Council opposes ‘unnecessary cuts’
Gesture politics alive and well as emergency motion passes
Read MoreJack and the Beanstalk at the Hackney Empire
Dame favourite Clive Rowe returns to perform in this popular Christmas pantomime
Read MoreHackney RFC raises SKRUM cash for Swazi youth players
Rugby club’s fundraising efforts are benefiting charities both locally and globally
Read MoreEast London Design Show
Thursday 2 – Sunday 5 December 2010, Shoreditch Town Hall
Read MoreThe Thanksgiving Stand-Up Spectacular
7pm Thursday 25 November 2010, The Scolt Head N1
Read MoreSeventh person arrested for Gulistan Subasi murder
Zeon Jackman, 21, appeared in court on Friday 19 November over the shooting dead of a 26 year old Clapton woman
Read MoreOperation Trident cuts threat provokes backlash
Victims of crime and MPs have voiced concern over plans to cut unit investigating violent crime within the black community
Read MoreOperation Trident may be ditched in spending cuts
Unit dedicated to investigating violent crime among London’s black communities at risk of being disbanded
Read MoreMozart Requiem
7.30pm Sunday 21 November 2010, St John of Jerusalem Church
Read MoreHow to turn 60,000 students into unqualified drop-outs
The axing of the education maintenance allowance to help poor teenagers stay at school feels like targeted government malice
Read MoreFree films, unexpected places
The Citizen investigates no-cost cinematic screenings in unlikely venues across the borough
Read MoreListed Hackney building restoration completed
The council and English Heritage step in to help save an historic Mare Street mansion block
Read MoreHackney MP Diane Abbott slams proposed NHS changes
The coalition government’s plans to shake up health services could be “potentially disastrous”
Read MoreStoke Newington student wins environmental poster contest
Rivka Cocker created the winning entry in a poster competition aiming to promote waste reduction and green thinking
Read MoreAlgeria meets Hackney in school exchange programme
Teachers from the North African country visited local schools in Hackney as part of a wider programme to encourage international dialogue
Read MoreHackney remembers those fallen in battle
The borough paid tribute to those who have sacrificed their lives during military service, with a procession and church service on Remembrance Sunday
Read MoreStoke Newington FC youth teams launched
Fun, fair play and football fever are the necessary attributes for our players, says club chairman
Read MoreRiver Lea voted among nation’s worst rivers
Rubbish, pollution and low fish stocks blight the Hackney stretch, say critics
Read MoreRestoration continues on Clissold House
Landmark building’s new look is soon to be revealed
Read MoreOut of an urban backwater, the 2012 Olympic dream takes shape
The debate about the cost and ‘legacy’ of construction will outlast the 2012 Olympic Games, but no one can deny the new venues are a bold addition to London’s landscape
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