Houseboaters being ‘forced out’ of Olympics area
River Lea residents claim they are being priced out and uprooted from their community by British Waterways
Hackney Citizen
Railtracks by John Berger and Anne Michaels – review
Railtracks is a collaborative work by Hackney-born author John Berger, novelist Anne Michaels and photographer Tereza Stehlíková
YAOAY announce New Year’s Eve party and new EP
Indie / post-punk / electro funk band based in Hackney Wick to release debut EP in New Year
Arthur Christmas – review
Aardman’s festive movie is showing at the Rio Cinema in Dalston until Monday 2 January 2012 (daytime screenings)
Hackney Winter Night Shelter seeks residents’ support
Hackney Winter Night Shelter is seeking financial donations and volunteers to look after its New Year guests
Sofa Surfer film highlights Hackney’s ‘hidden’ homelessness
Sofa Surfer is a short film telling the story of a young woman from Hackney who has nowhere to go
Hackney Citizens’ Advice Bureau seeks volunteer advisers
Citizens’ Advice is for life, not just for Christmas – volunteers are needed all year round
Hackney estate tenants in pets row
Proposed changes to tenancy agreements for Hackney residents living in council-owned properties are causing concern
Hackney Community Law Centre appoints new manager as legal aid cuts bite
Cllr Ian Rathbone says new arrival will ‘bring a cutting edge’ to the work of Hackney Community Law Centre
Hackney residents ‘homeless’ at Christmas after suspected arson attacks
Alarmed shopkeepers demand tighter security following dual blazes within a week of each other
The Animalympics – review
Julia Griffin and Hendrik Wittkopf’s new children’s book, The Animalympics, is a lively and refreshing take on the 2012 Games
Top Boy, Top Christmas
A look back at Hackney in 2011, another year of the unexpected and unpredictable
Teenager stabbed outside Hackney Town Hall
An outbreak of violence on the last day of term leaves a 15 year-old in hospital
Protestors occupy Hackney to highlight the ‘99%’
The global Occupy movement arrives in central Hackney as protestors demand social justice and greater wealth equality
Plans afoot for new Hackney secondary free school
The Hackney Citizen meets Andreas Wesemann to find out more about a bid by local residents to open their own school
River Lea not fit for fish warns report
A much-loved local river is becoming highly polluted and its water quality is hazardously low in many places