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‘Unsung heroes’: New exhibition shines spotlight on council staff

Photographer Andy Donohoe’s free Dalston show features portraits of street cleaners, librarians and park keepers

Author: Max Eckersley

‘Unsung heroes’: New exhibition shines spotlight on council staff

Towers ‘overshadowing’ Dalston Eastern Curve Garden go before planning chiefs

Eight-storey housing scheme has faced public opposition

Author: Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter

Towers ‘overshadowing’ Dalston Eastern Curve Garden go before planning chiefs

Hackney set for ‘biggest ever’ Dalston Children’s Festival

Drag queen among the special guests for two days full of free activities

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney set for ‘biggest ever’ Dalston Children’s Festival

Dalston Labour councillor re-elected by 21 votes after dramatic recount

Peter Snell was only up one vote on his Green challenger in the first count

Author: Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter

Peter Snell and Soraya Adejare

Mayoral candidates quizzed at Hackney Citizen hustings at the Arcola Theatre

Panel answers questions at sold-out event ahead of elections

Author: Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter

Mayoral candidates quizzed at Hackney Citizen hustings at the Arcola Theatre

Face on your Egg: Clown’s Gallery in Dalston shells out for collection of precious new arrivals

Mattie Faint, curator of the monthly free museum and in-house clown for Great Ormond Street, tells us why these historic painted eggs are so important in clowning – and how they ended up in Hackney

Author: Hackney Citizen

One of Faint's own egg likenesses

Women’s Equality Party’s first ever Hackney candidate puts SEND cuts at heart of campaign

Deputy Mayor calls for unity in fight against SEND cuts, telling campaigners ‘We are on the same side’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Women’s Equality Party’s first ever Hackney candidate puts SEND cuts at heart of campaign

Nightclubs face early closing time as Hackney’s draft licensing policy clears another hurdle

‘Core hours’ and Shoreditch Special Policy extension agreed by Licensing Committee

Author: Hackney Citizen

Nightclubs face early closing time as Hackney’s draft licensing policy clears another hurdle

Dalston Tesco Express to become a 120-room hotel despite fears of Shoreditch-level anti-social behaviour

Speaker of Hackney among opponents of hotel on Kingsland High Street

Author: Hackney Citizen

Dalston Tesco Express to become a 120-room hotel despite fears of Shoreditch-level anti-social behaviour

Wall power: Dalston teens paint mural around Benyon Estate building site

GCSE art students decorate hoardings with visions of ‘love and loss’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Wall power: Dalston teens paint mural around Benyon Estate building site

Two teenagers charged with assaulting police following Dalston bus fare row

Situation escalated after a 15-year-old girl was caught without a valid ticket

Author: Hackney Citizen

Two teenagers charged with assaulting police following Dalston bus fare row

Lucinda Rogers to exhibit drawings of a changing Ridley Road Market

The London artist and campaigner took to the streets to depict scenes many fear will be lost to gentrification, the overarching topic of the exhibition

Author: Hackney Citizen

'There's a lot more here to see': Lucinda Rogers' Fruit mountain at the entrance to Ridley Road. © Lucinda Rogers