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Cyclist expected to make recovery after collision with car on Mare Street

20-year-old suffered head injuries after being hit by a car in the early hours of Saturday morning

Author: Hackney Citizen

Mare Street: the scene of the accident on Saturday morning. CCTV image: Metropolitan Police

Three men jailed for stealing ‘life-saving equipment’ from fire stations

Thieves stole £100k worth of fire-fighting kit in London crime spree

Author: Hackney Citizen

Jack Edwards

Police hunt for two men after shot fired at Hackney restaurant

Detectives appeal for information following knife and gun attack at a Turkish eatery in Dalston

Author: Hackney Citizen

First suspect enters the restaurant

Titbits – a lackadaisical ex-councillor, a party for London and farewell to Jules Pipe

Read the column that pecks at the crumbs of what’s going on in the borough

Author: Hackney Citizen

Titbits bird

Hackney Council staff sacked following fraud investigation

Seven workers given their marching orders following probe into wrongdoing

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Town Hall

Four found guilty of Marcel Addai gang murder

Hoxton gang members face life in prison over fatal knife attack on teenager

Author: Hackney Citizen

Four found guilty of Marcel Addai gang murder

Drowning of teenager Jack Susianta who fled police was accident, inquest rules

Police reject criticism they seemed ‘hesitant’ to help as teenager disappeared in river Lea

Author: Hackney Citizen

Jack Susianta. Photograph: Facebook

Pensioner found guilty of murder after beheading estranged partner Judith Nibbs

Dempsey Nibbs flew into jealous rage after learning Judith was having affairs

Author: Hackney Citizen

Dempsey Nibbs

Man beheads wife in act of ‘pure hatred’

Police discovered the decapitated body of Judith Nibbs at her home on Charles Square Estate

Author: Hackney Citizen

Police have confirmed they are investigating the incident

Justice campaigners seek answers on police spy

Undercover Policing Inquiry to investigate alleged infiltration and reporting on justice groups

Author: Hackney Citizen

Remembrance: John Burke-Monerville plants a tree on Hackney Downs for his son Joseph. Photograph: Nell Lewis

Foster care child sex abuse could happen again, warns Hackney safeguarding chief

‘Huge risk’ of further sexual abuse, as police body rules out policy review

Author: Adam Barnett

Risk: Five schoolgirls were abused in foster care

Teenagers arrested after 18-inch sword found near Victoria Park

Two boys ran from police in middle of the night

Author: Hackney Citizen

Sword found police Victoria Park