Reverend Amy Stott is not your typical minister. She is young and has had a baptism of fire as vicar of St Luke’s Canning Town.
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In an exclusive interview with Newham Voices, elected Labour group leader Councillor John Gray said he made no apology for the party’s success, but he pledged...
A recent survey of readers of Newham Voices found that most people really like their local community paper – but some still don’t realise how it’s paid for. In...
Veera Ibrahim loves her community in Canning Town and has found herself an ideal job
A new online booking system for blood tests in Newham is raising concerns that some people – particularly elderly and vulnerable groups – may be at risk of...
Residents in Newham face rises in council rent and council tax in the coming year.
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.
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...
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...
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...
East End Women’s Museum wants to balance the history books and challenge contemporary inequality.
The battle to reopen Newham City Farm which was closed by the council last year goes on.
On 31 January, in Parliament, I asked the Government to ensure that women who have hysteroscopies are treated with dignity and respect.
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
Zhenreenah Muhxinga’s poem to celebrate Mother’s Day on March 27th will resonate with many.
The Newham Bookshop in Bark-
ing Road tells us these are the top sellers this month.
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.
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.
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.
Be in love with humanity and Romance. What is the companion of fellow feelings? Some physical kisses and the closest hug embraced. This is a holy moment if it...
Let’s snuggle closely For there’s only you and I And there’s nothing else When we lock our eyes We drift into our ocean An ocean for us...
When I was three, I fell in love with a female showroom dummy, which stood with two others on the first floor of a major department...
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