Hackney Mayor slams ‘relentless attack’ as council’s budget slashed
Hackney hardest hit London borough as DCLG cuts funding by 6.3 per cent
Read MoreMerry Christmas from the Hackney Citizen!
Big thanks to all our readers, contributors and everyone who has supported us over the past year
Read MoreHackney photographer Stephen Gill publishes two new books
Two very different topics – weddings and pigeons – are the subjects of Stephen Gill’s most recent photo books
Read MorePaddington Bear statue decapitated in Shoreditch
Statue of Paddington made by 13 year-old for NSPPC auction suffers unbearable loss
Read MoreMakerscafe: taking beans to another dimension
Half ‘maker-space’, half cafe lets customers turn ideas into 3D reality
Read MorePrimary school daubed with swastika graffiti for second time in a week
Police are investigating after anti-Semitic graffiti appears outside Jubilee Primary School in Cazenove
Read MorePersonal details of 15,000 council tenants published online in data leak
Council apologises after botched FoI request sees spreadsheet of personal information leaked online
Read MoreHackney Picturehouse scoops ‘Scrooge award’ for scrimping on living wage
Cinema gets ‘gift of coal’ from Citizens UK campaigners while ‘Living Wage Champions’ Sugru celebrated
Read MoreNew band Telegram make music their message
Four-piece Telegram are out to show there’s more ways than one to become a success
Read MoreHackney style stars in ‘people’s history’ of British fashion
Book providing visual timeline of British fashion from 1950s draws heavily on East London
Read MoreSecret Cinema to hold charity screening to protest against The Interview hackers
Filmgoers asked to wear dark suits and bring a gift to secret charity screening held simultaneously in East London, Rome and San Francisco
Read MoreMan in hospital after building collapses during basement excavation work
Man thought to be construction worker taken to hospital after being injured on Malvern Road site
Read MoreVictory for New Era estate as Westbrook sells to charitable foundation
New owners Dolphin Square Foundation say they wish to ‘develop a rent policy that is demonstrably fair’
Read MoreBuilders discover time capsule on site of Queen Elizabeth Children’s Hospital
Capsule found by Rydon workers on site of former hospital provides ‘snapshot of life’ from 1902
Read MoreHaving an Ethiopian feast in Hackney
Gillian Riley discovers the unique culinary heritage of Africa’s oldest independent country
Read MoreThird man charged with murder of student Joseph Burke-Monerville
19 year-old London Met student was shot in the head as he sat in a parked car in Lower Clapton
Read MoreThurston Moore: 'London reveals itself really personally to everybody who lives here'
Former Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore talks about moving to Stoke Newington and starting over with a new group
Read MoreHow to raise a happy dog in the city
Stoke Newington author and dog-trainer provides canine counsel with tips on how to make sure a city dog is a happy one
Read MoreFather jailed for murdering partner and baby daughter in ‘horrific’ attack
Roland McKoy killed partner Valerie Forde and 22-month old daughter Real-Jahzara McKoy with machete and screwdriver
Read MoreNight shelters to give food and warmth to homeless over Christmas
Donations needed for Hackney Winter Night Shelter and Spitalfields Crypt Trust
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