Delivery couriers stage rousing protest against ‘excessive policing’ in Hackney

Woman lived with mould and damp for two years after ‘unacceptable’ delays at Hackney Council

Hackney local heads up UK delegation for G7 Youth Summit – and presents list of demands to German Chancellor

Homerton Hospital boss warns it will take ‘months, not weeks’ to replace staff at beleaguered fertility unit

Six patients with monkeypox are being treated at Homerton Hospital

Celebrated cartoonist to shine light on people who feel invisible with Hackney art trail

Noci, Islington Green, food review: ‘Bubbling atmosphere but a lack of Italian flair’

Newly-elected Hackney Labour councillor Tom Dewey resigns

‘Violent disorder’ at Dalston protest: Met’s ‘disproportionate and inflammatory approach’ raises concerns over policing – again

Parents call for measures to tackle speeding motor traffic outside Hackney New School

Calls for energy pre-payment meters in public places to help families in need with fuel bills

Saved for next time: Covid documents to be archived for ‘future generations’

‘Populist hobby horses rather than tackling the cost of living crisis’ – Mayor responds to Queen’s Speech