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Antique traders Bennet and Brown win fight to stay in Finsbury Park shop after landlord offers new lease

People power wins out following vocal campaign and petition to save the antiques shop

Author: Hackney Citizen

Antique traders Bennet and Brown win fight to stay in Finsbury Park shop after landlord offers new lease

Northwold Estate residents fear community will be ‘wrecked’ if plan to flatten homes goes ahead

But landlord Guinness pledges an overall increase in social rented homes on the estate under its proposals

Author: Hackney Citizen

Fury as landlord Guinness rips children’s bikes off railings on Northwold Estate

Housing provider gave ‘no notice’ before blitz on Clapton estate earmarked for controversial redevelopment, which lacks proper bike racks

Author: Hackney Citizen

A resident's photograph showing some of the bikes dumped on the estate and left unsupervised

London Fields Lido closure halted amid concern over plans to end gender segregation

Female users voiced preference for women-only changing area to be retained after plans to introduce ‘changing village’ were revealed

Author: Hackney Citizen

London Fields Lido closure halted amid concern over plans to end gender segregation

Hackney politicians rejoice at scrapping of ‘unworkable’ pay-to-stay plans for council tenants

Government confirmed earlier this week it was dropping mandatory implementation of increases to council rents for higher earners

Author: Hackney Citizen

Tens of thousands of estate residents would have been affected in London alone, it is estimated

Missing man Christoph Häusler, a former fugitive and ex-politician, is reunited with mother

Bizarre life of 46-year-old, who is thought to have mental health problems, looks set to prompt questions over security owing to far right tattoos and conviction

Author: Hackney Citizen

A wanted appeal issued by Russian police in 2011

Draught bill: Hackney ale makes guest appearance in Parliament

Hackney Brewery ‘proud to represent borough’ at Westminster ahead of new charity drive

Author: Hackney Citizen

Meg Hillier MP with Hackney Brewery's Peter Hills

Council clamps down on ‘illegal mega ads’ on Hackney’s buildings

Legislation ‘not fit for purpose’ to stop advertising without consent in borough, councillor claims

Author: Hackney Citizen

Council clamps down on ‘illegal mega ads’ on Hackney’s buildings

Young man found stabbed in Stoke Newington in latest knife attack

Two people have been arrested for affray and a third person was arrested for affray and possession of a knife.

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney hospice patient Lillian John, 94, aims for Christmas Number One

Great grandmother recorded cover of ‘The Living Years’ as well as music video with 300 others from London Hospices Choir

Author: Hackney Citizen

Lillian John (left) recording the track at Abbey Road. Photograph: St Joseph's Hospice

On the Night Bus, review: London’s own nocturnal animals – in pictures

Taken over the course of three winters, Nick Turpin’s photographs are portraits of ordinary people in that limbo space between work and home

Author: Hackney Citizen

On the Night Bus, review: London’s own nocturnal animals – in pictures

Council under fire over use of ‘low pay employers’ in new recycling rewards scheme

‘Bitter irony’ that the scheme’s launch coincided with Mayor Glanville’s pledge to tackle poverty pay

Author: Hackney Citizen