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Private View Launch Party for New kennardphillipps Exhibition 'Blue Murder'

Ben J. Cotton | Posted 30.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Kennardphillipps, Peter Kennard, Cat Phillipps, Hackney, London Art, Limited Edition Prints, Street Art, Hang-Up-Gallery, Hang-Up-Pictures, UK Entertainment News
Ben J. Cotton

A large packing case suspended from the gallery ceiling throws out images on a loop of David Cameron. His face replaced with the indices of the stock markets juxtaposed with scenes from the London riots. In the short time its been up it seems to have already created quite an impression with passers by and local residents.

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Devils in the Details

Patrick Cash | Posted 29.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Lgbt, Poverty, Hackney, Crime, My Brother the Devil, Gangs, Social Cohesion, London Riots, UK Entertainment News
Patrick Cash

In liberal Britain right now it seems the gay marriage law is about to be passed, the country is, in effect, rewriting what it believes to be right. Is there any chance this ethos can spread to those young men who are portrayed in El Hosain's film?

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Jessica Elgot

Why Are Police Stations Empty In London's Crime Hotspots?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 19.01.2013 | UK
Read More: Metropolitan Police, UK News, UK Crime, Hackney Police Station Closures, Sex Assault, Hackney, UK Police, Police Closures, Poll, Hackney Riots, Mayor Boris Johnson, London, Hackney Police Station, Police Station, Boris Johnson, UK News

Hackney Police station is an lofty, imposing figure in the heart of the second most deprived local authority in the country. Earmarked for closure ...

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Bruce Willis and the Vanishing Car

Joe Mott | Posted 03.02.2013 | UK
Read More: Christmas, Hackney, Akala, Bruce Willis, Dogs, Pcn, Olympics, Parking, Parking Fines, Local Councils, UK News
Joe Mott

I'm quite sure that by the strict letter of the law, Hackney Council are perfectly entitled to take my car and charge me that money because - despite being an Olympic Park away (almost) from where I was parked - they had put up a sign.

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Street Food, Street Food Everywhere and Not a Pitch in Sight: Boris, We Need You!

Shrimpy Balfour | Posted 09.01.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Camden, Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Kensington, Street Food, London Mayor, London, Boris Johnson, UK Food, Food, Entrepreneurs, Shrimpy Balfour, UK Lifestyle, UK Lifestyle News
Shrimpy Balfour

It is no secret that street food in London is thriving. Every month new traders hit the scene with mind boggling new concepts and taste combinations crazy enough to make Heston think twice... But our own experience thus far has been fraught by intransigent councils and endless negotiating with the powers that be.

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Looking for an Ethical Bank? It Could be Quicker Looking For a Credit Union, but Simply 'Moving Your Money' Isn't Enough if You Really Care

Glenn McMahon | Posted 08.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Move Your Money, Banking Crisis, Hackney, Credit Unions, UK Business, UK Banking, UK Finance, UK News
Glenn McMahon

Last week the new Barclays chief, Anthony Jenkins, called on banks to become more socially useful and to rebuild their customers' trust as revelations of greed, risk and fraud continue four years after the financial meltdown. Until that day arrives, however, there are already banking service providers that are just that; trustworthy and socially useful. They're called credit unions.

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With Little Reduction in the Met's Use of Stop-and-Search Campaign Groups are Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands

Glenn McMahon | Posted 18.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Hackney, Stop and Search, Police, Met Police, Searching Teenagers, Stop and Search Arrests, Policing, UK Policing, Teenagers, UK News
Glenn McMahon

When asked what they can do to tackle the problem young people shrug saying they feel powerless. Unaware of their rights or how to complain - or if indeed its even worth doing so - they accept stop-and-search as a fact of life.

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Teen's Life Sentence For Afro Comb Killing

PA | Posted 28.08.2012 | UK
Read More: UK Courts, Rebecca Douglas, UK Crime, UK News, Afro Comb Killing, Julie Sheriff, Hackney, UK Police, Afro Comb, Julie Sheriff Murdered, London, UK News

A 16-year-old girl has been given a life sentence for killing a teenager with an Afro comb. Rebecca Douglas, who was 15 at the time, spiked 16-year...

