Peter Landman reports from Newham Council’s April Cabinet meeting
Category - From the Archive
Newham has an unenviable record on housing. It has the highest levels of overcrowding in the country; the highest proportion of people living in insecure...
The council is developing an ambitious strategy for helping people in the Borough as they move into old age. A survey has been carried out among residents over...
EastBank Seniors was set up in 2007 to encourage seniors to access the Internet, to email and share events and also to counteract negativity about London 2012.
Residents of Alma Street and surrounding streets in Stratford are celebrating the completion of a huge community effort to transform a neglected play area into...
Real divisions among the candidates who want your vote to be Mayor of Newham emerged at a fiery pre-election question time debate hosted by Newham Voices.
Out of hours GP Safiya Ahsan is caught in a parking permit trap that has left her often facing a lonely 20-minute walk home in the middle of the night after a...
Our reporter Neandra Etienne's regular round-up of the local sports scene.
Cecilia Cran is enjoying the change of season as she gets planting her gladioli to ensure a steady stream of colour right through the summer
Women in Newham who have suffered a birth trauma are being offered a special support service.
Mickey Ambrose reflects on a special night for special fans – West Ham United reach the semi-final of the Europa League for the first time in 46 years as Moyes...
There are seven candidates on the ballot paper to elect Newham’s next Mayor. Last month, Newham Voices featured statements from four of the candidates. This...
A new Hospital and Primary Care Training Hub has been launched at the University of East London to support the development of health and science courses...
A new art exhibition opened on 23 April in an unusual setting: Stratford Unitarian and Free Christian Church.
“They’re all the same, why should I bother voting?” That’s a sentiment you’ll often hear, particularly when faced with four-yearly council elections.
Newham Voices Editorial Panel member Neandra Etienne was invited to Westminster Abbey to celebrate the life of Dame Vera Lynn who died in June last year
With summer around the corner Cecilia Cran celebrates by planting her cornflower seeds.
Newham is providing a safe haven for refugees from the war in Ukraine and it is also part of an East London solidarity campaign that has seen a regular flow of...
lans to build the Madison Square Garden (MSG) Sphere in Stratford have been given a green light despite strong local opposition.
5 May is a big day for local democracy – we get to vote for the Mayor and for councillors across the Borough.
The Newham Bookshop in Barking Road tells us these are the top sellers this month.
Yesterday I picked up the latest copy of Newham Voices at Morrisons in Stratford. I picked one also for someone else who has lived here for more than 35 years...
Phil Mellows recalls his heavy metal experiences of the 1970s as one of Stratford’s oldest pubs comes back to life.
A new collection of oral history, A Bookshop for All, has been launched to celebrate Newham Bookshop.
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