Hackney Stand Up to Racism drops speaker over ‘racism’ – but defends group linked to Jihadi John
Rashan Charles’s father was booked to speak alongside group banned by NUS
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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
Hackney Council posts newspaper-style story online, despite claims of not competing with local press
The council has declined to rule out launching an online newspaper
Rich Mix to host ‘rowdy, political knees up’ Question Time Cabaret next week
Artist Talia Randall and a panel of journalists and performers will tackle ‘gentrification and the art of the East End’ in an inimitable way – albeit without any Dimblebys
Rashan Charles: Police officer being investigated for ‘gross misconduct’
IPCC chief says officer’s behaviour when restraining Charles, who later died in hospital, ‘may have breached police standards’
London Queer Fashion Show to serve looks ‘for the people that believe in unique identity’
Six designers will be showing off collections at Hackney Showroom this time next week, Wednesday 20 September
Momentum U-turns on open selection to protect ‘four left-wing councillors’ from non-Corbynite challengers
Group had earlier called open selection ‘democratic’ and the ‘best option’ for socialists
A ‘gram don’t come for free: Insta ‘influencers’ feed the camera first
Four of East London’s most followed Instagrammers share where to eat and how to show off the best spots
Teaching vacancies at Hackney primaries ‘above average’, the most recent data suggests
‘It is not unusual to have three vacancies across all 53 of Hackney’s primary schools’, says council spokesperson
‘Porn is a medium, not a genre’: performer, director and activist Pandora Blake talks ethical smut
The spanking specialist gave a talk – and screened some explicit clips from throughout porno history – at Shoreditch venue The Book Club at the start of the month. Our reviewer was there to ‘listen and learn’…