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A Clapton artist whose colourful paintings explore life across the borough returning to Springfield Park Cafe for a new show. Cath Pater-Lancucki, a retired set designer who discovered her passion for ...
Citizens Advice is examining Shoreditch residents’ heating issues in the aftermath of hot water failures on Hackney council estates last winter. The Citizen has learned that the support service has ...
Residents have hit out at Hackney Council over persistent lift failures on their housing estate, and the “huge and unaffordable” cost of service charges for maintenance. Last week a leaseholder living ...
A community space in Hackney is facing an uncertain future after a quarrel between its managers and the council over the lease went public this week. On Monday, the team operating at The Bath House in ...
Proposals to demolish parts of Kingsland Shopping Centre to make way for “massive” tower blocks have prompted a backlash over affordable housing targets. Real estate firm Criterion Capital Ltd has ...
A local activist is raising awareness of what’s happening in Palestine after being arrested by Israeli police and deported despite “doing nothing wrong”. Susanne Björk, 48, was visiting the village of ...