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Bus Ban For Woman Arrested In Connection With 'Racist Rant'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.08.2012 | UK
Read More: London Bus, Youtube, UK Crime, UK News, Hackney, News, Racist Rant, Bus Ban, UK News

A woman who was arrested in connection with footage showing a passenger making racist comments on a bus has been released on bail, with the condition ...

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Hackney Youths Revisit UK Riots

Veronique Mistiaen | Posted 17.10.2012 | Home
Read More: Young People, Hackney, Police, STOP and TALK, Freedom, England 2011 Riots, Arts, Art Against Knives, Home News
Veronique Mistiaen

To mark the anniversary of the devastating riots, which spread across the country last summer, the arts charity, Art Against Knives, is hosting an exhibit exploring notions of freedom and safety in London's Hackney's diverse community.

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One Dead, Three Injured After Hackney Blaze

PA | Posted 04.08.2012 | UK
Read More: UK News, Hackney, UK Police, Lower Clapton Road, London Fire Brigade, London, Hackney Fire, UK News

A person has died in a fire at a disused hostel that left three other people injured, police said on Saturday night. Forty firefighters tackled the...

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Felicity A Morse

The Hackney Heroine: 'Nothing's Changed'

HuffingtonPost.com | Felicity A Morse | Posted 04.08.2012 | UK
Read More: Pauline Pearce, Youth, Hackney, London Riots 2011, Lib Dem Councillor, Stabbing, The Hackney Heroine, Mark Duggan, Gun Crime, Dalston Coathanger, Video, UK News

Pauline Pearce, dubbed the 'Hackney Heroine', shot to fame after footage of her berating rioters was watched by thousands on Youtube. The 46-year-...

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Literacy and Learning: Inspiring a Love of Reading in Young People

Ellie Stewart | Posted 21.09.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: University, Young People, Disadvantaged, Education, Ellie Stewart, Hackney, Charity, Children, East London, Disadvantaged Children, Higher Education, Reading, Study, Intouniversity, UK Universities & Education News
Ellie Stewart

Low literacy in young people is one of the crucial issues that IntoUniversity tackles, and we support children from the age of seven throughout their school years to the age of 18.

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Four Men Charged Over Sex Offences And Abduction Of Teenage Girl

PA | Posted 15.07.2012 | UK
Read More: Abdul Hammed, UK Crime, Hackney, Charges, Suffolk, Mohamed Sheikh, Sex Offences, Surin Uddin, Teenage Girl, Ali Hamza, UK News

Four men have been charged with sex offences and other offences relating to the abduction of a 13-year-old girl, police have said. The men, one fro...

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Olympic London: The Coolest Place on the Planet?

Christopher Beanland | Posted 09.09.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Social Media, Fashion, Hackney, London, Olympics, East London, Comedy, Satire, UK Comedy News
Christopher Beanland

I emerge, blinking, at Dalston Kingsland Station following my long journey down from Scotland. I'm here to find out just how 'cool' London really is in this Olympic year. The first things I see are banners erected by Hackney Council on the lampposts up and down the main drag. They read: "London 2012: Letz all f***in' smile!" and "London 2012: innit".

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My Role as an Ambassador for BBC Radio 1's Project Hackney

Leona Lewis | Posted 30.12.2012 | Home
Read More: Hackney Weekend, Hackney, Leona Lewis, Young People, Community, UK Impact, Music, Video, Home News
Leona Lewis

Hackney is my home. I have lived in and around the area all my life. Lots of my friends and family live here and it holds lots of great memories from my years growing up in the area. In a world where everything seems to revolve round money, Hackney falls victim to a lot of the social issues that are consequences of poverty...

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RiRi Hits The Town After Hackney Set

The Huffington Post UK | Ashley Percival | Posted 25.06.2012 | Home
Read More: Radio 1, Hackney Weekend, Rihanna, Video, Hackney, Rihanna Hackney Weekend, Radio 1 Hackney Weekend, UK Celebrity, Rihanna Jay-Z Hackney Weekend, Slideexpand, Home News

After bringing the house down at Radio 1's Hackney Weekend last night, notorious party animal Rihanna for once had a legitimate reason to hit the town...

