Little Revolution review – revisiting the Hackney riots
Playwright Alecky Blythe recreates a community in crisis in her latest verbatim play
Playwright Alecky Blythe recreates a community in crisis in her latest verbatim play
Residents have come together to oppose what they see as the excesses of the criminal justice system following last year’s riots
The Burberry Outlet Store is to be at the centre of council development plans to create 200 new jobs
Anti-police feeling more to blame for August mayhem in Hackney than elsewhere, claim researchers. ‘Stop and search’ tactics singled out
A look back at Hackney in 2011, another year of the unexpected and unpredictable
Hackney businesses hit by the summer riots are yet to find out if they will be getting compensation
The Hackney Citizen talks to local business owners suffering a slump in trade in the aftermath of the summer’s civil unrest
Controversy continues over the severity of sentencing of those involved in the riots Hackney and elsewhere
Clarence Road shopkeeper, whose store was ransacked in the Hackney riots, wins Independent Community Retailer of the Year Award
A local minister gives her eyewitness account of last month’s civil unrest in the borough
A local trader and his family celebrate with supporters as his store throws open its doors again
Church and community groups organise a get-together exactly a week after the borough’s disturbances
Local Turkish community successfully defends its shops and businesses and chases potential looters away