Just over a year ago Newham welcomed its first ever befriending service and residents are reaping the fruits in terms of mind, body and soul.
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Our recent readers survey shows us that you are interested in knowing more about each other. You told us you would like to see interviews with people from...
Jimi Hendrix and other artists who performed at the Upper Cut Club, Woodgrange Road in Forest Gate will feature in a mural at the location where the club was...
The battle to reopen Newham City Farm which was closed by the council last year goes on.
East End Women’s Museum wants to balance the history books and challenge contemporary inequality.
In our regular series on local memorials, Julia Omari discovers a statue honouring the modern black woman.
On International Women's Day Gillian Lawrence reveals some local life-stories to remember
On 31 January, in Parliament, I asked the Government to ensure that women who have hysteroscopies are treated with dignity and respect.
Zhenreenah Muhxinga’s poem to celebrate Mother’s Day on March 27th will resonate with many.
Sports are a lifeline for many people – they keep us fit and healthy – but pioneering basketball star Natasha Hart knows that for some young people they are a...
Businessman, author and local barber Patrick Phipps has collaborated with Feeders UK to organise a pop up food bank in his barber studio Cut Above The Rest in...
Shopping local has three core benefits, keeping
us fit, keeping the high street alive and helping us to do a bit for the planet by leaving our cars at home.
World Book Day started in 1995 and is currently celebrated in over one hundred countries to promote books and encourage children's love of reading.
The Newham Bookshop in Bark-
ing Road tells us these are the top sellers this month.
Pubs are places you usually go to escape the troubles of the world. But that shouldn’t stop them playing their part in saving the planet.
It’s Valentine’s Day on 14 February, so we asked our readers to send us their poems. Here we present three from a rich crop of verses representing many aspects...
The Green Party in Newham has accused the ruling Labour Party of hoarding millions of pounds that should be spent on improving homes and tackling poverty in...
Peter Landman reports on a citizen’s night out – attending a recent Newham Council cabinet meeting
A crisis of domestic abuse and violence against women including in Newham is made worse as a result of falling public trust in police and social services...
Government’s Levelling Up Fund. These are in respect of Fifteen Minute Neighbourhoods and Connecting Communities.
Visually impaired people from a South Asian background have a chance to step out in style over the next month thanks to Dance Dosti which is piloting a face-to...
The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park volunteers are referred to as Park Champions in recognition of the key role they play in shaping the Park.
Zhenreenah Muhxinga tunes into the story of Fola Phillips, director of Newham’s Reggae Choir
Newham Bookshop in Barking Road tells us these are the top sellers this month.
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