Cecilia Cran discovers the joy a colourful hanging basket can bring to the smallest space.
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Three amateur artists who took part in an art project organised by Eleanor Pearce for Newham Heritage Month last year have created a set of gift cards from...
To celebrate Men’s Health Week 2022, the charity Fight for Peace recreated a photography project from last year spending time with some of their muay thai team...
The old adage ‘everyone has a book in them’ is certainly proving true for one Newham family. Mother Carla St-Omer and eldest daughter Emilia have each...
YOU CALLED … AND WE CAME. You called…and we came.In ships bigger than anything we had seen,dwarfing our islands and covering them in the shadows of...
A new tailored approach to supported accommodation in Newham has been agreed by council leaders that aims to help people facing homelessness, whether they are...
Long-standing research tells us that listening to people most at risk and those who need public support will help create public services that are accessible...
Around half of Newham’s children are victims of a poverty crisis and their plight is likely to worsen in the wake of the cost of living crisis, warn anti...
Young people in troubled circumstances – at risk of exclusion or involvement in criminal activity – are being given a chance to take a step towards a media...
Five years after the Grenfell Tower fire disaster, in which 72 people were killed, Newham Council has told developers they face prosecution unless they act...
Ibrahim Alom from School 21 in Stratford talked to parents and students about the Silvertown Tunnel and finds many are still oblivious to the dangers The...
The boring machines have arrived from Germany and are ready to start the UK’s most costly road – the Silvertown Tunnel – at a cost of £2.2 billion and rising...
There’s a range of events and activities for residents across the borough this July!
The Newham Bookshop in Barking Road tells us these are the top sellers this month.
Mickey Ambrose pays tribute to Mark Noble – an East End kid and West Ham legend who ‘done good’
The Newham Word Festival, a two-week celebration of the creative power of words, will give residents opportunities to join more than 40 exciting free events...
Cecilia Cran is going to ground with California Poppies for a nature-friendly garden
Aidan White’s piece (Newham Voices Issue 17) on the council’s community engagement and housing strategy was interesting and I acknowledge the initiatives...
Our reporter Neandra Etienne's regular round-up of the local sports scene.
‘Mr West Ham’ Mark Noble will be a part of the England team at the World’s biggest celebrity football match Soccer Aid for UNICEF at the London stadium on...
Underneath the arches Phil Mellows discovers a beer revolution and a partnership to inspire the spirit of community
Former Dragons’ Den bidder, entrepreneur and the man behind the Reggae brand Levi Roots gave a talk at the Inside Out Clothing pop-up store at Westfield...
Shabira Papain is one of the organisers of the People Street Party planned for Mitcham Road in East Ham on 3 June. Originally from Australia, for the past 20...
A centre that was opened by the Queen herself in 1983 will be the setting for a special community tea to celebrate her platinum jubilee. Linda DeLaunay...





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