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Young people’s use of sexual health clinics ‘significantly higher’ in Hackney

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 4 June 2025 at 19:12

Public health analysis reveals spike in STI-related support following closure of local sexual health information service

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Ecologist ‘proud’ as new species of bee and wasp discovered at Olympic Park

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 4 June 2025 at 14:24

A survey of wildlife at the 102-hectare site has left experts buzzing

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Hamad Butt: Apprehensions, Whitechapel Gallery, exhibition review: ‘A salutary reminder’

By Sarah Birch | Wednesday 4 June 2025 at 08:07

The artist, who died of AIDS in 1994 aged just 32, takes the ‘hazards of deadly disease as a central focus’

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Haggerston cafe’s booze licence survival plan sparks concern from neighbours

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 3 June 2025 at 18:58

Bread & Butter wants to stay open until 11pm every day except Sunday, but locals fear children would be ‘intimidated’

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Hackney children exposed to verbal abuse could face long-term mental health effects

By Ellie Hammonds | Tuesday 3 June 2025 at 13:32

Charities and pscychologists call on schools and MPs to take action

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The Citizen Gardener: Woodland escapes

By Daniel Burke | Friday 30 May 2025 at 11:32

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

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Bing Bong Pizza, Morning Lane, food review: ‘Stuffed after six slices’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 30 May 2025 at 11:26

Bing Bong Pizza, from inside a cocktail bar, offers up nonna-style pies in ‘gloriously sleazy surroundings’

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‘Art for the people’: How Dalston’s enduring peace mural captured a community

By Josef Steen | Friday 30 May 2025 at 11:11

Hackney History Festival revisits radical, melancholy chronicle of iconic artwork never seen by its author

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Titbits – Tale of two halves

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 30 May 2025 at 10:23
Titbits bird

Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

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Air conditioning fault caused fire at Mossbourne school – not arson

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 30 May 2025 at 10:19

London Fire Brigade had initially been unable to rule out a deliberate act

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Hunger across Hackney reaches record high – as food bank calls for help

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 30 May 2025 at 10:11

Latest national figures show charities are distributing a food parcel every 11 seconds in the UK

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Labour stalwart elected as Hackney Speaker for third time

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 30 May 2025 at 10:06

Cllr Sharon Patrick was chosen to wear the gold chain at the council’s AGM this month

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Former Hackney councillor cleared of sexually assaulting a child

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 30 May 2025 at 10:00

Lee Laudat-Scott was also found not guilty of sexually assaulting a man

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V&A East Storehouse to open this weekend – with a ‘huge trove’ of treasures to comb through

By Sarah Birch | Thursday 29 May 2025 at 14:38

The Citizen was given a peek inside the museum’s huge depository, which members of the public can peruse from 31 May

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Questions raised over KC-led ‘independent’ review into Mossbourne schools

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 28 May 2025 at 09:32
Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy

Probe led by a King’s Counsel asks parents to submit evidence – but report’s findings will not be shared with them

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Popular Hackney soft play centre launches £60k fundraiser to kit out new home

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 28 May 2025 at 08:13

Clapton’s Kidzmania says the money will ‘go a long way to making sure the space is as enjoyable as possible’

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New local heritage website reveals Hackney’s hidden history

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 27 May 2025 at 18:15

Historic England’s hub provides facts and photographs for more than 400 locations across the country

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Watchdog says Town Hall ‘positivity’ blocked ‘real reflection’ over housing failures

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Saturday 24 May 2025 at 17:29

Ombudsman says Hackney Council ‘overstated’ improvements and was hindered by poor scrutiny and oversight

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Mayor joins vigil marking ‘grief and horror’ of Middle East conflict

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 23 May 2025 at 18:44

Caroline Woodley gives emotional speech at Clapton Common in response to Israel-Palestine war

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‘Gaslighting’: Disabled man trapped in flat for months slams landlord over rehousing delays

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 23 May 2025 at 18:24

Malcolm Cripps was ‘traumatised’ after being unable to leave his building last year but is still in the same property

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