Niall Holden - Hackney Citizen

Haggerston couple log more than 100 noise complaints over waste site – 'with no improvement'

Residents living opposite a waste processing facility in Haggerston say more than a year of complaints to Hackney Council and the site's operator has failed to stop overnight noise that is repeatedly disrupting their sleep

By Niall Holden

/ 31 Jul 2026

Haggerston couple log more than 100 noise complaints over waste site – 'with no improvement'

Mayor Garbett urges minister to bin single-sex rules as campaigners round on her

Zoë Garbett tells the government to reject new EHRC guidance requiring single-sex spaces to follow biological sex, warning it puts trans people at risk — but the group Hackney Sex Realists says she is sacrificing women "on the altar of an ideology"

By Niall Holden

/ 14 Jul 2026

Council consults on Tyssen Street greening as campaigners cry foul over play area

Low Traffic Hackney backs new trees and benches at Hoxton Trust garden but disputes the council's account of what happens to the car bays

By Niall Holden

/ 8 Jul 2026

Council consults on Tyssen Street greening as campaigners cry foul over play area

Family's five-year battle over collapsing council flat: 'It's dangerous'

Doudou Mpanda says repeated repairs at his Haggerston home have failed to stop leaks that have caved in a bathroom wall and left his children too frightened to use the toilet

By Niall Holden

/ 8 Jul 2026

A target that rewards the least sick: what Homerton’s longest waits tell us

Homerton hit its four-hour A&E target this year — but the four-hour target itself has been accused of steering hospitals towards the patients who are easiest to treat, while the sickest wait longest

By Niall Holden

/ 29 Jun 2026

'Frankenchicken' protest against Pret A Manger dodges Shoreditch for Bishopsgate

Anima International's £1 million campaign against Pret A Manger's chicken welfare record was due to land outside the sandwich chain's Shoreditch High Street branch on Tuesday

By Niall Holden

/ 17 Jun 2026

'Frankenchicken' protest against Pret A Manger dodges Shoreditch for Bishopsgate

Greens accused of 'lying to parents' as Hackney nursery fees set to rise

A 3.8 per cent increase for families earning up to £70,000 will come into effect from the start of the autumn term

By Niall Holden

/ 17 Jun 2026

Greens accused of 'lying to parents' as Hackney nursery fees set to rise

Tenant spent a year in flat rated ‘10 out of 10’ for rats - Peabody accused of failing her

A mental health nurse in key worker accommodation says the housing association passed her case between pest controllers, plumbers, builders and its own maintenance teams across more than 50 appointments — while rat urine ran through the seams of her wet-room floor

By Niall Holden

/ 17 Jun 2026

Photograph of damage caused by Rat infestation Gore Road

Labour critics accuse Hackney's Green mayor of 'vibe' politics and blast Garbett’s 'waffle' on targets

Councillor Ben Lucas leads chorus of Labour critics warning Zoë Garbett that 'targets exist for a reason', after the mayor pledged to measure success by 'what people feel and experience'

By Niall Holden

/ 5 Jun 2026