Clarence Road shop keeper Siva Kandiah re-opens after Hackney riots
A local trader and his family celebrate with supporters as his store throws open its doors again
Read MoreWhich way to East Wick?
Hackney is to get a new neighbourhood which will be built on the site of the Olympic Park after the 2012 Games
Read More‘Bully boy’ charity accused of crippling Well Street traders
Charity landlord refuses to back down on massive rent rises as traders claim they are being hounded for speaking out against church-based organisation
Read MoreHackney Council pumps taxpayer millions into tobacco firms
Anti-smoking campaigners angry at Town Hall tobacco investments. ‘Everyone does it’ response from council as it promotes smoke-free kids’ play area
Read MoreA-level results: university places all round at school in riot-hit area
Days after the riots, the picture is very different at Mossbourne academy in Hackney
Read MoreGet water wise, says Hackney Friends of the Earth
Climate change can bring both drought and flash flooding. A local environmental campaign group explains what we can do to make the most of our water
Read MoreHackney to be twinned with Scarborough for Olympic events
The borough is partnering with a North Yorkshire seaside town for a series of cultural and sporting activities
Read MoreThe Yard Theatre: a performers’ paradise
The Citizen finds out more about this recently-opened Hackney Wick venue
Read MoreHackney-grown salad praised in national food awards
Growing Communities’ organic produce is ‘highly commended’ by the Soil Association
Read MoreAfter the Hackney riots: community holds tea party in Clarence Road
Church and community groups organise a get-together exactly a week after the borough’s disturbances
Read MoreSarah’s Key – review
A journalist uncovers a secret while researching a story about the deportattion of Jews in Paris during WW2
Read MoreShacklewell Arms gets new hands
Uber-cool DJs, top bands and ‘secret’ performances have transformed an old-style music pub. The Citizen meets those behind the change
Read MoreHackney WickED Art Festival 2011 – review
This popular three day extravaganza drew thousands of art and music lovers to Hackney Wick and Fish Island last month. The Citizen explores the galleries
Read MoreHackney: ‘these riots were about lack of opportunity’ – video
Channel 4 video: a local filmmaker talks to two members of a gang about possible reasons for the riot and their relationship with the police
Read MoreInterview: Joe Dunthorne on his new book, Wild Abandon
The Hackney author discusses his second novel, which readers have greeted with acclaim
Read MoreHappy Kitchen: Hackney foodie heaven
A new eatery in London Fields leads the way in health-giving, sustainable, ethical food
Read MoreYoung, gifted and back
Kids are coming back to sport as Olympics organisers target couch potato youngsters with enticing outdoor events aimed at reversing negative associations with regimented PE lessons
Read MoreHackney riots: ‘The message when youth clubs close is that no one cares’
Half the borough’s children live in poverty. Missing, too, are the summer courses that kept minds and hands busy
Read MoreWhat caused the Hackney riots? Local residents speak out
“These teenagers have got nothing better to do… they think that they’re well hard”
Read MoreUK riots: don’t shut these kids out now
Put the shutters up on the shops, but not in our minds. A punitive and condemning reaction simply mirrors the alienation so many already experience
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