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Leader – Housing and bad air on the agenda of next Mayor of Hackney

The political coalescence around certain areas of interest leaves little doubt as to which complaints are being heard loudest by those who would lead us

Author: Hackney Citizen

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Titbits – Among the ‘purged’, and a councillor’s shrewd move

Find out who is name-checked in the column that pecks at the crumbs of local politics

Author: Hackney Citizen

Titbits bird

Hackney Playbus bids sad farewell to ‘Bugsie’ after eight years on the road

Charity wheels out ‘Katy-Lou’ after malfunction near Winston Churchill statue, but hopes to buy new double decker soon

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Playbus bids sad farewell to ‘Bugsie’ after eight years on the road

Divest Hackney demands council show ‘true leadership’ by shifting cash from fossil fuels

Campaign group is turning up the heat on council ahead of key meeting this month

Author: Hackney Citizen

Pensions committee divestment credit Divest Hackney

Decision time as voters prepare to elect next Mayor of Hackney

Five candidates to take part in biggest UK poll since EU vote

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Town Hall

New benefits cap will ‘damage life chances of over 3,000 Hackney children’

Borough will be one of the worst affected areas in the UK, according to new government figures

Author: Hackney Citizen

Chief Executive of Child Poverty Action group, Alison Garnham

Three men jailed for stealing ‘life-saving equipment’ from fire stations

Thieves stole £100k worth of fire-fighting kit in London crime spree

Author: Hackney Citizen

Jack Edwards

Do me a flavour – Gillian Riley on umami

Known as the fifth taste, Umami is both a trendy concept and chemical substance – but above all a way of getting deliciousness into our food

Author: Hackney Citizen

Monosodium glutamate (MSG): umami in its controversial chemical form. Photograph: J.M. Lawton

Strictly orthodox Jews in Stamford Hill ‘raise £1 million’ to fight child custody battles

Critics raise fear of new barriers for women wishing to leave Haredi community

Author: Hackney Citizen

Stamford Hill. Photograph: Hackney Citizen

Cache of knives discovered close to Hackney Wick following Mabley Green brawl

The haul included an example of the controversial “zombie knife”, as well as other weapons

Author: Hackney Citizen

Photograph: Hackney MPS

Save Haggerston Park group fights council over community garden “land grab” plan

Hackney Council “unable to provide assurance” that parkland will be reintegrated after use as temporary school site

Author: Hackney Citizen

The disputed depot area of Haggerston Park. Photograph: Josh Loeb

Today Studios: a workspace to thrive in

This co-working space in the heart of Hackney gives you everything you need to spark creativity

Author: Hackney Citizen

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