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Despite nearly two years of disrupted education due to the pandemic, schools Newham’s GCSEs were well above the national average.
Anneke Hodnett says parents are frustrated over the poor state of Newham’s playgrounds
Newham and Calais have both reinvented themselves and both host asylum seeking communities, whose only crime was to be born in the wrong place at the wrong...
A lively cost of living demonstration outside East Ham Town Hall in July reminded councillors and passers-by about Queens Market: how it provides good value...
Help review Newham Council’s arrangements for internal control, financial management and corporate governance.
More than 1500 companies trading in weapons of death and mass destruction will be holding one of the world’s largest arms trade fairs in Newham this month.
Police officers are appealing for help to find missing person Gboyega Odubanjo. Gboyega Odubanjo Gboyega was last seen in the Kelmarsh area of Northamptonshire...
Newham Council apology and £5.4K compensation payment over failure to fix mould and damp in tenant’s home for more than three years
Yaram Annual Gambian-Senegambian cultural festival at Barking Road Recreation Ground this Sunday Zimba Lion Masquerade Yaram Masquerade Festival Yaram Arts, a...
Our Chief reporter on events that reflect culture, history and heritage in Newham
Last month’s by-elections in Newham delivered two new councillors
The shocking killing of a 16-year-old boy in West Ham Park on July 9 just days before London’s police chief issued a new strategy for public safety has...
Zhenreenah Muhxinga celebrates Independence Day (6 August)
A winning night: for David Moyes, for Hammers fans and for our star turn Jarrod Bowen, says Mickey Ambrose
The £20million+ annual spend reflects the fact that Newham has the highest number of temporarily housed families in the country reports Ruby Gregory, Local...
Newham rejects London City Airport bid to schedule flights after 1pm on Saturdays as councillor says residents lives “blighted” by airport reports Ruby...
Fire crews were called to the scene at 5am this morning
The blaze on the 19th floor balcony on Western Gateway is believed to have been caused by a cigarette
Our Chief reporter on events that reflect culture, history and heritage in Newham
Plans by the government to put up asylum seekers in boats and vessels moored across the country, including in the Royal Docks, have been slammed by Newham’s...
At the age of 67, with a profound passion and love for visual arts, Lorraine Tapper is now flourishing in the realm of great artists.
Newham Voices is giving local voters an exclusive opportunity to question political candidates before two crucial Newham Council by-elections to be held on...
Newham Voices asked the candidates for the 13 July by-elections in Boleyn and Wall End to spell out their answers to the challenges facing residents.
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