Citizens Advice: Good news for credit card users
The CAB explains how the new regulations will help people to better manage their repayments
Hackney Citizen
London 2012 Olympics ticket sales spark second round of anger
• Thousands who missed out in first ballot disappointed again • 18 out of 24 sports sold out by Friday evening • Only football, volleyball and wrestling left by Sunday
Interview: Kanchi Wichmann, director of Break My Fall
Hackney is the setting for this brave unvarnished account of the turbulent lives of a hip but troubled young generation
Hitting the bottle: Hackney’s new refill scheme for wine lovers
Do you like your vino red, white or green? Borough Wines’s bring-your-own-bottle service cuts cost and carbon drastically
Hackney Unison slams council’s ‘sham’ library cuts consultation
The union claims Town Hall bosses have already made up their minds about the future of the borough’s library services
Baby Bathhouse gets helping hand from HBV Enterprise
A thriving Stoke Newington cabaret bar is proof that a good business plan can still persuade investors to back a great idea
Bicycle Thieves: at the View Tube and Folly for a Flyover
Friday 1 – Wednesday 6 July 2011
Olympic land saga: salmon and compensation
With London 2012 less than a year away, the land on which the games will take place has yet to be fully paid for
Cine-files: Rio, Dalston, London
This single-screened east London cinema offers a personal touch and period detail but falls down on facilities
Councillors’ fury at Hackney Today decision
The council decides to continue publication of its free ‘newspaper’ – one of the very few local authorities to do so
Stoke Newington Farmers’ Market to move
From 9 July, the market shifts from its usual residence in Church Street. Growing Communities is set to host ‘the ultimate urban picnic’ to mark the occasion
Private firm sniffs a profit in coalition schools policy
‘Mossbourne two’ would meet demands of parents who beg for a place at academy in east London, says headteacher
Missing 13 year-old Hackney girl Crystal Rkaloo found ‘safe and well’
The schoolgirl was located yesterday morning, according to Hackney Police
Have your say on the future of Hackney libraries
The council’s consultation ends on Monday 27 June 2011