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Judge ‘not minded to remove’ Hackney chief executive’s name from injunction in leaseholder contempt case

By James Barnes | Wednesday 23 September 2026 at 18:25
Photograph of Dawn Carter McDonald, Hackney Council Chief Executive

Both sides are now negotiating to settle the contempt application and disrepair claim

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Road changes near you – cycle hangars, parking bays and play streets

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 23 September 2026 at 15:16
Hackney Traffic Order map 23 September 2026

Eight traffic orders, 81 changes to Hackney’s streets — and three schemes you can still object to

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Hackney tops London schools exclusions table as capital’s rate falls

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 23 September 2026 at 08:23
Photograph of London mayor Sir Sadiq with pupils at St Augustine's CE High School, Kilburn

All 50 permanent exclusions came from the borough’s secondary schools, with none from primaries

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Golden Boy review – Josh O’Connor sweats through Odets’ Depression-era boxing drama

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 22 September 2026 at 22:01

Stanley Townsend, Daniel Mays and Hayley Squires round out a cast in which the women get little to do

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Tit-bits – kerb your enthusiasm

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 21 September 2026 at 15:08
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Read more from the bird that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

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Tit-bits – gutter press

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 21 September 2026 at 14:44
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Read more from the bird that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

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Tit-bits – Hop it

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 20 September 2026 at 12:25
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Read more from the bird that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

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‘Cyclists don’t stop’: disabled residents frightened of floating bus stops as council urged to reject them

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Saturday 19 September 2026 at 15:11
Photograph of Sarah Gayton, Sarah Leadbetter and John Thornton outside Hackney Town Hall

Protesters turned up to the Town Hall in anger at the council updating its plans for Queensbridge Road

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Ridley Road Shopping Village traders bid for community asset status

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Saturday 19 September 2026 at 13:33
Photograph of traders at Ridley Road Market in Hackney have been protesting the closure of the indoor market

Traders have held out at the Dalston shopping hall since March, working without lights after the landlord cut the power

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Planning applications near you

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 19 September 2026 at 10:49
Map of planning applications by postcode

Every application advertised by Hackney Council this week

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Tit-bits – Hackney, the people’s choice

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 18 September 2026 at 14:55
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Read more from the bird that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

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Woodberry Down Disco turns WhatsApp group into a dancefloor

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 18 September 2026 at 14:20

Founder Nirmala Kesumadewi wanted a way to meet the thousands of neighbours she only knew from a group chat

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Hackney is Yours: Council invites residents to ‘join conversation’ on borough’s future

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 16 September 2026 at 15:49

Two surveys and a series of drop-in sessions will feed into a local plan covering the next 15 years

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Council urges TfL to scrap proposed cuts to six bus routes

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 16 September 2026 at 15:15
254 bus in Hackney

Intervention lands three weeks after Labour accused the Greens of staying quiet on the cuts

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Soundsystem returns as Old Fire Station joins Open House

By Ellie Waterhouse | Wednesday 16 September 2026 at 13:45
Old Fire Station

Jah Prophecies returns to the Leswin Road hall they played in the 1980s, alongside carnival workshops and games

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Hackney Council security guard filmed throwing housing protester to the floor

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Saturday 12 September 2026 at 18:22

Campaigners spent two hours in the foyer demanding a home for a family in one-bedroom temporary accommodation

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Clapton nursery ordered out of church hall as new site awaits Ofsted sign-off

By Jake Dann | Friday 11 September 2026 at 16:48

Families at St Michael’s Nurseries on Blurton Road say they were given days’ notice

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West Reservoir path opens — but row grows over fence that keeps non-swimmers from the water

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 11 September 2026 at 13:02

Residents say the scheme has created a ‘place of segregation’

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Council hands out £10,500 to open repair cafés across Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 11 September 2026 at 11:40

Volunteers will fix broken household items for free as the Town Hall marks Zero Waste Week with grants for seven community groups

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Residents can claim unused council land to grow food under new pilot

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 11 September 2026 at 11:25

Groups of five or more people can apply for verges, vacant plots and land around council buildings, with the first ten schemes to be approved this year

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