Pie-oneers of fast food
Childhood memories of pie mash shops led George Steptoe to make a documentary about them
George Steptoe
Drome strike: Younghusband serve up relentless Krautrock
Hackney band gear up for next show on 14 July
Award winning children’s author Sally Gardner comes out fighting with attack on Michael Gove
Hackney-based medal winner says education secretary ‘wants to be the biggest headmaster that ever bossed the world around’
Rat urine bug threat to canal revellers
As messy fallout from chaotic party continues to attract scorn, new warning of potentially fatal Weil’s Disease
Gold star: Can Phreeda Sharp conquer the female rapper throne?
Hackney-based French-Ghanaian ‘fem-cee’ wants to ‘give women the balls to say what they want’
‘My home is not a toilet’: fury after floating festival sinks into anarchy
Recriminations fly after event as residents allege debauched anti-social behaviour by hordes of revellers
Safety fears sink Canalival: plug pulled on floating festival
Waterway carnival runs aground as Trust warns “caravan of calamity” could be “recipe for disaster”
The Haggerston pub hopes to reopen doors following mouse infestation
Deep clean of premises being carried out after Town Hall officers discover rodents
Cash for a Shot Tin Roof: rain threatens to stop plays at Yard Theatre
Groundbreaking Hackney Wick venue must raise £10,000 by 31 July
High alert after Hackney named measles hotspot
Rates of diagnosis in borough three times higher than in any other London area
Hackney ranked by Peace Index third least peaceful area in England and Wales
Violent crime rates exceed double national average over last ten years
Suleman ‘Solly’ Vesamia obituary
Tributes paid to Chatsworth Road stalwart who was an instrumental part of road’s Traders and Residents Association
Ken Livingstone launches construction training academy in Stamford Hill
The former London mayor hopes construction training academy will help deliver jobs
Hackney gets new ward boundaries in advance of 2014 local elections
Finalised changes now await parliamentary approval
Hackney MP and residents speak out over £10m Thatcher funeral cost
In the wake of Hackney MP Diane Abbott’s criticism of the cost of tomorrow’s ceremony, the Citizen took to the streets to hear what locals have to say