Winter Toy Appeal: Thousands of children in poverty to receive gift this Christmas as organisers issue ‘heartfelt thanks’
Despite challenging circumstances, eighth annual appeal reaches close to 5,000 children across north-east London
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Poetry: Still Lurking In The Dark by Charlie Cook
The local Year 5 student shares his heartfelt verses about Covid at Christmas
Hackney Stand Up To Racism event raises almost £1,000 for refugee charity
The local group held its annual community fundraiser last week in aid of Care4Calais
Homerton Hospital’s chief executive to move on next spring after nine years at the helm
Tracey Fletcher is set to take up a similar role at East Kent’s NHS Trust
Homerton Hospital announces visitor restrictions as Covid cases soar
Acute and general wards closed to visitors to ‘protect patients, staff and the public’
‘Take Omicron seriously’, top doctor warns Hackney residents
Local GP and chair of north-east London’s CCG Dr Mark Rickets is urging people to get their jabs
‘Historic’ An Viet House to be turned into UK’s first East and South-East Asian resource centre
Town Hall agrees £1.4 million investment for building that has fallen into disrepair
Exeunt – The Stage Door Project, Lloyd McDonagh and Salvatore Scarpa, book review: ‘Oblique yet poignant angle on thespian life’
Actors McDonagh and Scarpa talk to the Citizen about their intimate portrait of the pandemic’s impact on theatres
‘How can we shift the narrative?’ Photographs of smiling Black schoolboys go on display around Hackney as ‘call to action’
Exhibition by artist Kay Adekunle Rufai closes out this year’s Black history season
Mixed reviews for Low Traffic Neighbourhood on Church Street – with traders unhappy and others praising health benefits
Cars are banned from using the popular shopping street between 7am and 7pm
‘We would forgive and forget’: Hackney pub appeals for return of stuffed cockerel mascot
The Cock Tavern is offering ‘a pint or two’ as a reward after the bird was snatched last week
Hackney’s Five Points named Brewery of the Year at prestigious national awards
Five Points co-founder pays tribute to staff after winning Brewers Choice’s top prize
Controversial new incinerator gets go-ahead despite warnings from health experts and protests from campaign groups
Councillors from the North London Waste Authority have voted through the plans
Hackney GP surgery ‘thrilled’ to be named among best in the country for fifth year running
Richmond Road Medical Centre team delighted to be recognised again after ‘an exceptionally difficult few years for patients’
‘We’ll see flesh on the bone’: Landmark for upcoming V&A East Museum as building hits full height
The steel skeleton of the 42.5-metre-tall venue, set to open in 2025, is now complete
‘It’s a massive achievement’: Community fitness scheme that started in Hackney wins national coaching award
Our Parks, which offers free exercise classes in green spaces across the UK, recognised by industry heavyweights