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Police post £10k reward in fresh appeal over children’s BBQ shooting

Detectives urge people to come forward after ‘well-known’ homeless man was shot three times in Daubeney Fields in July

Author: Hackney Citizen

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Hackney Council ordered to cut back freesheet – as Town Hall plans £1 million for printing and distribution

Sajid Javid threatens court action unless Hackney Today switches to quarterly

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Council ordered to cut back freesheet – as Town Hall plans £1 million for printing and distribution

Hackney Winter Night Shelter opens doors for 25th year

The charity is hunting for new volunteers, as well as welcoming financial and physical donations

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Winter Night Shelter ready for guests. (Photograph: Paul Driver)

ACM cladding found in Hackney schools is safe, says Mayor Glanville

Report sheds light as council blocks fire ratings release

Author: Hackney Citizen

Grenfell Tower fire

Hackney Mayor ‘proud’ as London Living Wage hike announced

Rate up 45p to £10.20 an hour as borough celebrates start of Living Wage Week 2017

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Mayor ‘proud’ as London Living Wage hike announced

Titbits – The Apprentice’s surprising guest star, Akehurst’s dream and some RAG bull

Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

Author: Hackney Citizen

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Mayor apologises for misleading public over fire safety on day of Grenfell blaze

Claims that all fire risk assessments were ‘up-to-date’ and that priority work has been done were false

Author: Hackney Citizen

Mayor apologises for misleading public over fire safety on day of Grenfell blaze

Labour and Lib Dems slam ‘regressive’ council tax hike for Hackney’s poorest

Town Hall is asking for residents’ views on plans to cut council tax relief

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Town Hall

London Fields Lido: ‘Substandard finish’ means pool remains closed

Council says it will provide a new update when it is confident that the work will be completed to its satisfaction

Author: Hackney Citizen

London Fields Lido: ‘Substandard finish’ means pool remains closed

Residents slam council plans to turn ‘thriving’ community garden into housing

Local group Daubeney Fields Forever calls for a rethink, but Town Hall says it is ‘doing all it can to build the homes Hackney needs’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Residents slam council plans to turn ‘thriving’ community garden into housing

Have your say on Hackney Council’s ‘Local Plan’ blueprint for 2033

Council invites residents to ‘help shape the future of the borough’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Have your say on Hackney Council’s ‘Local Plan’ blueprint for 2033

Delay roll-out of ‘disastrous’ Universal Credit in Hackney, Mayor Glanville tells government

Mayor’s letter warns benefit changes could increase poverty and debt

Author: Hackney Citizen

Delay roll-out of ‘disastrous’ Universal Credit in Hackney, Mayor Glanville tells government