Hackney Council has appointed architects for the much-anticipated development of the Tesco site in the town centre, but ...

Hackney Council has been urged to intervene over a “hostile environment” emerging from its plans to shut schools, as parents ...

The organisers of St Mary’s Secret Garden say it is facing imminent closure in light of financial trouble. The Hoxton-based horticultural charity revealed earlier this week that “it is very likely” it ...

The food historian, author and Citizen columnist sadly passed away in November at the age of 90 ...

The food historian, author and Citizen columnist sadly passed away in November at the age of 90 ...

My sister-in-law, Gillian Riley, a food historian, died on 11 November 2024, aged 90, at Mary Seacole House in Hackney. Gillian was born on 20 November 1933 in Bradford. She attended Selby High School ...

I meet the white-haired Janette Collins MBE, aka ‘Mama Hackney’, who is interminably busy as you’d expect, in her car on a ...

The famous youth club’s founder sits down with the Citizen to mark a quarter of a century since it all began ...