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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 18h
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’

#Homerton #Hackney

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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’
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 22h
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

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#Hackney #housing
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
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 2d
Collection of iconic Hackney Empire statue sculptor goes up for auction

#hackney #hackneyempire #sculpture #ceramics

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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’
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James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social · 2d
This is part of an amazing story if anyone fancies donating. (I’ll write it up sometime because it’s a very inspiring and timely example of the power of community organising at this time.)
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 6d
‘She can’t vanish’: Community mourns death of beloved local homeless woman

#Hackney

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‘She can’t vanish’: Community mourns death of beloved local homeless woman
Fundraiser launched for a bench or plaque to honour Tracey O’Brien
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 2d
Disabled man denied access to train at Homerton station over ‘made-up rule’

‘Nobody else’s journey takes half an hour longer because they’re with four other people’

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#Homerton #Hackney #TfL
Disabled man denied access to train at Homerton station over ‘made-up rule’
‘Nobody else’s journey takes half an hour longer because they’re with four other people’
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Eat Your Own Ears @eatyourownears.bsky.social · 2d
COMING UP: Alela Diane
+ King Creosote & The Earlies

For one night only… Names Records brings together some of the magnificent artists that shaped the label some 20 years ago for a very special show at Hackney Church.

📍 Hackney Church
🗓️ Sat 11 Oct

🎟️ Final tickets
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 3d
Meet Nathan Creighton: the former Mossbourne student teaching maths at Oxford University

#Hackney #teaching #education

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Meet Nathan Creighton: the former Mossbourne student teaching maths at Oxford University
Awarded an academic scholarship to study at Cambridge University, Nathan later moved to Oxford for doctoral work
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 6d
Cake to celebrate: ‘lifeline’ Laburnum Boat Club marks its massive makeover

#Hackney #boating #rowing

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Cake to celebrate: ‘lifeline’ Laburnum Boat Club marks its massive makeover
‘It’s a space where young people feel heard and valued and supported to be the best they can be’
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 6d
‘She can’t vanish’: Community mourns death of beloved local homeless woman

#Hackney

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‘She can’t vanish’: Community mourns death of beloved local homeless woman
Fundraiser launched for a bench or plaque to honour Tracey O’Brien
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 13d
Final Woodberry Down plans win approval despite fears over ‘staggering’ loss of wildlife

#Hackney #planning #housing #biodiversity

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Final Woodberry Down plans win approval despite fears over ‘staggering’ loss of wildlife
Campaigners have raised concerns over biodiversity and cuts to social housing
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 13d
Come clean on buried ‘LTNs don’t cut traffic’ report, Sadiq Khan told

#Hackney #London #LTNs #transport

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Come clean on buried ‘LTNs don’t cut traffic’ report, Sadiq Khan told
The City Hall Conservatives transport spokesman Keith Prince said mayor must reveal whether he was involved
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 13d
Popular Dalston bakery giving prison leavers tools to flourish in ‘chaotic’ London

#Hackney #bakery #prison

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Popular Dalston bakery giving prison leavers tools to flourish in ‘chaotic’ London
The Dusty Knuckle has been praised as an exemplar in how to support ex-offenders
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 15d
‘Desperately disappointing for bereaved and injured’ – plans to end road deaths delayed till 2026

#Hackney #London #roadsafety #transport

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‘Desperately disappointing for bereaved and injured’ – plans to end road deaths delayed till 2026
Campaigners react as second phase of TfL’s much-vaunted Vision Zero Action Plan hits snag
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 20d
Climate campaigners urge council to ‘lead by example’ on plant-based catering

#Hackney #food #climate #environment

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Climate campaigners urge council to ‘lead by example’ on plant-based catering
Plant-Based Hackney fears Town Hall is ‘nowhere near as ambitious as it claims to be’
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 20d
Portraits of Slovak and Czech Britain, Nunnery Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Amazing cultural richness’

#Hackney #EastLondon #photography #exhibition

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Portraits of Slovak and Czech Britain, Nunnery Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Amazing cultural richness’
Scientists, artists and more pose for Peaky Blinders photographer Robert Viglasky
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 20d
Sadiq Khan breaks ranks with Labour government to call Gaza tragedy ‘genocide’ for first time

#Hackney #London #Gaza

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Sadiq Khan breaks ranks with Labour government to call Gaza tragedy ‘genocide’ for first time
Mayor of London has previously resisted calls to label Israel’s military campaign a genocide but now says it’s “inescapable” to conclude that
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 20d
‘The spirit of a place’ – How Dalston painters and potters fought back to save studio block from closure

#Hackney #Dalston #art

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‘The spirit of a place’ – How Dalston painters and potters fought back to save studio block from closure
Hackney Council moved to sell off Ashwin Street’s creative workspaces earlier this year, but artists have now bought the site after refusing to give up
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 21d
Woman injured and man dead in Clissold Park shooting – as police appeal for witnesses

#Hackney #shooting #police

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Woman injured and man dead in Clissold Park shooting – as police appeal for witnesses
Officers confirm that the pair were ‘known to each other’ and they believe it was an ‘isolated incident’
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 22d
Former councillor defends Morning Lane role following ‘insider’ claims

#Hackney #planning #housing

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Former councillor defends Morning Lane role following ‘insider’ claims
Vincent Stops responds to a report by campaigners that called his involvement an ‘egregious lack of transparency’
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 24d
Homerton dietician warns of ‘postcode lottery’ over access to weight loss drugs

#Hackney #London #weightloss #health

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Homerton dietician warns of ‘postcode lottery’ over access to weight loss drugs
The London Assembly Health Committee heard that high demand for the drugs in London has forced consumers into buying counterfeit medicines
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 27d
Man who planned Hackney shooting that left girl with bullet in her brain sentenced to life

#Hackney #crime #police

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Man who planned Hackney shooting that left girl with bullet in her brain sentenced to life
Javon Riley given minimum term of 34 years for ‘meticulously organising’ attack at Evin restaurant last year
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 27d
Iconic Hackney estate made famous by rent campaign set for sweeping regeneration

#Hackney #housing #planning

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Iconic Hackney estate made famous by rent campaign set for sweeping regeneration
New Era residents took on their former landlord and won – now their homes are due for large-scale refurbishment
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 28d
‘Ridiculous’: Council blocks juice bar from putting tables outside due to ‘encroachment’ on nearby park

#Hackney #smallbusiness #planning

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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · Sep 9
Morning Lane campaigners accuse council of consultation ‘con job’ in scathing report

#Hackney #housing #planning #codesign #consultation

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Morning Lane campaigners accuse council of consultation ‘con job’ in scathing report
Morning Lane People’s Space urges Town Hall to ‘do better’, with ‘future of the town centre at stake’
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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · Sep 5
Kokin, Stratford, food review: ‘So romantic, so artfully curated’

#EastLondon #food #restaurants

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Kokin, Stratford, food review: ‘So romantic, so artfully curated’
Learn from me though, put your best heels on, clunk on your baubles and move money over from your savings (you’ll need a fair wad)
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