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‘No flash in the pan’: Iconic farmers’ market in Stoke Newington celebrates 20-year anniversary

By Marion Weaver | Friday 26 May 2023 at 18:33

Hackney Mayor hails Growing Communities’ venture as ‘real asset’ to the borough

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Four more Hackney playgrounds set for a spruce-up as council efforts to make borough better for children continue

By Marion Weaver | Thursday 25 May 2023 at 18:10

Play areas at Hackney Downs, Clapton Common, Stonebridge Gardens and Well Street to get an update

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Churchyard cafe catches flak from residents over plans to serve up booze

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 25 May 2023 at 15:03

The Quarter Kitchen next to St John at Hackney Church is hoping to extend its hours too

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Teenager who entered Hackney home for internet ‘prank’ handed criminal behaviour order

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 25 May 2023 at 08:17

Bacari-Bronze O’Garro, 18, also receives fine after pleading guilty in court yesterday

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Company behind ‘London’s most exciting music events’ wants to host street parties in Hackney

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 24 May 2023 at 19:15

Krankbrother set to apply for a licence for up to 2,000 people once a year

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‘Counting down the days’: Local organisation bringing classical music to the masses announces summer concerts in Dalston

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 24 May 2023 at 12:03

Through the Noise’s series will see top musicians from all over the world play at The Speakeasy

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‘I don’t want my school to close’: Families from Dalston primary protest against merger plans for second time in a week

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 23 May 2023 at 12:52

Colvestone parents reiterate stance as Hackney’s cabinet agrees to start informal consultation

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Teenager arrested after video shows him entering private home in Hackney without permission

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 23 May 2023 at 08:26
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The 18-year-old man has been detained on suspicion of causing a public nuisance

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Erland Cooper: Folded Landscapes, Barbican, music review: ‘Lots of heart but not much head’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 22 May 2023 at 12:05

The multi-instrumentalist’s features a melting ice sculpture, but the show itself is a ‘slowly warming mess’

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Running the Hackney Half: ‘It just feels like a really lovely day – I love the energy’

By Olivia Barber | Saturday 20 May 2023 at 07:55
Lara Groves Hackney Half 2023

24,000 runners are taking part in Hackney’s eighth half marathon

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No Man’s Island, The Big House, stage review: ‘A script so authentic it’s like watching a documentary’

By Colin McFarlane | Friday 19 May 2023 at 19:00

This charity production is ‘inventive, funny, powerful and utterly compelling’

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Local councillor accuses Hackney Half organisers of ‘participating in greenwashing’ through Wizz Air sponsorship

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 19 May 2023 at 15:40

LimeLight Sports Club defends partnership with ‘Europe’s most sustainable airline’ in response to criticism from Green councillor Alastair Binnie-Lubbock

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Parents from Hackney school claim drop in pupils is ‘temporary blip’ – as they urge council to scrap potential merger

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 19 May 2023 at 11:25

Colvestone is one of six primary schools facing drastic changes next year as a result of falling rolls

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Hackney to host series of Windrush advice clinics to help people navigate government’s ‘unsatisfactory’ compensation scheme

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 19 May 2023 at 10:31

Surgeries are taking place in June, July and August to support residents through the application process

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‘Absolute disgrace’: Unions join together for protest against job cuts in Hackney’s libraries

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 18 May 2023 at 18:25

Campaigners hit out at council for issuing compulsory redundancies as part of its restructure of the service

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‘We need more Hackneys’: Borough sees biggest drop in motor vehicle use of anywhere in London, according to new report

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 18 May 2023 at 18:05
Middleton Road LTN

Research by London Cycling Campaign reveals a 37 per cent decrease between 2010 and 2020

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London firefighters still not doing ‘real fire training in high-rises’ – six years on from Grenfell

By Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 18 May 2023 at 10:14

City’s deputy fire chief concedes more ‘realistic’ training is needed after union raises alarm

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‘Very real risk’: Health chiefs urge parents to get their children vaccinated against polio to prevent it spreading across London

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 16 May 2023 at 22:28

The virus was found in 30 sewage samples in north-east London last year

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Plan 75, film review: ‘A quiet scream in the face of an increasingly heartless world’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 15 May 2023 at 13:13

Chie Hayakawa’s dystopian tale about an ageing population being sold on euthanasia is ‘all too believable’

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Hackney Council’s finance supremo to depart after 14 years in the role

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 12 May 2023 at 17:10

Ian Williams, currently acting chief executive, helped steer the borough through the pandemic

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