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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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.)

Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 5d

‘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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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
eatyourownears.com/king-creosote

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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

‘She can’t vanish’: Community mourns death of beloved local homeless woman

#Hackney

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/10/03/c...

‘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 · 12d

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 · 12d

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 · 12d

Popular Dalston bakery giving prison leavers tools to flourish in ‘chaotic’ London

#Hackney #bakery #prison

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The Dusty Knuckle has been praised as an exemplar in how to support ex-offenders

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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · 14d

‘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 · 19d

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 · 19d

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 · 19d

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 · 19d

‘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 · 20d

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 · 21d

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 · 23d

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 · 26d

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 · 26d

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 · 27d

‘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 · 29d

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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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · Sep 5

Titbits – Lording it up

Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough...

#Hackney #titbits

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Titbits – Lording it up

Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

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Hackney Citizen @hackneycitizen.bsky.social · Sep 5

Implaqueable women – The Hackney Society celebrates those turned down for ‘not being famous enough’

#Hackney #history #women

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Implaqueable women – The Hackney Society celebrates those turned down for ‘not being famous enough’

‘It’s not that they weren’t doing anything – it’s that it wasn’t deemed important enough to record’

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