Baby/Lon review – 'This is not just about entertainment'
A cast of care leavers star in a tale of growing up in social services by Big House theatre company
Ruth Stivey
Phoenix at Hackney Downs Studios – review
Cast made up of actors with experience in social care star in site-specific production by Big House theatre
Goodgym – exercising to improve body and soul
Social enterprise volunteers break a sweat by working out while helping the community
Soap star joins forces with Hackney theatre charity
Theatre company based in Hackney Downs aims to help vulnerable young people who have left the care system
Street artist Stik gives away work in Big Issue
Once homeless graffiti artist publishes exclusive work in magazine to help people living on streets
Penguin pupils p-p-pick up pounds for Pudsey
People of Stamford Hill give warm reception to flapping fundraising sixth-formers
Paralympic procession comes to the borough
Mix-up meant some disabled onlookers had an obstructed view of the torch relay
Post-Games Olympic Park reopening will help create ‘sustainable neighbourhoods’
Legacy will help London ‘steer it out of recession and on to long term prosperity’ says Mayor Boris Johnson
Diamond Jubilee: Celebrations in Hackney
People across Hackney celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
Hackney Jubilations – what’s on this weekend
A selection of Queen’s Diamond Jubilee street parties and other celebrations in neighbourhoods across the borough
Leona Lewis and Plan B launch Academy to inspire Hackney teenagers
With controversy surrounding the BBC’s free festival next month at Hackney Marshes, the Hackney Citizen speaks exclusively with the celebrities who are helping teenagers in the community, as well as joining in on the fun
Hackney CAB crowdmaps housing benefit shortfalls and threatened evictions
Hackney Citizens’ Advice Bureau launches crowdsourced map of housing problems across the borough
Plans afoot for Hoxton skyscrapers
Hackney Council launches architects’ contest to build Hoxton tower blocks
Sam Hallam murder case goes to Court of Appeal
Campaigners call on Sam Hallam’s supporters to attend the appeal hearing on Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 May at the Royal Courts of Justice