Elspeth Rees - Hackney Citizen

Labour accuses Hackney Greens of hypocrisy over party whip

The role carries an extra £6,724.20 allowance, though Greens insist their leadership still saves residents money

By Elspeth Rees

/ 25 Sep 2026

Lauriston Road church wins £200,000 for its bicentenary

Grade II listing makes upkeep costly, says a rector of 17 years, as the parish turns 200

By Elspeth Rees

/ 13 Aug 2026

The interior of a church. Rows of brown wooden pews, with an ornate floor and beige coloured walls and ceiling

Dalston dad launches app to find pubs with playgrounds

Alastair Duncan says playgrounds signal to children "that this is a space for them too"

By Elspeth Rees

/ 8 Aug 2026

Dalston dad launches app to find pubs with playgrounds

'Exhausted, frustrated and angry': council block's lift out of action for seven weeks

Second lift failure at Lower Clapton block this summer

By Elspeth Rees

/ 31 Jul 2026

'Exhausted, frustrated and angry': council block's lift out of action for seven weeks

Sir Patrick Vernon to lead Rio talk as film spotlights black and working-class health researchers

A new documentary charting the journeys of three professors and a PhD student into health research opens with a free screening at Dalston’s Rio Cinema

By Elspeth Rees

/ 5 Jul 2026

Green councillors demand reinstatement of Cllr Puech keffiyeh photo

Five councillors say Cllr Brenda Puech and Mayor Zoë Garbett were not consulted before officers took down the portrait following a complaint from UK Lawyers for Israel

By Elspeth Rees

/ 17 Jun 2026