Lea Rowing Club celebrates successes
All welcome at local rowing club’s event on Saturday 28 July, marking the end of the race season and the start of the Olympics
William Turvill
Hackney karate kids meet Surrey kung fu fighters
Martial arts groups from Hoxton and Surrey spent a day together to improve their skills and learn about each other’s disciplines
Hackney Council to review London Living Wage policy
Hackney is to review its pay policy as two nearby local authorities agree to pay all those doing council work a living wage
Hackney Council rejects London Fields ‘tower block’ plan
Town Hall rejects as out of hand a plan to build ten-storey housing block near London Fields
The Invisible Line – seeing is believing
The Hackney Citizen takes a closer look at a new gallery in Dalston Lane
Blade runners Battodo-style
Traditional martial art helps its practitioners use mental discipline to cut through life’s obstacles as the borough’s Battodo students learn to live by the sword
Fares hike fuss mars Boris bus launch
As London Mayor launches his new prototype Routemaster, critics slam new bus as vanity project and poor value for money while transport fares rocket
Cuts to Hackney care budget could ‘harm’ older people warn charities
Social care has already been hit hard by the Coalition Government’s spending squeeze and plans for more cuts risk making life intolerable for many needy pensioners
Future Shorts Film Festival 2011 – review
The Future Shorts Film Festival launches at the Hackney Picturehouse
Bid to curb betting shop ‘blight’ gains support from local councils
Council leaders are calling for extra local powers to curb the ‘blight’ of betting shops on the high street
Man charged with murder after Hackney pub stabbing
Police investigating the death of Tommy Lawrence found stabbed outside the Glyn Arms in Clapton have charged a man with murder
Hackney hoard of gold coins goes up for sale
The buried gold coin hoard discovered in Stamford Hill is to be auctioned off by its rightful owner, Max Sulzbacher
From Hoxton to Harlow: Hackney karate kids take on Essex
Legends ‘old school’ Karate students from Hoxton visit Harlow to learn new ways of self-defence and self-discipline