Hackney rioters directly target police
Masked men and women barricade Pembury estate in largest confrontation of London riots yet
Hackney Citizen
Turkish shopkeepers stand firm against rioters in Dalston
Local Turkish community successfully defends its shops and businesses and chases potential looters away
Hackney rioters and police in hand-to-hand combat
Youths ransack area and use burning vehicles, bricks and bottles as violence moves from Mare Street and London Fields to estate
Hackney Council advises Dalston traders to shut up shop as riot fears hit businesses hard
Shopkeepers and stallholders tell the Citizen how concerns over more civil unrest is affecting them
Hackney shops smashed amid fears of further unrest
Several shops in Dalston were broken into last night (Sunday) during the disorder that rocked north London following the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan in Tottenham. Some other Hackney stores are closing early today as a precaution
Olympic Park cycle track plans slammed
Cyclists castigate legacy developers for changing the previously agreed proposal
Sainsbury’s PR company in Hackney Council contract row
Firm lobbying for controversial supermarket development hired to design new council website, Destination Hackney. Questions about Hackney councillors employed by company
Clapton loos to become community venue
Brooksby’s Walk toilets get new lease of life in an unusual reincarnation
Hackney free school proposal gets thumbs down
Consultation with local residents show lack of support for state-funded private school
Hackney primary schools Key Stage 2 results best ever
New figures show pupils’ results in English and maths are above the national and London averages
Plans afoot for new rubbish incinerator by Hackney Wick
Tower Hamlets council considers plans for waste incinerator plant a stone’s throw from one of the borough’s creative quarters
I Am Braziliality
A new exhibition challenges preconceptions and looks at the nation’s culture and identity afresh
