Forest Gate-based artist and activist Dominique Holmes was approached at the start of 2021 by the Royal Mint to submit some designs for a coin depicting 50...
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As lockdown fades from memory, it’s great to witness young people falling back into regular routines and once again attending their favourite clubs, which for...
Get walking and develop a personal exercise programme – these are among the key recommendations from councillors to help residents improve their health and...
Our reporter Neandra Etienne's regular round-up of local events.
The Newham Bookshop in Barking Road tells us these are the top sellers this month: • These Streets (Local author) By Luan Goldie • The Binding Room...
I was struck by the passion, conviction and range of arguments expressed against the tunnel in your piece “Fresh plea to halt tunnel as health fears grow”...
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Two 11-year-old pupils of Lathom Junior School in East Ham, Eman Ali and Anishka Ithayachandran, have won the “Sum it Up” maths competition, launched by...
The newly-refurbished West Ham Park playground is opening in the coming days – with luck for children to enjoy during the school holidays. The playground is...
In our regular focus on monuments in the Borough Bobby Wasmuth discovers the little known Anglo-Romanian tribute to eight Romanian pilots who served in the...
In our regular focus on monuments in the Borough, Julia Omari visits the Memorial Recreation Ground
ExCel Exhibition Centre has become an accredited real Living Wage employer as Royal Docks launches a major campaign to become a Living Wage Place – a place...
EastBank Seniors, Visible in Newham and other London 2012 boroughs sought an audience with Dr Gus Casely-Hayford, director of the V&A East which will soon...
People in Newham of Jamaican ancestry have a day to celebrate on August 6 – Jamaica Independence Day and the 60th anniversary of independence. There...
Peter Landman reports from the latest council Cabinet meeting where improvements to services for children and young adults with special needs and disabilities...
Problems over getting access to blood tests in Newham have eased with the opening of a new blood test clinic in Stratford’s Westfield Shopping Centre. The new...
Over £15,000 in funding has been made available to staff at Newham Hospital in the first round of funding of the Well Newham Challenge. Seven projects are...
The month-long celebration of South Asian history supported by Newham Council continues into August and marks the contribution of the diaspora community who...
Our reporter Neandra Etienne's regular round-up of the local sports scene.
Women were banned from football in 1921 but with England’s lionesses’ rip-roaring semi-final win against Sweden in the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 tournament...
Industrial action which has ignited a summer of confrontation across public services, transport networks and among people working in poorly-paid jobs has also...
A shocking new report shows that half of all children in Newham are living in poverty. And East Ham MP Sir Stephen Timms, one of Britain’s leading anti-poverty...
London Fire Brigade’s Borough Commander, Richard Arnold, is urging Newham residents to have their say on the Brigade’s plan for 2023-29. The...
Phil Mellows meets a local independent brewer who decided to set up a business when his hobby got out of control
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