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Hackney Citizen
‘Source of inspiration’: Civil rights icon James Baldwin to get blue plaque in Dalston
The author and activist will be commemorated at the Hackney CVS building on Dalston Lane, which he visited two years before his death in 1987
Yard sticks: Hackney theatre that began as a pop-up secures funding for state-of-the-art renovation
Yard Theatre director ‘incredibly proud’ as venue sures up its long-term future
Pro-Palestinian protestors descend on Town Hall to demand end to Israeli weapons investment and Haifa twinning
Amid ongoing conflict in Gaza, local protestors call on Hackney Council to cease funding and axe relationship
Researchers are on the hunt for stories about the Old Fire Station in Stoke Newington
A project team at the iconic community venue is hosting an open day next week – and they’d love to hear people’s memories of the place
Labour’s Sem Moema re-elected as Assembly Member for north-east London
Moema took more than 50 per cent of the vote in a dominant performance
Hackney set for fifth by-election in two years as another Labour councillor quits
Yvonne Maxwell is yet to speak out about her resignation, but said she was ‘free at last’ on social media
Turner Prize winner Helen Cammock joins public art trail in East London
Cammock’s contribution to The Line is to be unveiled in late May on a bridge over the River Lea
Critically acclaimed artworks by brain injury survivors go on show at Shoreditch Library
The exhibition is part of an art trail created by members of renowned charity Headway East London
‘What a relief’: East London’s first ever menopause café to open in Hoxton
The discussion group will meet on the first Wednesday of every month at the WaterHouse Restaurant
‘You can find family anywhere’: Young people who have been in care perform sell-out play at Hoxton Hall
‘Plays aren’t something that we can always relate to as young, care-experienced people, but this was really relatable to us,’ said one actor
Stoke Newington Library’s refurbishment gets £500k funding boost
The library, which closed for two years at the end of March, will have more money to spend on upgrading its facilities
Environmentalists buzzing over £250k funding for bee corridor in Hackney
Charity ecoACTIVE plans to build a green thoroughfare for wildlife between four local parks
New stall enters the fromage fray at Stoke Newington Farmers’ Market
A collective of British farms will set up shop at the much-loved market this month
May elections: Everything you need to know to cast your vote
Residents will be selecting councillors, assembly members, and a London mayor on 2 May
Man, 47, arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following two crossbow attacks in Shoreditch
The suspect is in custody in east London after a woman was shot in the head and a man was hit in the neck in separate assaults