Hackney riots – Hackney Citizen

Little Revolution review – revisiting the Hackney riots

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 23 September 2014 at 22:03

Playwright Alecky Blythe recreates a community in crisis in her latest verbatim play

Campaigners petition Hackney Council to act over ‘criminalisation’ of borough’s young people

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 13 February 2012 at 16:28

Residents have come together to oppose what they see as the excesses of the criminal justice system following last year’s riots

Hackney Council secures £5 million in riots revamp

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 25 January 2012 at 10:47

The Morning Lane arches prior to being converted into Hackney Walk retail units. Photograph: Benjamin Counsell

The Burberry Outlet Store is to be at the centre of council development plans to create 200 new jobs

Anger at police was ‘big cause of Hackney riots’

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 16 January 2012 at 10:02

Fireworks land amongst police lines, Mare Street

Anti-police feeling more to blame for August mayhem in Hackney than elsewhere, claim researchers. ‘Stop and search’ tactics singled out

Hackney 2011: the year that was

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 7 January 2012 at 09:55

A look back at Hackney in 2011, another year of the unexpected and unpredictable

Riot-hit Hackney businesses: London Mayor’s compensation scheme is a ‘joke’

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 17 November 2011 at 19:26

Cherry Pratt, Fingerlicking Caribbean Takeaway

Hackney businesses hit by the summer riots are yet to find out if they will be getting compensation

Clarence Road shops struggle to rise from ashes of the Hackney riots

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 7 November 2011 at 09:23

The Hackney Citizen talks to local business owners suffering a slump in trade in the aftermath of the summer’s civil unrest

Riots sentencing: Hackney residents speak out

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 28 October 2011 at 19:22

A car burns in Clarence Road E5 Monday 8 August 2011

Controversy continues over the severity of sentencing of those involved in the riots Hackney and elsewhere

Riot torn Hackney newsagent Siva Kandiah wins national retailer award

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 19 October 2011 at 12:43

Independent Community Retailer of the Year Siva Kandiah

Clarence Road shopkeeper, whose store was ransacked in the Hackney riots, wins Independent Community Retailer of the Year Award

Leader: talk is cheap

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 8 October 2011 at 00:20

Do Hackney’s politicians always mean what they say?

Interview: Reverend Joyce Daley on the Hackney riots

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 6 September 2011 at 11:14

A local minister gives her eyewitness account of last month’s civil unrest in the borough

Clarence Road shop keeper Siva Kandiah re-opens after Hackney riots

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 20 August 2011 at 10:42

A local trader and his family celebrate with supporters as his store throws open its doors again

After the Hackney riots: community holds tea party in Clarence Road

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 17 August 2011 at 13:09

Church and community groups organise a get-together exactly a week after the borough’s disturbances

Turkish shopkeepers stand firm against rioters in Dalston

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 9 August 2011 at 02:25

Kingsland Road Shacklewell Lane junction Dalston 2130 Monday 8 August

Local Turkish community successfully defends its shops and businesses and chases potential looters away