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Leona Lewis' Hackney Pride

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.06.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Hackney Weekend, Rihanna, UK News, Hackney, Radio 1 Hackney Weekend, Diane Abbott, Slideexpand, Music, Jay Z, London, Leona Lewis, UK Entertainment News

Singer Leona Lewis has spoken of her pride at performing on home ground to open Radio 1's Hackney Weekend. The 27-year-old showed off her flower po...

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Rihanna, Jay-Z And Diane Abbott: Just What's Going On In Hackney?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.06.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Hackney Weekend, Rihanna, UK News, Hackney, Radio 1 Hackney Weekend, Diane Abbott, Jay Z, Music, London, UK Entertainment News

Major stars such as Rihanna, Jay-Z and Jack White are preparing to play the BBC's biggest ever free live music event, Radio 1's Hackney Weekend. Ar...

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Supporting Our Future Flames...

Labrinth | Posted 30.07.2012 | Home
Read More: Coca-Cola, Hackney, Olympics, Community, Coca Cola, London Olympics 2012, Hackney Youth, Labrinth, UK Sport, UK Entertainment, UK Celebrity, Home News
Labrinth

The Future Flames idea is sick... and something that I feel really strongly about. It takes young kids from different parts of the country that are really doing great things for their area - these kids are pushing positivity despite the issues or problems that life has thrown at them. These kids have used their passions to inspire others and having met some of them - its pretty humbling. They have all done amazing things and it just really drills down to what it's all about. These youngsters are our heroes of tomorrow and I feel very lucky to be involved with such a thing.

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A Reflection of Mania

Kerry Hudson | Posted 29.07.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Psychiatry, Mental Health, Hackney, London Riots 2011, Manic Depression, Lithium, Regents Park, East London, Bi-Polar Disorder, Self-Medicating, UK Lifestyle News
Kerry Hudson

I am aware that I'm a liability when manic. Ironically the hideous lows that follow are accompanied by self-loathing which makes the reflection period a bit like watching an EastEnders' Christmas special with your eyelids staples back whilst sitting on a block of ice.

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Hackney - Acquired for Development

Kit Caless | Posted 26.06.2012 | Home
Read More: Clapton, Publishing, Dalston, Hackney, Hackney Wick, Shoreditch, Fiction, Stoke Newington, Corporatism, Poetry, Gentrification, Ukbooks, Home News
Kit Caless

In a borough as diverse as Hackney, you will never capture the area in its entirety, and this was never our intention. What the books is, is our version of our neighbourhood. What made it so special to create, was that we found we weren't the only people striving to mark what is going on here, and we certainly aren't the only ones interested in it.

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Gemma McCluskie Murder: 'Arm Of Mutilated EastEnders Actress Found In Regent's Canal'

PA | Posted 20.03.2012 | UK
Read More: UK Murder, UK News, UK Crime, Hackney, Gemma McCluskie, Tony McCluskie, Eastenders, Eastenders Actress Murder, Brixton Prison, UK News

An arm believed to belong to EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie whose headless torso was found floating in a canal has been discovered in the same str...

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Brother Of Murdered EastEnders Actress Remanded In Custody

PA | Posted 14.03.2012 | UK
Read More: UK Murder, UK News, UK Crime, Hackney, Gemma McCluskie, Tony McCluskie, Eastenders, Eastenders Actress Murder, Brixton Prison, UK News

The brother of a former EastEnders actress was remanded in custody at the Old Bailey on Wednesday accused of her murder. Gemma McCluskie's headless...

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PICTURES: The Red Room Giving Pupils A Fighting Chance

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 13.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Social Mobility, UK News, Oxford Dons, Hackney, Oxbridge, UK Universities, Russell Group, UK Students, University Applications, UK Universities & Education News

A Hackney college has created a "red room" imitating an Oxbridge don's room in order to make students feel more comfortable at prestigious universitie...

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