News - Hackney Citizen (Page 33)

A combination of imagination and tradition - India Club at Gunpowder

'This is the epitome of intimate dining'

Author: Hackney Citizen

Challenging under-representation: Campaign launches to tackle Afro-hair discrimination

'There are thousands of emojis but none that represents afro-hair'

Author: Gabriel Stewart

Council left child without care plan for more than a year, ombudsman finds

Town Hall received professional advice late - but still did not issue the plan for around another 10 months.

Author: Claudia Lee

Hackney Council has spent £38 million since 2020 buying back houses it used to own

The local authority sold one property for £95,050 in 2014, only to buy it back for £365,000 in 2021

Author: Claudia Lee

Bakery workers pave the way for hospitality organising with 'landmark' union recognition

E5 Bakehouse founder Ben Mackinnon has welcomed the agreement as a 'really positive move'

Author: Claudia Lee

In union: bakers at E5 Bakehouse. Photograph: Hackney Citizen

Raising the colour: Hackney flies flag for Black History Season

Following a summer where flag wars have polarised the country, the borough is 'Standing Firm in Power and Pride'

Author: Claudia Lee

Hackney Council black history season flag

Ridley Road traders are back up and running - but uncertainty remains

A number of traders referred to the council as “hostile”, saying it is overseeing the 'managed decline' of Ridley Road

Author: Claudia Lee

Fatimata owner of Bedding Outlet at RRSV

Hackney MP Meg Hillier joins judging panel of Kingsland Shopping Centre logo design competition

The MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch said the contest was about 'capturing the story of Dalston' and reflecting its 'diversity, ambition and energy'

Author: Agnes Dorling

Campaigners urge Homerton NHS Trust to eschew contract with controversial US data firm

'There are widely-held concerns about the inadequate safeguards Palantir offers regarding the confidentiality of our personal health records'

Author: Claudia Lee

Marion Macalpine of Hackney Keep Our NHS Public

Popular Hackney venue teases plenty more gigs as council backs 5am closing time

Director of music and comedy theatre Evolutionary Arts Hackney (EartH) in Hackney says later hours will put an end to its ‘hand-to-mouth’ existence and support its long-term survival

Author: Hackney Citizen

EartH has played host to multiple music and comedy acts since it opened in 2018

Broken lifts, loss of hot water and overdue repairs: Hackney Council pays out 'astonishing' £572,000 in compensation

Hackney councillor told officers she had gone two months without hot water in her housing block

Author: Hackney Citizen

Collection of iconic Hackney Empire statue sculptor goes up for auction

'The clays, the heat, the oxides and even the water used to form the things I make are in many ways equivalent to the forces which originally shaped the earth'

Author: Claudia Lee

Michael Mason (left) with Hackney Empire sculpture 1989