Posts Tagged ‘hackney’
Hackney top for culture vultures
National survey ranks Hackney as one of the most cultured places in the country
Read MoreLondon 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Diary: Day 11
Watching the Games
Read MoreLondon 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Diary: Day 10
National pride displayed across the borough
Read MoreLondon 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Diary: Day 9
Hackney looks back at last year’s riots on the ninth day of sporting competition
Read MoreLondon 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Olympic Diary: Day 8
Different experiences of the Games
Read MoreLondon 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Diary: Day 7
Musings in Hackney on the seventh day of Olympic competition
Read MoreLondon 2012 Olympic diary: Share your Hackney stories
Do you have a story about the Olympics to share? Get in touch!
Read MoreHackney’s population up by 19% in 10 years
The borough’s population has grown to almost a quarter of a million, according to 2011 census figures
Read MoreLondon legacy: Hackney’s mayor ‘delighted’ as media centre’s preferred bidder is named
The legacy corporation has settled on a potential tenant after speculation that press and broadcast buildings might be demolished instead
Read MoreChatsworth Road: the frontline of Hackney’s gentrification
Five years ago, it was one of London’s roughest areas. Then the middle classes moved in; galleries, cafes and a Sunday market followed – and prices shot up. But not everyone’s happy
Read MoreHackney 2011: the year that was
A look back at Hackney in 2011, another year of the unexpected and unpredictable
Read MoreTeenager stabbed outside Hackney Town Hall
An outbreak of violence on the last day of term leaves a 15 year-old in hospital
Read MoreRioter gets five years in longest sentence yet relating to August disorder
Junior Saunders pleaded guilty to violent disorder, criminal damage to a police car and burglary in Hackney on 8 August
Read MoreHackney public sector workers strike over pensions
Strikes hit Hackney’s services as its public sector workers heed their union’s call to fight pension cuts
Read MoreResidents start Stamford Hill Neighbourhood Forum in advance of Localism Bill
The Stamford Hill Neighbourhood Forum has been formed in anticipation of new powers to be given to local communities by the government
Read MoreMan charged with murder after Hackney pub stabbing
Police investigating the death of Tommy Lawrence found stabbed outside the Glyn Arms in Clapton have charged a man with murder
Read MoreHackney to be split into three under Labour proposals
Labour calls for three Parliamentary seats to cover Hackney, rather than the two proposed by the Boundary Commission
Read MoreStop the planning free-for-all, says Hackney Friends of the Earth
Community-level decison making on parks, shops and other planning issues is vital, says local Friends of the Earth group
Read MoreTop Boy – review
Channel 4 Hackney-based drama Top Boy rises to the occasion
Read MorePhotomonth East London puts Hackney in the picture
A look at the eclectic photo exhibitions in Hackney and other parts of the East End
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