Pubs, cafes and markets face massive fee hikes
Local businesses protest over council plans to raise street trading charges
Read MoreWave goodbye to Ocean: new cinema on way
Picturehouse to open in Mare Street later this year
Read MoreNeighbours oppose Clapton pub development plans
Campaigners launch petition to save artistic and musical hub
Read MoreOlympics Anish Kapoor tower hopes to attract 1m visitors a year
Organisers expect sculpture to become one of London’s most loved attractions
Read MoreWoman, 92, suffers broken hip during robbery
Bag is snatched as attacker follows his victim home after a shopping trip
Read MoreWoman glassed in face on night out nearly loses eye
Police are appealing for witnesses to attack on the dance floor
Read MoreHackney duo jailed for possession of guns
Pistol, handgun and ammunition found in offenders’ car and at home in the wardrobe
Read MorePolice appeal for witnesses to New Year’s Day shooting in Clapton
23 year old man is in a stable condition after being shot in the chest outside Olympia Eatery, Upper Clapton Road
Read MoreLast chance to See ‘N’ Make
Till Saturday 8 January 2011, Hackney Central Library
Read MoreCharity’s struggle to meet demand for essentials of cookers, carpets and coats
Every week, Family Action volunteers scrutinise increasingly urgent and bleak applications for emergency welfare grants
Read MoreGilbert & George collect sex workers’ cards for latest works
Artists’ exhibition revisits ‘postcard art’ of their early careers
Read MoreHappy New Year from the Hackney Citizen!
We wish all our readers, contributors and supporters the very best for 2011
Read MoreNew Year’s Eve: a survival guide
It could be the biggest party of the year, a night to remember where you party till dawn. Or it could all go horribly wrong. Here are 20 tips to help you avoid a New Year’s Eve to forget
Read MoreWin a London 2012 Olympic coin by Hackney designer Pravin Dewdhory
In conjunction with the Royal Mint, we are giving away five of these collectors’ items
Read MoreFashion designer Katharine Hamnett and local heroes make Hackney New Year’s Honours list
Ten local residents are recognised for their achievements and service
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 MoreSt Mungo’s praise for Hackney Winter Night Shelter volunteers
The borough’s homeless need local residents’ goodwill and more long term support, says charity’s director
Read MoreHackney MP praises government action to end detention of children in asylum centres
Diane Abbott welcomes a possible ‘culture shift’ within the immigration system as a key Liberal Democrat manifesto commitment is honoured
Read MoreHackney student caught with gun and ammo stash jailed for 5 years
Hiding a weapon on behalf of someone else is no defence, warn police
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