Beavertown Brewery’s sudden decision to axe former Hackney home Duke’s Brew & Que leaves drinkers stunned
The brewpub and BBQ restaurant on Downham Road, de Beauvoir, closed permanently on 4 December
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Britannia Leisure Centre: Campaigners cry foul after council releases first pics
Town Hall this week unveiled images of what the new facility might look like – four years from now
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
Fast food near schools: Hackney eighth worst in England
Council began restricting new takeaways in 2015, but has no powers to shut down existing ones
Hackney Citizen wins BBC funding for a Local Democracy Reporter
Contracts have been awarded to publishers across the country as part of the BBC Local News Partnership scheme
Dalston doctors’ surgery triumphs at National GP Awards
Richmond Road Medical Centre becomes first practice in Hackney to win
Community group wins bid to plant 21 trees on Stamford Hill Estate
Friends of Stamford Hill says this is just the start of a bigger plan to become ‘London’s best eco estate’
Two teenagers charged with assaulting police following Dalston bus fare row
Situation escalated after a 15-year-old girl was caught without a valid ticket
Children living in ‘Dickensian conditions’ on the rise in Hackney, says Winter Toy Appeal charity
Appeal founder calls for community help
Abuse and neglect reports double in Hackney, rising at twice national rate
Council points to awareness campaign as numbers jump from 660 to 1,261
Titbits – Quiet consultations and confusing quotations
More on the Town Hall’s communication problems in this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Stoke Newington Town Hall revamp is ‘not a sell-off’, says Mayor as cabinet agrees site’s future
Plans include shops, cafés and live music but would protect children’s library
Leader – A winter’s tale
An emboldened community, more than paradoxical housing policy, will help in the fight against homelessness
Three Elvises and posh nosh for Hackney’s older folks this Christmas
Weekly event for ‘swanky’ senior citizens hopes to ‘forge new friendships’ at a lonely time of year for some
London Fields Lido: £1.5 million contract and still no reopening date
FoI request from local resident shines light on ‘chaotic’ project
Hackney has more than 1,000 empty homes – amid ‘urgent’ housing crisis
Borough has tenth highest number of homeless people in the UK, according to leading charity Shelter