The East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) is organising a series of focus groups to improve the experience of the LGBTQ+ community in accessing mental health...
Category - From the Archive
Neandra Etienne was dismayed to discover that a plaque commemorating where he wrote the lyrics to Purple Haze in Forest Gate had been taken down. She launched...
Newham’s pioneering Eat for Free programme which provides free school meals to all primary school-aged pupils, regardless of their family income, will continue...
Covid-19 Health Champions are Newham residents, tasked with sharing key Covid-19 information across the community. The goal of this initiative, set up, by...
Caribbean people came to England as “Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies”, as prescribed under The British Nationality Act 1948. However, the law later...
Newham Council has voted to recommend adding misogyny to the list of hate crimes recognised under the law.
Clapton Community Football Club will soon get a new roof over its head thanks to the generosity of supporters who have chipped in £19,000 to repair the...
The truth is by now, most, if not all of us will have lost someone they love due to Covid-19. Newham continues to have some of the highest rates and as of...
Two Newham Six Form College (NewVIc) students supported by a special programme to eliminate social disadvantage have won places in Cambridge and Oxford...
Eating well not only helps us to look and feel our best physically, but what we eat also has significant impact on our mental health. There is vast evidence...
Rob Lemkin’s film takes the form of a narrated “road movie” in which British-Nigerian poet and activist, Femi Nylander, makes a journey through part of West...
Forest Gate journalist Robert Nurden discovered there was more to his grandfather than met the eye when he began research on a biography about the...
There are more than 120 in London alone. e do have three new breweries, though, so far surviving the pandemic. Tap East, a microbrewery and bar in Westfield...
A proposal to delay Newham Council’s controversial new emissions-based permits parking system was withdrawn at an emergency council meeting on Tuesday this...
In this time of crisis, the Renewal Programme - a charity based in Manor Park - understands that the community needs hope and support now more so than ever;...
Ideas, concepts and expectations are injected by society at a very young age. If these expectations are not achieved and go wrong then a person starts to worry...
Simon Pirani, who is author of the report The Silvertown Tunnel is in a hole, so STOP DIGGING, was speaking at a webinar organised by the coalition on 4...
From 6 January, Newham’s car permit charges will be based on vehicle emission levels. The council claims these new measures will encourage car owners to invest...
Forest Gate South Ward in the north of the Borough is surrounded by five other wards - Stratford New Town, Forest Gate North, Manor Park, Green Street East...
A campaign group aiming to end Newham’s Mayoral system in favour of a council committee structure was launched on Tuesday 8 December. Newham residents will be...
The Newham New Deal Partnership, an organisation founded in 2004 and aimed at community development and regeneration, is offering a series of workshops over...
What is your strongest memory of being a teenager? From first loves to first jobs, family holidays and Saturday hang outs, the Museum of Youth Culture is...
A museum dedicated to east end women’s history is to be opened next year in Barking Town Centre. Among the women from history who are featured online is...
Santa is making some early calls in Newham this month – but he’s not dressed in seasonal red, and he’s not even a he.
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