London 2012 Olympics: Crackdown on brothels ‘puts sex workers at risk’
Police clean-up of London’s Olympic boroughs is pushing vice crime and human trafficking underground, say critics
Hackney Citizen
Lea Regatta set to be ‘oarsome’
The Citizen finds out about this month’s race to win on the water
East End Film Festival celebrates 10th annniversary
Friday 22 April – Monday 2 May 2011, various locations
Protestors picket Clissold Park ‘zoo’
As park renovations come to an end, the captive deer and birds look set to stay
Clapton to be calmed by cushions
Residents remain divided as Conservative councillor slams Town Hall decision to go ahead with 20mph traffic scheme as ‘scandalous’
Hackney Council paid director over £200k per year
Local authority ‘fat cat’ pay is revealed whilst the government mulls plans to give councillors the power to veto town hall salaries over £100,000
Hackney parks posts to be axed
User groups and local residents voice concern over the future wellbeing of the borough’s green spaces as leaked report proposes large-scale changes
Hackney GPs speak out against government’s ‘destruction’ of the NHS
Local doctors express concern over the coalition government’s proposed health and social care reforms
‘Gay-free zone’ homophobic stickers: police release CCTV image
Officers are looking for a man seen at Bow Church DLR on Saturday 12 February
Hackney Liberal Democrats join row over cost of Town Hall ‘Pravda’
The council may be overestimating the amount of savings it makes by publishing its own ‘newspaper’, claim critics
Hackney Council youth services job cuts slammed
Union says Town Hall is failing to protect frontline services