Stratford Arts Trust will cease operations at the end of the month. As part of their solvent winding-up process, they will allocate £125,000 to three local...
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Two Levelling Up bids were given green light by the Government with nearly £40m awarded to Newham Council. This is the largest funding out of the total £65m...
Maryland Community Group organised their first Scaryland Pumpkin Trail this Halloween. Take a look at the best cravings!
Jack Leslie, John ‘Charlo’ Charles and Walter Tull were the main focus of the Newham’s Black Football Players through the Years exhibition at the Canning...
Tourists and commuters have been keeping their eyes open for the incredible art drawn by TfL staff member Anthony Jannece.
Sally Slaney, a member of the British Fuchsia Society and a life-long friend of Dame Vera Lynn, wanted to mark Dame Vera’s legacy in an enduring way.
The sport of fencing is not normally associated with Newham, but Jai Birch a young man born at Newham University Hospital and living in Stratford is one of...
Natasha Sutton works with Newham Health Collaborative as a lead social prescriber. But what’s that? Here she explains all.
Planning for a colourful spring means planting your bulbs now says Cecilia Cran
Attention inspiring actors: here are some tips from Kiell Smith-Bynoe.
Friends of West Ham Park are volunteering to pick up litter through the park.
The council’s permanent Citizens Assembly, the first of its kind in the UK, welcomed proposals to confront the climate emergency, clean up the Borough, inspire...
Young people are learning the technical and creative skills that will turn them into film-makers in an innovative project just launched at Stratford Circus.
The Newham Bookshop in Barking Road tells us these are the top sellers this month.
Lorraine Tapper, who is creating a dream lifestyle through self-employment, explains why World Diabetes Day is so important
One Kind Word is the theme of this year’s Anti-Bullying Week that will take place from 15 to 19 November 2021, coordinated In England by the Anti-Bullying...
Newham has signed up for the UK 100 pledge against climate change, said Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz.
Newham may be heavily in debt – but spending is under control and the management of money in the Borough is more transparent and efficient, councillors were...
The warmest applause of the Council meeting of 18 October was reserved for Councillor Sarah Ruiz (Custom House) who presented a petition on behalf of the...
On 12 November 1976 at the Princess Alice pub, Carol Grimes and the Boogie Band performed at the first Rock Against Racism gig.
Reflections on the poetic side of Newham life. This month we feature a poem by Nicole Blythe
“We must understand our retailers’ daily grind before we shower them with yet more bureaucratic sounding papers or web based gabby discourse.”
Mickey Ambrose on the state of football home and away, plus have your say on how the game is run.
Our reporter Neandra Etienne's regular round-up of the local sports scene.




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