News - Hackney Citizen (Page 325)

Politicians join police officers on the beat in Hackney

‘Walk the Met’ initiative raises awareness of the struggles faced by officers over the busy festive period

Author: Hackney Citizen

Politicians join police officers on the beat in Hackney

Acorn pub in Haggerston saved from demolition after achieving Asset of Community Value status

Campaign for Real Ale sought protection after application to knock down the early Victorian building in Queensbridge Road was put in earlier this year

Author: Hackney Citizen

Food advertising is not so innocent, say Hackney’s student filmmakers

Youth of the borough make short film warning their peers about how food choices are shaped, driven, and manipulated by marketing messages

Author: Hackney Citizen

Food advertising is not so innocent, say Hackney’s student filmmakers

Opening of free school close to Hackney Marshes delayed after Department for Education steps in

Project manager for Barclay Secondary Free School acknowledges ‘difficult setback’ following Waltham Forest Council opposition and decision by Whitehall

Author: Hackney Citizen

An artist's impression of the Barclay Secondary Free School. Image: Lion Education Trust

Bah humbug! Complaints Clissold Park Christmas Market ‘charged £7.50’ to see Santa

Bearded sleighman’s alleged Scrooge-like presents and officious elf also criticised amid complaints about expensive rides and experiences

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Fate of Homerton’s threatened pathology lab to be decided without public consultation

Health in Hackney Scrutiny Commission hears current on site department could be cut by up to 70 per cent, with services delivered from afar instead

Author: Hackney Citizen

Fate of Homerton’s threatened pathology lab to be decided without public consultation

London Fields resident Lucy Vincent campaigns for better food for prisoners

Following critical report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons, journalist says feeding convicts more nutritious meals could help reform them

Author: Hackney Citizen

My Favourite London Devils, Iain Sinclair, book review: ‘mapping space through memories’

Hackney author’s new book is an attempt to piece together a personal anthology of the literature of the capital

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‘Give us back our art!’ Petition launched over missing Stik mural

A group of young Polish artists want the mural they painted with Stik to be returned to the town of Gdansk, after it was found ‘mutilated’ and for sale in a West London gallery

Author: Hackney Citizen