Hackney Citizen
1-2-3-4 Festival 2012 – review
New acts rub shoulders with some of the music industry’s legends at Shoreditch Park
Hackney schools GCSE and A level results 2012
Once again, schools across the borough celebrate their best ever results
Hackney residents to carry Paralympic Torch in own borough as LOCOG u-turns
Five Hackney locals will bear the Paralympic flame later this afternoon following reversal of plans that would have sent them off to Hertfordshire
Council offers £2,000 compensation to Hackney newsagent over Olympic bunting bungle
Respected trader Hamdy Shahein says he will give the money to charity
Counting down to the 1-2-3-4 Festival
Festival director Sean McLusky reveals what revellers can look forward to in Shoreditch at the beginning of next month
Mossbourne academy loses legal challenge over special needs pupils
Top of the class eleven year old with cerebral palsy amongst those refused admission by Mossbourne Academy
Three Hackney free schools given go-ahead by Gove
The Hackney New School, the Olive School and a STEM Academy are due to open in September next year
Shots fired at Broadway Market restaurant
Gunman fires at Turkish restaurant on Broadway Market on Sunday evening
Broadway Market ‘alphabet thief’ still a mystery as missing shop sign letters returned
Shopkeepers’ joy as P, E, R and V come home
Hackney Wick businesses lament ‘ghost town’ Olympics
Wick restauranteurs rue ‘quietest weeks ever’ and deliver mixed verdict on Games legacy
Hackney wit – Wick station staff bring smiles to passengers
During the Games the station’s noticeboards gave information on results; since then the comments have turned wry
Five things the Olympics got wrong
Home Counties ticket holders, overblown legacy claims – let’s not be blind to where the London Games didn’t deliver
One Good Thing About Music
An exhibition of photographs by David Corio at Chats Palace captures legendary musicians at the heights of their powers
1883 Sunday Sessions – review
Super sounds in Shoreditch at 1883’s showcase for up and coming bands
Hackney bakers in bid to win Londoners’ Loaf award
Loaves from E5 Bakehouse and the Spence Bakery have been nominated for London’s favourite loaf of ‘Real Bread’