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Future Hackney collective returns with more stories and photographs from Ridley Road

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 24 September 2021 at 11:09

Ridley Road Stories Part 2 goes on public display today under Hackney Central bridge on Mare Street

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‘The Rolls Royce of classrooms’: Local MP Meg Hillier officially opens Hackney School of Food

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 22 September 2021 at 12:05

Lower Clapton school with state-of-the-art facilities hosts cooking and growing classes for children of all ages

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Delivery drivers boycott Dalston McDonald’s as row over parking fines escalates

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 21 September 2021 at 11:08

Fast food giant says it doesn’t have the right to grant couriers access to its car park and cites health and safety issues

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Artist Lubna Chowdhary branches out for new exhibition in Hoxton

By Lizzie McAllister | Monday 20 September 2021 at 16:02

The famed ceramicist brings wooden sculptures along with her trademark tiles to PEER gallery

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Mixed feelings as latest low traffic neighbourhood takes effect in Stoke Newington

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 20 September 2021 at 11:26

The latest round of traffic reduction measures will see drivers banned from using Church Street during the day

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Double Murder, Sadler’s Wells, stage review: ‘Unevenness that technical skill cannot temper’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 17 September 2021 at 14:32

Despite ‘beautiful moments’, this two-in-one show ‘lurches from one extreme to the other’

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New climate change festival launches in Hackney Wick next week

By Lizzie McAllister | Friday 17 September 2021 at 13:30

FieldFest will feature three days of talks, activities, food and fun – kicking off on 23 September at the White Building

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Address Book, Neil Bartlett, book review: ‘A treat for all readers, gay and straight alike’

By Sarah Birch | Friday 17 September 2021 at 11:02

The author and theatre director’s ‘poignant’ fifth novel explores the gay experience through history

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‘No-one wanted to leave!’: Hackney’s Dementia Festival makes ‘emotional’ return

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 16 September 2021 at 18:36

After last year’s Covid-inflicted cancellation, guests were finally able to get together for dancing, singing, and afternoon tea

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Hopes & Fears, Arcola Outside, stage review: ‘Beauty buried in pain’

By Gabriel Wilding | Thursday 16 September 2021 at 10:52

An opera that faces up to its difficult subject matter ‘all pipes blasting’

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Noise complaints climbed sharply in Hackney during first lockdown

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 15 September 2021 at 18:29
Hackney Town Hall

‘Very challenging time’ saw calls to the Town Hall’s out-of-hours team skyrocket

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Young artists invited to design a mural featuring Hackney’s threatened species

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 13 September 2021 at 19:54

Homerton Green forum teams up with climate change organisation to raise awareness of local wildlife

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Open House Festival salutes two Hackney institutions for their loyal participation

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 13 September 2021 at 19:14

The Town Hall and the Dalston Curve Garden receive green plaques from the organisers of the annual architecture celebration

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Singin’ in the Rain, Sadler’s Wells, stage review: ‘Hollow aftertaste that even 6,000 litres of water can’t wash away’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 10 September 2021 at 14:20

‘Feel-good escapism’ that fails to capture the magic of the original film

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Shoreditch gallery ‘devastated’ after local artist’s painting stolen in daytime heist

By Lizzie McAllister | Friday 10 September 2021 at 13:07

Stephen Harwood’s Commercial Street landscape taken off the wall in broad daylight at Studio 1.1 on Redchurch Street

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Hackney vows to rehome five refugee families from Afghanistan

By Lizzie McAllister | Friday 10 September 2021 at 12:38

Borough leader Philip Glanville says council is doing ‘everything in its power to support the national effort’

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Children could be offered weekend vaccinations to avoid school disruption

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 10 September 2021 at 12:06

Health workers in touch with 15,000 clinically vulnerable children as they wait for news on a wider roll-out

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‘Going to people works’: Pop-up vaccine clinics coming to two Hackney estates

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 10 September 2021 at 11:08

Kingsmead and Clapton Park estates to take part in pilot scheme as vaccine push continues

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NHS launches local campaign in three languages to promote its app among minority groups

By Lizzie McAllister | Tuesday 7 September 2021 at 15:27

Video shot in Somali, Romanian and Bengali is designed to improve access to health information

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‘It broke up our families’: The Travellers who made way for the Olympic Stadium are still fighting for a new site

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 6 September 2021 at 19:15

Mena Mongan of London Gypsies and Travellers says the community wasn’t even offered tickets to the Games

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