Hackney votes to adopt anti-semitism definition at Town Hall meeting
Motion passes as Cllr Odze says ‘anti-semitism continues to rear its ugly head’
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We don’t need no school selection, say 65 per cent of Hackney residents
Council survey finds 72 per cent want schools to be neutral on religion
Hackney Winter Night Shelter calls for volunteers to help run seasonal service for homeless people
Ahead of councillor’s question on official homelessness stats, shelter user tells Hackney Citizen: “It’s a slippery slope to being on the street”
Titbits- Trash talk and historic horticulture
Scythes and a herd of cows replace tractors on Walthamstow Marshes but is the Council’s latest recycling initiative equally as primitive?
Hackney Downs school plan in question after backlash from residents
The council is reviewing the responses to its consultation on building a ‘School for the Future’ on common land
Plans afoot for London Fields community council
Locals could have more say over issues that matter to the neighbourhood
Proposed clampdown on Hackney nightlife rejected
Council’s consultation shows overwhelming majority oppose Town Hall party poopers’ plans
Hands Off: women speak out over Hackney strip clubs
A short documentary by filmmaker Winstan Whitter
Hackney TUC condemns council’s proposed ‘nil’ policy on sex establishments
Trade unionists vote unanimously against the Town Hall’s plan and in favour of protecting the dancers who work in the venues
Council does U-turn over ROA graffiti rabbit
Town Hall says it is “pleased that we can now put an end to this matter”
Hackney Citizen launches fighting fund for legal battle with Council
Defence mounted of right to publish audio evidence of Town Hall’s election blunder
Hackney Council agrees new police powers to combat problem drinking
Will new measures leave glasses half-empty or half-full?
Hackney Council to invest £1m in Ridley Road Market
Major improvements on way for popular Dalston shopping hub
A menace to society?
So-called status dogs continue to concern local residents. The Citizen looks at what can be done