St Joseph’s Hospice launches its first ever charity shop
Five Sisters on Mare Street is named after the pioneering women who helped set up the care centre in 1905
Hackney Citizen
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Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Leader – SEND, deliver
The council’s support for people with disabilities is admirable, but when it comes to its own services, there are still inconsistencies
Hackney charity launches project to help dementia carers cope with ‘isolation and distress’
Studies show people are often unprepared for the role – but City & Hackney Carers Centre’s new online service aims to change that
New opera for preschoolers to ‘bridge socio-economic divide’ in music
OperaUpClose’s take on picture book Peace At Last is aimed at children aged three to five, who are omitted in national music education plans
Two pedestrian crossings in Hackney get a rainbow remake for Pride
The crossings have been painted on two roads with historical ties to the local LGBTQI+ community
Toxic caterpillar outbreak on Dalston estate being ‘taken seriously’ amid concern from residents
Peabody housing association says the creatures ‘pose a low risk’ but it is ‘making every effort’ to treat the infestation at Atkins Square
Hackney schoolchildren perform at annual Tower of London arts festival
Pupils from Benthal primary sang for an audience of tourists, Beefeaters and the legendary ravens at Water City Music 2019
Two men injured in suspected acid attack in Hackney
Pair in their twenties taken to hospital last Friday with burns which police say are not life-threatening
Hackney becomes first council in the UK to make Windrush a cabinet duty
Cllr Carole Williams, who has led the Town Hall’s response to the immigration scandal, adds Windrush to her portfolio
Stik’s community mural ‘finally’ back in Poland after long tug-of-war with London gallery
The world-famous Hackney street artist explains why he had to destroy a second mural created on the same trip to Gdansk in 2011
Hackney Brewery to celebrate eighth birthday with big bash at Geffrye Museum
The beer maker’s Summer Session on 27 July will have a ‘strong environmental focus’ – and a few games of Kubb
Over 200 new homes could be built in final phase of council’s award-winning Kings Crescent Estate project
Plans submitted this week also include refurbishments to 174 existing properties on the Stoke Newington block
Homerton Hospital’s 60th exhibition showcases East London studio ‘at centre of Islamic art revival’
A chat with the hospital’s imam led the curator to the door of a world-leading expert in the art form – just up the road in Hackney Wick
Hackney artist’s 66-foot mural brightens up star-studded photography studio
Rosie Lom’s colourful wall design at Shoreditch Studios got a nod of approval from Arsenal legend Thierry Henry
Hackney Labour ‘seriously concerned’ as it hits out at government over local food bank shortages
Town Hall’s food poverty chief calls situation ‘one of the greatest scandals of 21st-century Britain’