News - Hackney Citizen (Page 335)

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

Black Cat Café burglary: Residents rally with funding drive after vegan eatery break-in

Police informed after glass is smashed and cash and till system are stolen from ethical eatery run as workers’ co-op

Author: Hackney Citizen

Broken glass at the Black Cat. Photo: JustGiving

Strut & Cluck, review: London’s first turkey-only restaurant is worth a gobble

Rather than doing Christmas dinner all year round, Strut & Cluck aims to showcase the potential of this magnificent bird

Author: Hackney Citizen

Strut & Cluck, review: London’s first turkey-only restaurant is worth a gobble

Dancing for the refugee crisis – fundraising party to be held at Stour Space

Dance music and visual art extravaganza to take place at Hackney Wick gallery in aid of the ongoing refugee crisis in Calais, Syria and beyond

Author: Hackney Citizen

Plans for free school close to Hackney Marshes go on public display

Lea Bridge Road site was acquired by the Lion Education Trust after Thames Water sold the land to the Education Funding Agency

Author: Hackney Citizen

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

Door to d’Or: Gavin Turk unveils new public sculpture in Hackney Wick

Painted door standing alone in the Hackney Wick breeze symbolises a commitment to the local creative community

Author: Hackney Citizen

Door to d’Or: Gavin Turk unveils new public sculpture in Hackney Wick

Human rights play to shed light on ‘biggest unreported war story of our time’

The Island Nation, opening this month at the Arcola, revisits the Sri Lankan civil war in a bid to address a ‘black hole in history’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Human rights play to shed light on ‘biggest unreported war story of our time’

Finsbury Park antiques traders fight back over landlord’s plan to ‘carve shop in two’

Bennet & Brown, whose clients include Westminster Cathedral, is ‘determined to stop’ landlord’s plans as petition reaches 500 signatures

Author: Hackney Citizen

Food for thought: Hackney nutrition experts offer healthy eating advice to students

Many rely on caffeine and sugar for a mental boost, but there are more natural ways to stay focused

Author: Hackney Citizen

Advice: Marina Biaudet in her Dalston shop. Photograph: Healthy Stuff

Novelist Alan Gibbons on why he is opposed to forced academisation and ‘exam factories’

After academy schools plan for all borough’s schools is revealed, former teacher turned children’s fiction writer gives his views

Author: Hackney Citizen

Alan Gibbons with pupils and one of his youth novels

‘Soon there’ll be nowhere left to go’ – Hackney residents reveal ‘bad landlord’ experiences

Constant rent increases and unfinished repairs are among Hackney residents’ complaints following a survey of the capital’s renters

Author: Hackney Citizen

Action! Hackney Picturehouse staff to strike over cinema’s refusal to pay London Living Wage

Cinema workers are calling on Hackney Picturehouse to pay its staff a minimum of £9.40 an hour – a figure calculated as the basic cost of living in London

Author: Hackney Citizen