Hackney Citizen

NHS to close sexual health clinic serving City and Hackney Homerton Hospital to shut clinic in October due to falling patient numbers post-pandemic and rent costs – despite Hackney remaining STI hotspot

NHS to close sexual health clinic serving City and Hackney

#Hackney #health #NHS #sexualhealth

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Fundraiser launched to help pay funeral costs of ‘amazing’ Hackney musician Adrian Owusu, member of local band The Heliocentrics, died in July

Fundraiser launched to help pay funeral costs of ‘amazing’ Hackney musician

#Hackney #music

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Petition urging council to freeze nursery fee hike hits 500 signatures One signatory calls move ‘slap to the face of hard-working families’, but Town Hall says ‘it was a choice we had to make’

Petition urging council to freeze nursery fee hike hits 500 signatures

#Hackney #childcare #nurseries #children #families

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Inside a record store’s fight for survival in Hackney Recycle Vinyl’s owner came to Dalston with dreams of a multi-use record shop and dance space – the reality has been harsh

Inside a record store’s fight for survival in Hackney

#Hackney #music #vinyl #business #licensing

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/08/01/i...

Homerton health workers celebrate ‘long overdue’ pay increase Clinical support workers secure wage hike and back pay following lengthy union-backed campaign

Homerton health workers celebrate ‘long overdue’ pay increase

#Hackney #health #NHS #Unison #healthcare

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/31/h...

Council to cap e-bike fares and charge carriers £80 to collect badly parked cycles Local restaurateur say current scheme feels ‘a bit of a Wild West’

Council to cap e-bike fares and charge carriers £80 to collect badly parked cycles

#Hackney #ebikes #transport #cycling

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RSPCA launches investigation after two kittens abandoned near Victoria Park Animal welfare charity also looking into reports of a man taunting dogs with a live rabbit on Mare Street

RSPCA launches investigation after two kittens abandoned near Victoria Park

#Hackney #kittens #animalwelfare #RSPCA

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Campaigners to oppose latest effort to turn historic Victoria Park pub into ‘luxury home’ Campaign for Real Ale to fight plans for 400-year-old Albion pub – just twelve months after previous proposals were rejected

Campaigners to oppose latest effort to turn historic Victoria Park pub into ‘luxury home’

#Hackney #planning #pubs #history

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/29/c...

Hackney man wrongfully convicted of murder launches new fight for compensation Sam Hallam joins forces with other exonerees to call for legal test to be scrapped

Hackney man wrongfully convicted of murder launches new fight for compensation

#Hackney #SamHallam #justice #law #compensation

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Hackney Migrant Centre founding member Wendy Pettifer passes away aged 72 Pettifer, a housing lawyer and ‘fierce radical social justice warrior’, died following a long illness

Hackney Migrant Centre founding member Wendy Pettifer passes away aged 72

#Hackney #law #immigration #poetry

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/29/h...

Hackney councillor walks out of domestic violence debate after rejected amendment Cllr Claudia Turbet-Delof leaves chamber after Labour votes against call to protect undocumented migrant women

Hackney councillor walks out of domestic violence debate after rejected amendment

#Hackney #VAWG #domesticviolence

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/28/h...

East Londoners react to plans for ‘dangerous’ Shoreditch junction Locals share views on Transport for London’s proposals for revamped roads, cycle lanes and crossings

East Londoners react to plans for ‘dangerous’ Shoreditch junction

#Hackney #Shoreditch #transport #cycling #roadsafety

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/28/e...

‘The voice of good design and conservation needs to be heard’ Hackney Society’s Lisa Shell on the band of volunteers fighting for the borough’s heritage, keeping the council in check, and adapting after the sudden loss of a friend and colleague

‘The voice of good design and conservation needs to be heard’

Hackney Society’s Lisa Shell on the volunteers fighting for the borough’s heritage, keeping the council in check, and adapting after the loss of a friend and colleague

#Hackney #architecture

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/25/v...

Town Hall celebrates 33 Green Flag awards – the joint best haul in London Mayor praises ‘dedicated’ parks team and volunteers for accolades that recognise well-maintained public spaces

Town Hall celebrates 33 Green Flag awards – the joint best haul in London

#Hackney #GreenFlag #parks

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Titbits – Poetry and promotion Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

Titbits – Poetry and promotion

Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough...

#Hackney #titbits

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/25/t...

