What caused the Hackney riots? Local residents speak out
“These teenagers have got nothing better to do… they think that they’re well hard”
“These teenagers have got nothing better to do… they think that they’re well hard”
Hackney Citizens’ Advice Bureau offers information to local residents on what to do
What were the reasons for this week’s violent disturbances in the borough?
Local residents and businesses pick up the pieces and hope the next few days will be calmer
At street level in trouble-hit Hackney, residents paint a depressing picture of alienation, anger, boredom and mischief
Masked men and women barricade Pembury estate in largest confrontation of London riots yet
Youths ransack area and use burning vehicles, bricks and bottles as violence moves from Mare Street and London Fields to estate
Several shops in Dalston were broken into last night (Sunday) during the disorder that rocked north London following the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan in Tottenham. Some other Hackney stores are closing early today as a precaution
30 July – 31 August 2011, Hackney bike shops
Do you like your vino red, white or green? Borough Wines’s bring-your-own-bottle service cuts cost and carbon drastically
Cllr Linda Kelly’s defection raises issues about how councillors can best represent and communicate with their constituents
An 18 year-old man was today convicted and fined £100 for putting up homophobic stickers in east London
Saturday 14 May 2011, Hackney Marshes
A larger proportion of Hackney’s voters have voted ‘yes’ in the referendum on the voting system than in any other local authority