Locals face battle with investors as Hackney rental costs continue to soar
The Hackney Citizen investigates the impact of a recent surge in property prices on Hackney rents
Read MoreHackney Hear: leading the way
An innovative new smartphone app guides users on a multimedia tour around Hackney’s locales
Read MoreWin tickets to English Journey at the Barbican
Simply answer this question correctly: What is the title of Iain Sinclair’s latest book?
Read MoreTop boy: stories of Hackney’s young drug dealers
Ronan Bennett spent two years interviewing gang members in east London for his powerfully personal TV drama, Top Boy. Here he describes their hidden, hopeless world – and the lengths they’ll go to escape from it
Read MoreHackney Citizens Advice Bureau warns of rise in illegal evictions
Concerns about high numbers of tenants being unlawfully evicted, threatened, or experiencing intrusions into their homes prompts Hackney’s Citizens’ Advice Bureau to offer guidelines
Read MoreLeader: talk is cheap
Do Hackney’s politicians always mean what they say?
Read MoreDeli Downstairs adds spice to Victoria Park
A restored Edwardian grocery offers an appetising array of fresh and organic produce. The Citizen talks to proprietor Theo Fraser Steele about its recent culinary accolade and recipe for success
Read MoreFashion East goes west
Future top designers reinforce Hackney’s mark on the world of fashion
Read MoreHackney Film Festival 2011 – review
The annual celluloid celebration reels in the crowds, showcasing a captivating variety of multimedia experimental works by local auteurs
Read MoreNew school to be opened by Mossbourne academy
London state school known for its great success to open new comprehensive nearby
Read MoreCall for re-run of new Hackney school consultation
Disgruntled residents object to ‘flawed’ consultation and mount a campaign for a comprehensive state school option
Read MoreHackney Council to evict Dalston squatters
A squat in St Mark’s Rise is the latest in a string of properties to be emptied by bullish housing chiefs
Read MoreAxe falls on Hackney police teams
Safer Neighbourhoods officers cut as many wards share sergeants
Read MoreCouncil tax hike mooted as Hackney faces £60m budget hole
The Town Hall faces a funding shortfall of £60 million over the next three years – even if it raises council tax by 2.5% per year
Read MoreLiterary October
Upcoming events at local independent bookshops
Read MorePhillips Idowu awarded MBE
The Hackney-born triple jumper is recognised for services to athletics
Read MoreBlack History Month – what’s going on
Happenings across the borough mark events in the history of the African diaspora
Read MoreInterview: Consequences author Emeka Egbounu
The Citizen talks to Emeka Egbounu about his new book and about growing up in Hackney
Read MoreZombies rise up in Stoke Newington in protest against Sainsbury’s supermarket plans
Stoke Newington residents in ghoulish gear are dead against the proposed new store near Abney Park Cemetery
Read MoreDrive – review
Hollywood’s new star Ryan Gosling is the man behind the wheel in Nicolas Winding Refn’s violent and intense film
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