Hackney Citizen

Number of young people looked after by the council sees almost 60 per cent increase over past five years

Six-week-old Edward is being ‘well looked after’ by foster carers, but a court ruling on his future care is expected by April

Series of events at Hackney Museum this weekend sheds light on the Indian nannies abandoned by British families after being brought to the UK

A triple bill celebrating the life and work of choreographer Isadora Duncan was ‘unexpected, layered and challenging’

Our resident food historian on Tudor banquets, Mantel, and the two Thomases

Kate Poland on how we can reduce rubbish in the garden

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

The Home Office could learn from Hackney’s handling of Windrush – now, after a very public snub, we’ll see if it really has the willing

Private company draws distinction between ‘routine sickness’ and fears around COVID-19 in response to open letter from politicians and unions

Deputy Mayor joins campaigners invoicing government over funding gap as uncertainty over future position continues

Empty home owners asked to become landlords for homeless families as premiums set to rise to 200% from April

The autistic artist’s first solo show is the revealing culmination of a three-year project on neurodiversity

Former Galvin chef Gabriel Waterhouse’s tasting menu delivers, but prepare to ‘flex your talking-to-new-people muscle’

Christopher Green’s meta play ‘successfully explores the agony of the artist who must bare themselves to a room full of strangers’

Hackney Mayor says estate’s families waiting for housing would be ‘let down’ if attempts to prevent hall’s demolition succeed

Team focused on moving families into private rented sector accommodation embedded in housing needs services

Unite calls on councillors to persuade contractor APCOA to ‘negotiate in good faith’ following breakup of talks

Family seeks end to ‘society’s obsession with policing black hair’ as councillor calls on schools to celebrate World Afro Day

Mayor announces ‘regrettable’ 3.99 per cent rise in council tax rate as uncertainty over future of government funding continues

Part autobiography, part travelogue, this debut by the Hackney-based author sees her attempt to conquer her phobia of fish by swimming with the biggest one of all

Council to restructure supported living for young people as service struggles with demand

Social workers appeal to family of baby abandoned in Dalston to come forward

Former refuge for colonial ayahs in Hackney shortlisted for blue plaque

Isadora Now, Barbican, dance review: ‘Mesmerising showcase of an extraordinary woman’s legacy’

Feast for the eyes

The Citizen Gardener: ‘There is no waste in nature’

Titbits – Trump fans and Diane’s plans

Leader – Clipped wings

Unions celebrate as ‘special measures’ announced for hospital cleaners’ pay over coronavirus

‘This has to be fixed’: Town Hall bosses raise alarm on SEND funding

Town Hall to hike up council tax on empty homes in ‘carrot and stick’ approach

Sharif Persaud: Have You Ever Had, Autograph ABP: ‘Fake sneezing, gangrene – a fascination with the corporeal’

The Waterhouse Project, Mare Street, food review: ‘Supper club fine dining that’s all very un-London’

No Show, Yard Theatre, stage review: ‘Slices of satire and silliness’

Frampton Park residents to defend ‘irreplaceable’ community hall

Move On Team absorbed back into ‘mainstream’ council housing service

Union calls for council to bring traffic wardens in-house as further strikes threatened

Debate around natural hair reaches Town Hall as Williams family call for law change

Town Hall pledges no council tax for poorest families by 2030 in ‘steady as she goes’ budget

We Swim to the Shark, Georgie Codd, book review: ‘Subtle insight into the inner psyche and the natural world’