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Read MoreCompetition – win pair of tickets to Crown and Shuttle’s New Year’s Eve bash
No plans yet for New Year’s Eve? Enter to bag place at rocking party
Read MoreJudges reject Hackney Council’s bid to halt fire station closure
Kingsland Fire Station to close next month after Town Hall fails to secure judicial review
Read MoreOld East Enders by Jane Cox – review
Book traces history of area from Neolithic times until dawn of Georgian era
Read MoreHomeless victim of fatal assault Miro Glaza remembered at vigil
Police appeal for information after death of Polish man left unconscious in street
Read MoreAnger at fly-tipped waste on Mabley Green
Waste dumped on green near Hackney Marshes appalls community leader
Read MoreThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – review
The second installment of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy is an action-filled fantasy adventure
Read MoreSkylodge – review
Roof top bar Skylodge offers grilled food, warming tipples and music
Read MoreBest of Hackney 2013 winners announced!
The Hackney Citizen reveals the names of local businesses that have come out top in the first annual Best of Hackney awards
Read MoreTravellers given 24 hours to vacate Mabley Green
Notice to leave site near Hackney Marshes is cut after evidence of fly-tipping found
Read MoreCat and Mutton pub closes
Time called on Broadway Market drinking hole
Read MoreLucky Me opens its doors in Hackney Wick
New venue sets up shop in converted glass factory with promise of showing live music and experimental art
Read MoreHackney Labour’s leaflets claim pioneering living wage status
How accurate are boasts that Hackney Council will soon be at the forefront of implementing fairer pay?
Read MoreSquatters evicted from 195 Mare Street
Occupiers forced out after High Court hearing brought by developer Chris Sturdy Design and Build
Read MoreMarshland: Dreams and Nightmares on the Edge of London – review
Writer Gareth Rees teams up with illustrator Ada Jusic to produce strikingly original new book
Read MoreWildlife charity appeals for information on crossbow criminal
Attacks on Hackney waterfowl ‘very concerning’ says RSPB
Read MoreHackney Council criticised for spending £40,000 to spray pavements with glyphosate
Town Hall to continue using weed-killer despite fears about impact on wildlife and humans
Read MoreControversial Sainsbury’s application passed (again) by Hackney Council
Campaigners begin letter-writing drive against development in Stoke Newington
Read MoreWe’ll play no part in ‘biased’ standards committee, say Hackney Conservatives
Tories withdraw from group they brand ‘nakedly partisan’
Read MoreNow open: Ophelia, Hackney’s newest theatre
Dalston venue hosts production of Absence by Tim Cook
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