Fish Island – Hackney Citizen

Residents urged to have their say on a new bridge between Hackney Wick and Fish Island

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 26 October 2022 at 17:05

The London Legacy Development Corporation will host two drop-in sessions over the coming week

East London Mayors join to condemn local meetings of Turning Point UK

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 5 November 2019 at 16:23

Borough leaders claim group uses ‘fear and hatred’ as TPUK insists it believes only in ‘free markets, limited government and personal responsibility’

Furious Hackney Wick residents demand answers over contaminated construction site

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Saturday 13 October 2018 at 10:53

Principal speaks up for ‘young lungs’ at local primary school as council confirms carcinogenic hydrocarbons as cause of ‘odours’

Vittoria Wharf: Campaigners launch final bid to halt imminent demolition

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 22 January 2018 at 11:09

Artists and residents from Vittoria Wharf

Local politicians express urgent concerns as Save Hackney Wick claims new bridges were ‘never negotiable’

You, Me, The World and Hackney Wick: new play at The Yard explores the history and future of E9

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 12 January 2018 at 15:41

Live and Wicking: the poster for You, Me, The World and Hackney Wick. Image: The Yard / take stock exchange

Following a free community meal, the stories of twenty locals from all walks of Wick life will be told tomorrow 13 January

‘Senseless’: Hackney Wick campaigners renew calls to halt Vittoria Wharf demolition

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 8 August 2017 at 16:40

Local politicians also express concerns over LLDC’s plans to tear down the site and replace it with a bridge

Short film on view at Hackney Museum zooms in on the life of painter Paul Dash

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 4 November 2016 at 16:51

A Hackney Wick artist who migrated here in 1957 is the focus of a poignant and fascinating short film about black identity

Campaigners urge Olympic legacy chiefs to block concrete factory plans

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 11 August 2016 at 14:39

Impression of regeneration plans for the Olympic Park

Thousands sign petition condemning proposals for three concrete factories and an Asphalt plant at the Olympic Park

Residents fume at plans to scrap cyclists’ crossing at Olympic Park

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 4 August 2016 at 14:41

Hundred people brave rain to protest at plans to turn popular Monier Road bridge at the Olympic Park into “dangerous rat-run”

Campaigners fight to save historic Swan Wharf stable block

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 18 March 2016 at 20:34

‘Emblematic’ building should be retained, says heritage group

Decision on ‘harmful’ Fish Island luxury flats postponed

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 21 December 2015 at 11:44

Affordable housing contributions and scale of the plans are ‘unacceptable,’ say campaigners

Hackney Wick businesses under threat ‘should alert London Mayor’

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 20 March 2015 at 13:27

Mayor of London Boris Johnson says he is ‘not aware’ of any businesses under threat in Hackney Wick and Fish lsland

The Fishwick Papers: East London’s printmakers

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 31 August 2011 at 14:49

A group of Hackney artists pay tribute to the borough’s printmaking heritage with a new exhibition at Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery

Hackney WickED Art Festival 2011 – review

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 16 August 2011 at 19:04

This popular three day extravaganza drew thousands of art and music lovers to Hackney Wick and Fish Island last month. The Citizen explores the galleries

Plans afoot for new rubbish incinerator by Hackney Wick

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 6 August 2011 at 08:48

Tower Hamlets council considers plans for waste incinerator plant a stone’s throw from one of the borough’s creative quarters