Jack and the Beanstalk at the Hackney Empire
Dame favourite Clive Rowe returns to perform in this popular Christmas pantomime
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Hackney RFC raises SKRUM cash for Swazi youth players
Rugby club’s fundraising efforts are benefiting charities both locally and globally
Seventh person arrested for Gulistan Subasi murder
Zeon Jackman, 21, appeared in court on Friday 19 November over the shooting dead of a 26 year old Clapton woman
Operation Trident cuts threat provokes backlash
Victims of crime and MPs have voiced concern over plans to cut unit investigating violent crime within the black community
Operation Trident may be ditched in spending cuts
Unit dedicated to investigating violent crime among London’s black communities at risk of being disbanded
How to turn 60,000 students into unqualified drop-outs
The axing of the education maintenance allowance to help poor teenagers stay at school feels like targeted government malice
Free films, unexpected places
The Citizen investigates no-cost cinematic screenings in unlikely venues across the borough
Listed Hackney building restoration completed
The council and English Heritage step in to help save an historic Mare Street mansion block
Hackney MP Diane Abbott slams proposed NHS changes
The coalition government’s plans to shake up health services could be “potentially disastrous”
Stoke Newington student wins environmental poster contest
Rivka Cocker created the winning entry in a poster competition aiming to promote waste reduction and green thinking
Algeria meets Hackney in school exchange programme
Teachers from the North African country visited local schools in Hackney as part of a wider programme to encourage international dialogue
Hackney remembers those fallen in battle
The borough paid tribute to those who have sacrificed their lives during military service, with a procession and church service on Remembrance Sunday
Stoke Newington FC youth teams launched
Fun, fair play and football fever are the necessary attributes for our players, says club chairman