Young people’s use of sexual health clinics ‘significantly higher’ in Hackney
Public health analysis reveals spike in STI-related support following closure of local sexual health information service
Read MoreEcologist ‘proud’ as new species of bee and wasp discovered at Olympic Park
A survey of wildlife at the 102-hectare site has left experts buzzing
Read MoreHamad Butt: Apprehensions, Whitechapel Gallery, exhibition review: ‘A salutary reminder’
The artist, who died of AIDS in 1994 aged just 32, takes the ‘hazards of deadly disease as a central focus’
Read MoreHaggerston cafe’s booze licence survival plan sparks concern from neighbours
Bread & Butter wants to stay open until 11pm every day except Sunday, but locals fear children would be ‘intimidated’
Read MoreHackney children exposed to verbal abuse could face long-term mental health effects
Charities and pscychologists call on schools and MPs to take action
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Woodland escapes
In need of a day out after a music tour around Europe, our columnist was inspired to pen a list of the best tree-filled trips within an hour of Hackney
Read MoreBing Bong Pizza, Morning Lane, food review: ‘Stuffed after six slices’
Bing Bong Pizza, from inside a cocktail bar, offers up nonna-style pies in ‘gloriously sleazy surroundings’
Read More‘Art for the people’: How Dalston’s enduring peace mural captured a community
Hackney History Festival revisits radical, melancholy chronicle of iconic artwork never seen by its author
Read MoreTitbits – Tale of two halves
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreAir conditioning fault caused fire at Mossbourne school – not arson
London Fire Brigade had initially been unable to rule out a deliberate act
Read MoreHunger across Hackney reaches record high – as food bank calls for help
Latest national figures show charities are distributing a food parcel every 11 seconds in the UK
Read MoreLabour stalwart elected as Hackney Speaker for third time
Cllr Sharon Patrick was chosen to wear the gold chain at the council’s AGM this month
Read MoreFormer Hackney councillor cleared of sexually assaulting a child
Lee Laudat-Scott was also found not guilty of sexually assaulting a man
Read MoreV&A East Storehouse to open this weekend – with a ‘huge trove’ of treasures to comb through
The Citizen was given a peek inside the museum’s huge depository, which members of the public can peruse from 31 May
Read MoreQuestions raised over KC-led ‘independent’ review into Mossbourne schools
Probe led by a King’s Counsel asks parents to submit evidence – but report’s findings will not be shared with them
Read MorePopular Hackney soft play centre launches £60k fundraiser to kit out new home
Clapton’s Kidzmania says the money will ‘go a long way to making sure the space is as enjoyable as possible’
Read MoreNew local heritage website reveals Hackney’s hidden history
Historic England’s hub provides facts and photographs for more than 400 locations across the country
Read MoreWatchdog says Town Hall ‘positivity’ blocked ‘real reflection’ over housing failures
Ombudsman says Hackney Council ‘overstated’ improvements and was hindered by poor scrutiny and oversight
Read MoreMayor joins vigil marking ‘grief and horror’ of Middle East conflict
Caroline Woodley gives emotional speech at Clapton Common in response to Israel-Palestine war
Read More‘Gaslighting’: Disabled man trapped in flat for months slams landlord over rehousing delays
Malcolm Cripps was ‘traumatised’ after being unable to leave his building last year but is still in the same property
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