Cllr Jonathan McShane will quit cabinet in May to ‘devote more time’ to charity
Hackney’s cabinet member for health has been a councillor for 13 years
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Proof, Courtyard Theatre, review: ‘open-throated, no holds barred performances’
The intensity of the performances – particularly during the fights – gives visceral power to this otherwise stripped-back production of David Auburn’s Tony Award-winning play
Boaters vow to ‘reclaim towpath’ from criminals – starting with a human chain in Hackney
More than half of towpath users now steer clear due to safety fears, a recent survey found
Exam success across the board this year for North London independent
For the very first time, this year has seen North Bridge House add to its impressive pool of exam outcomes with two sets of GCSE results. As North Bridge House Senior Canonbury celebrates its founding cohort’s GCSE success, the North London independent school group has overall achieved remarkable re
Whistle to blow on Romance FC’s women’s five-a-side tournament in Shoreditch this Saturday
The all-female football collective will take on 11 other teams from the South East and France for charity in the 2017 edition of Playing For Kicks
Council has ‘no plans’ to publish old Fire Risk Assessments and is ‘redoing’ ones it claimed were ‘up-to-date’
Town Hall had previously rejected Freedom of Information requests on grounds it would publish FRAs
East End exhibitions – five of the best for October
Our regular look at the best exhibitions in and around the borough in the coming month features Hackney-based video games, sex shops, a Düsseldorf School legend and more
Rashan Charles: Family ‘concerned and disappointed’ following Metropolitan Police decision not to suspend officer
Relatives say Charles died ‘within minutes’ of the officer ‘throwing him to the ground’ and vow to push for a criminal investigation
New landlord licensing measures will ‘drive up standards’, say campaigners
Community action group Citizens UK welcomes Town Hall consultation on scheme that will ‘bring rogue landlords to book’
Fire Risk Assessment error blamed on bungling safety expert
According to the council, a surveyor wrongly put 24 June 2017 as the date of an FRA for one of its blocks – despite carrying out the test on 4 October 2016
School funding reforms ‘designed to confuse parents and quash protests’, say Hackney campaigners
Education Secretary Justine Greening revealed further changes to the controversial national funding formula last week
Hackney Downs Vegan Market to go weekly from this weekend
The free Saturday plant-fest, which attracts thousands to Hackney Downs Studios, is run by popular local blogger Fat Gay Vegan
Hackney Council confirms identity of freesheet’s publishers after delay to ‘get to the bottom of that’
Hackney Burgesses mystery solved – with a little help from Citizen readers
Diane Abbott slammed for recounting racist abuse on live TV
The Shadow Home Secretary told ITV’s Good Morning Britain she has been called a ‘nigger bitch’ – prompting a frenzied reaction on social media
Born to boogie – a look at Marc Bolan’s early life in Hackney
Did you know that the T-Rex frontman was from the borough? Learn more about the early days of the then-Mark Feld, as he set out on his all-too-short journey to change rock history
Hackney Mayor faces public grilling in Question Time event at Town Hall
Hackney Citizen has been offered one vetted question for the Mayor