‘Once a young person feels seen, they start to dream differently’ Hackney-based director Emeka Egbuono and actor Michael Adurson tell the Citizen about their new film, Stolen Dreams 2: Redemption

‘Once a young person feels seen, they start to dream differently’

Hackney-based director Emeka Egbuono and actor Michael Adurson tell the Citizen about their new film, Stolen Dreams 2: Redemption

#Hackney #film #StolenDreams2

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/24/y...

Council warned of ‘damaging’ school behaviour policies and ‘racism’ towards pupils Town Hall reviewing behaviour policies in bid to bring down suspensions and exclusions

Council warned of ‘damaging’ school behaviour policies and ‘racism’ towards pupils

#Hackney #schools #children #education @js-ldrs.bsky.social

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/23/c...

‘Biblical themes abound’ – Jonah Non Grata at the Hen and Chickens ‘Hilariously incongruous snippets of popular culture and much zany improv’

‘Biblical themes abound’ – Jonah Non Grata at the Hen and Chickens

#Hackney #theatre #stage #comedy

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/21/s...

Record shop’s silent disco blocked due to risk of noise complaints Plan opposed by Metropolitan Police after confusion around previous amplified events

Record shop’s silent disco blocked due to risk of noise complaints

#Hackney #licensing #police #music

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/21/s...

Hackney residents crowdfund to save climbing frame before council scraps it Parents at Linzell Estate launch £3.5k appeal to repair ageing playset

Hackney residents crowdfund to save climbing frame before council scraps it

#Hackney #children #play @js-ldrs.bsky.social

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/18/h...

Hackney councillor hits out at ‘rotten’ Labour following Diane Abbott’s suspension Independent Socialist Claudia Turbet-Delof, an ex-Labour councillor, says ‘this is exactly why we left’

Hackney councillor hits out at ‘rotten’ Labour following Diane Abbott’s suspension

#Hackney #DianeAbbott #Labour

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Hackney MP Diane Abbott suspended by Labour again following racism comments Abbott banned after defending views that led to her previous suspension

Hackney MP Diane Abbott suspended by Labour again following racism comments

#Hackney #DianeAbbott #Labour

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/17/h...

West Reservoir swimmers fight to save communal changing rooms as council revamp gets underway Petition launched by campaigners who worry community ethos will be lost

West Reservoir swimmers fight to save communal changing rooms as council revamp gets underway

#Hackney #swimming #sports #planning

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/16/w...

Hackney music venues given acoustic upgrades in pioneering audio-inclusivity project Paper Dress Vintage, SJQ and Vortex are now kitted out to host people who are sensitive to noise

Hackney music venues given acoustic upgrades in pioneering audio-inclusivity project

#Hackney #music #livemusic #noise

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/15/h...

Moth Club campaigners in dark over plans for neighbouring block – as 20,000 sign petition Manager of popular venue fears flats next door could ‘jeopardise’ its future

Moth Club campaigners in dark over plans for neighbouring block – as 20,000 sign petition

#Hackney #planning #music #comedy @js-ldrs.bsky.social

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Have your say on Hackney’s education plans as council launches consultation Residents encouraged to get involved as council responds to ‘significant challenges’

Have your say on Hackney’s education plans as council launches consultation

#Hackney #education #schools #children

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/14/h...

Housing protesters descend on Town Hall after entire block loses hot water Residents furious over ‘inhumane’ conditions as temporary showers put in their courtyard after delays

Housing protesters descend on Town Hall after entire block loses hot water

#Hackney #housing @js-ldrs.bsky.social

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/11/h...

African grill restaurant at centre of ‘shadow licence’ row Hackney Wick residents suspicious of landlord after sexual assault in Newham nightclub

African grill restaurant at centre of ‘shadow licence’ row

#Hackney #licensing @js-ldrs.bsky.social

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/11/a...

V&A East teases opening of David Bowie Centre – featuring an archive of more than 90,000 objects Visitors will be able to peruse the items and guest-curated displays when the Centre opens in September

V&A East teases opening of David Bowie Centre – featuring an archive of more than 90,000 objects

#Hackney #EastLondon #DavidBowie #art #music

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Estate residents accuse ‘mystery’ housing staff of ripping down petitions De Beauvoir housing woes continue as tenants say drivers urinating in faulty lifts

Estate residents accuse ‘mystery’ housing staff of ripping down petitions

#Hackney #housing @js-ldrs.bsky.social

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/07/09/e...