I was absolutely delighted when I was chosen to represent Canning Town North ward. My sister and I travelled by bus from East Ham to Poplar and onto the Isle...
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Regular visitors to West Ham Park will know that summer can’t be far off when the café, Snack Shack, opens on April 16. As well as the old favourites, there...
ELFT has been adapting its approach to mental health in Newham and other boroughs under its care, recognising and taking into account all aspects of a person's...
Fitness instructor Laurie Nichols, founder of LN Fitness & Tutor Training Centre, is creating work experience opportunities for young people currently on...
Newham’s pub-goers are looking forward to a cautious reopening as beer gardens are allowed welcome customers from April 12.
Stratford based music production company, J.O.A.T. Music creates opportunities for young men in Newham by using music as a vehicle to drive their energies away...
Donations to a Forest Gate food bank have been taken from collection boxes outside people’s homes - adding to the pressure on the service caused by Covid-19...
A largely overlooked inscription underneath a stained glass window at All Saints Church, Forest Gate, is an unlikely springboard for a scheme involving Newham...
‘Knife crime’, ‘violence’ and ‘gang culture’ are words that trigger stereotypical thoughts about hooded young black and Asian men. The nation believes violent...
On the first anniversary of Kelly Stewart’s death, people who knew the 41-year-old mum of three attended a special event at the church to remember her...
Among the hardest hit victims of the Covid health crisis are around 600 refugees from all over the world living in Newham and awaiting the results of their...
Karolina Króliczek talks to Unmesh Desai, London Assembly member for City and East London and Chair of the Police and Crime Committee, about what can be done...
The lockdown has brought sudden changes to family life. For some, spending months in isolation with the children at home has strengthened bonds and brought...
At their best, pubs are a theatre of humanity, a stage where people can feel a little freer to express themselves, away from the pressures of everyday life...
A new youth zone will open in Stratford later this year replacing the Stratford Circus Arts Centre next to the Theatre Royal. Former occupants of the building...
Amazing ten-year-old, Zara Nayeem, is a budding entrepreneur of the Plaistow Youth Market. Home-educated Zara heard about a ‘Fiver challenge’ on an online home...
Students from Newham Sixth Form College have been chosen to work with Oxford University and the Marx Memorial Library on a new research project. The Charlie...
Interacting with the adult corporate world to learn about what is beyond the confines of Newham can be a difficult endeavour for our young people.
Freelance journalist and author Kate Thompson has written a series of novels set in wartime East London. Her latest, Secrets of the Lavender Girls, meant...
A £62m Plaistow regeneration project has come under fire on social media over a computer generated image (CGI) that shows only white faces inside a residential...
I’ve been a Baptist pastor for almost 40 years. As I retire from full-time ministry and leave Newham, social attitude surveys are telling me that people no...
May 6 is the date, not only for the election of the London Mayor and Greater London Assembly Member, but also for the important Newham Governance Referendum...
Publishing her book has helped Brooke deal with the passing of her grandad and helped remove the fear she had of speaking about it. At this time when more...
March 20 is the UN World Against Racism day. In our borough, a group of about 60 people gathered socially distanced in Wanstead flats to unite against racism.
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