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		<title>Artists open their doors for return of E8 Art and Craft Trail</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The free weekend trail, now in its fifth year, sees Dalston artists and makers show work in homes, studios and venues across the neighbourhood on 20–21 June]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stoke Newington community rallies to save Old Church with all-day midsummer festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Residents have raised three-quarters of a £30,000 repair fund and hope a 12-hour programme of music, poetry and comedy on 14 June will close the gap]]></description>
		
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		<title>Leader &#8211; &#8216;Lives, not spreadsheets&#8217;: Hackney&#8217;s new mayor is right to doubt the dashboard — but on climate, targets are how we survive</title>
		<link>https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2026/06/06/climate-targets-how-we-survive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 10:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Standing in the council chamber at the first full meeting since the Greens' landslide, Hackney's new mayor set out a governing creed in plain terms]]></description>
		
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		<title>Labour critics accuse Hackney&#8217;s Green mayor of &#8216;vibe&#8217; politics and blast Garbett’s &#8216;waffle&#8217; on targets</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Niall Holden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Councillor Ben Lucas leads chorus of Labour critics warning Zoë Garbett that 'targets exist for a reason', after the mayor pledged to measure success by 'what people feel and experience' ]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Uncertain&#8217; future for 180 Stamford Hill pupils as Charedi primary school faces closure</title>
		<link>https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2026/06/04/charedi-primary-school-faces-closure/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Niall Holden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So far, no alternative premises have been secured for the pupils]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hackney Central by-election candidates announced</title>
		<link>https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2026/06/02/hackney-central-by-election-candidates/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hackney Central residents are set to cast their vote once again following the recent local elections]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dalston by-election candidates announced</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A little more than seven weeks after the local elections, residents of this ward will be heading to the polls to cast their votes once again]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hackney man jailed for five years after antisemitic tirades near synagogue</title>
		<link>https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2026/06/02/man-jailed-five-years-antisemitic-hate-crimes/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hackney Citizen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tavius Jean-Charles, 36, shouted death threats at members of the Jewish community and suggested a Jewish school should be blown up]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;The loudest bass I&#8217;ve ever heard&#8217;: resident says her home was left shaking by car park party near Goldsmiths Row venue</title>
		<link>https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2026/06/01/resident-home-shaking-car-park-party-goldsmiths-row/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Niall Holden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA['You're just going to have to get used to it. These do happen this time of year', she was told]]></description>
		
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		<title>Brewed awakening bestows barista&#8217;s confidence</title>
		<link>https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2026/06/01/amyjayne-redford-well-grounded-interview/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elspeth Rees]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A social enterprise founded in Shoreditch is giving young people a shot at coffee-making ]]></description>
		
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