Town Hall ‘still working to recover data’ more than a year after ‘devastating’ cyber attack
Report on October 2020 hack reveals social care, benefits and housing are among services that remain badly affected
Read MoreCenturies-old stained glass windows discovered at Homerton Hospital after ‘decades in the dark’
The ‘truly amazing’ roundels have been restored and put on display after being unearthed in a store room
Read MoreMotorcycle business bosses whose volunteers delivered vital medical equipment during pandemic receive honours
Husband and wife Anthony and Vikki van Someren, who run the Bike Shed in Shoreditch, helped organise a team of 1,400 riders
Read MoreCovid patients fill four wards at Homerton Hospital as 300 staff self-isolate
Close to 100 patients have the virus, but spokesman says they are ‘not as critically ill’
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Scythe in pleasure
Kate Poland on the joys of sweeping a blade through the blades, and why it’s actually kinder and more efficient than a machine
Read MoreHappy Christmas from the Hackney Citizen!
We’ll be back next week – until then, enjoy some recent festive content and a couple of stories from our archive
Read MoreWinter Toy Appeal: Thousands of children in poverty to receive gift this Christmas as organisers issue ‘heartfelt thanks’
Despite challenging circumstances, eighth annual appeal reaches close to 5,000 children across north-east London
Read MorePoetry: Still Lurking In The Dark by Charlie Cook
The local Year 5 student shares his heartfelt verses about Covid at Christmas
Read MoreHackney Stand Up To Racism event raises almost £1,000 for refugee charity
The local group held its annual community fundraiser last week in aid of Care4Calais
Read MoreHomerton Hospital’s chief executive to move on next spring after nine years at the helm
Tracey Fletcher is set to take up a similar role at East Kent’s NHS Trust
Read MoreHomerton Hospital announces visitor restrictions as Covid cases soar
Acute and general wards closed to visitors to ‘protect patients, staff and the public’
Read More‘Take Omicron seriously’, top doctor warns Hackney residents
Local GP and chair of north-east London’s CCG Dr Mark Rickets is urging people to get their jabs
Read More‘Historic’ An Viet House to be turned into UK’s first East and South-East Asian resource centre
Town Hall agrees £1.4 million investment for building that has fallen into disrepair
Read MoreExeunt – The Stage Door Project, Lloyd McDonagh and Salvatore Scarpa, book review: ‘Oblique yet poignant angle on thespian life’
Actors McDonagh and Scarpa talk to the Citizen about their intimate portrait of the pandemic’s impact on theatres
Read More‘How can we shift the narrative?’ Photographs of smiling Black schoolboys go on display around Hackney as ‘call to action’
Exhibition by artist Kay Adekunle Rufai closes out this year’s Black history season
Read MoreMixed reviews for Low Traffic Neighbourhood on Church Street – with traders unhappy and others praising health benefits
Cars are banned from using the popular shopping street between 7am and 7pm
Read More‘We would forgive and forget’: Hackney pub appeals for return of stuffed cockerel mascot
The Cock Tavern is offering ‘a pint or two’ as a reward after the bird was snatched last week
Read MoreHackney’s Five Points named Brewery of the Year at prestigious national awards
Five Points co-founder pays tribute to staff after winning Brewers Choice’s top prize
Read MoreControversial new incinerator gets go-ahead despite warnings from health experts and protests from campaign groups
Councillors from the North London Waste Authority have voted through the plans
Read MoreHackney GP surgery ‘thrilled’ to be named among best in the country for fifth year running
Richmond Road Medical Centre team delighted to be recognised again after ‘an exceptionally difficult few years for patients’
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