Titbits – Doorbells, ice pops and electable chin locks
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
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Leader – ‘Real’ politics
Labour’s language of moral censure in the aftermath of the elections is worrying
Women’s Equality Party ‘very proud’ of election results after first ever Hackney candidate
Party chiefs praise Harini Iyengar who ran for mayor and Dalston councillor
Greens call for voting reform after losing Hackney Downs and Dalston by small margins
Party slams Hackney’s ‘archaic, unfair first-past-the-post voting system’
Campaign to save Clapton community garden pins hopes on 1980s mural
Residents calling on council to rethink its house-building plans are worried the artwork could be lost – despite a vow to retain it
Three billboards outside St Mary’s, Hackney
Church rector takes inspiration from Oscar-winning film to raise awareness of homelessness in the borough
Hackney man’s fight for compensation over miscarriage of justice continues at Supreme Court
Sam Hallam’s murder conviction was quashed in 2012 after he had spent seven years in prison
Dalston Labour councillor re-elected by 21 votes after dramatic recount
Peter Snell was only up one vote on his Green challenger in the first count
Liberal Democrats wiped out in Hackney as Labour gains three Cazenove seats
Council now has 52 Labour councillors and five Conservatives
Shock as Conservatives snatch Labour-held seat in Stamford Hill
Former Hackney Speaker Rosemary Sales ‘disappointed’ after losing out to Ahron Klein
Free school’s move to former Hackney cop shop back on after long delay
Olive School’s bid to convert an old police station has been held up by council planners – and squatters
Labour’s Philip Glanville re-elected as Mayor of Hackney
Conservative candidate takes a surprise second ahead of the Greens
Get outdoors in Daubeney Fields with Heritage Lottery Funded project
Whether you call it Clapton Park or Daubeney Green, charity EcoACTIVE Education have a jam-packed schedule of free activities for everyone to enjoy
Volunteers providing canine company for older people launch crowdfunder
Pets Against Loneliness is off to a successful start – but needs funding to survive
‘Antisemitism’ row erupts between campaigner and Lib Dem councillor
Cazenove residents’ complaints about ‘lawless’ high street spark war of words ahead of tomorrow’s local elections
Women’s Equality Party co-founder Catherine Mayer urges Hackney to vote for Harini Iyengar
‘I think she absolutely killed it’, Mayer tells Citizen after mayoral hustings