Hackney Citizen shortlisted for prestigious Newsawards for fourth year running
Citizen among seven nominees for ‘Niche Market Newspaper of the Year’
Hackney Citizen
Family-run market stall started by first world war veteran turns 100
Sydney Tothill opened the tea and snacks stand in Shoreditch in 1919 – and it is now run by his granddaughter Jane
Hackney wins £10k funding to celebrate Windrush Day
Council is one of 50 organisations to receive government cash for events on 22 June
Arts venue Stour Space in £50k fundraising dash to secure its future in Hackney Wick
The popular hub, home to 40 artists, needs thousands by the end of the week for a long-term lease at Roach Road
Clapton bookshop to celebrate release of major anthology of African women’s writing
Margaret Busby OBE, whose follow-up to her landmark compendium Daughters of Africa was published this month, will chair a panel for Pages of Hackney next week
Two people dead after being electrocuted on train tracks near Hackney Wick
British Transport Police found two badly burned bodies last night after responding to reports of casualties
Campaigner’s speech at air quality rally sparks Twitter row with Hackney Mayor
Borough leader Philip Glanville in spat with CleanAir4Schools activist Jenna Fansa following her address at a Unicef rally
Children’s music project founded in Hackney launches ‘anti-Baby Shark’ YouTube channel
London Rhymes, which started life at a family centre in Hoxton, is reinventing children’s songs with the help of local families
Man fighting for life after being shot by police in Homerton
Officer stabbed after police were called to ‘domestic disturbance’ on Knights Close
Town Hall sanctions rent caps in Hackney Wick to ‘protect its creative heart’
New developments will be forced to re-provide existing workspace at less than half the market rate
Women’s rehab centre set up by Amy Winehouse’s family wins national award
Amy’s Place, an east London housing project for young women recovering from addiction, is recognised by Centre for Social Justice
Comic – Don’t waste your love…
Artist Francisco de la Mora on the unromantic hypocrisy surrounding immigration
Historic Newington Green Meeting House shuts for a year as work begins on £1.8m revamp
The National Lottery is funding a new visitor centre and disabled access – as New Unity church moves out temporarily
Heart-stopping CCTV shows man narrowly avoid a collapsing roof in Stoke Newington
Shocking near miss happened on the busy high street on Sunday as gale-force winds hit the UK
Hackney’s female politicians mark International Women’s Day
‘We’re blazing a trail’, says borough’s newest councillor Penny Wrout
Jennette Arnold calls for more blue plaques for women – as Hackney charity welcomes nod for activist Claudia Jones
Hackney’s London Assembly representative says current disparity between men and women ‘nothing to celebrate’