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A large group of people outside the club, Colour Factory, at night in Hackney Wick, East London
Colour Factory © VisionSeven
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Colour Factory nightclub in Hackney Wick retains license after Trei Daley stabbing

March 21, 2023March 25, 2023 Ruby Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter 0 Comments High street, News

Colour Factory in Hackney Wick will retain its license after 26-year-old Trei Daley was fatally stabbed outside its doors, but

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Roman Road LDN news magazine one of only 45 titles in UK selected for Google News Showcase

March 17, 2023March 25, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments High street, News

Tower Hamlet’s local news magazine Roman Road LDN has been selected to be part of the Google News Showcase initiative

Open kitchen with chefs working at Da Terra restaurant in Bethnal Green
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Eating & drinking Local Local economy News Out & About 

Da Terra named SquareMeal’s No. 1 restaurant in London for 2023

January 30, 2023March 25, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments High street, News

Rafael Cagli’s experimental fusion of Latin American and Italian cuisines has won over the tastebuds of critics and diners alike,

Globe Town Market Square with fruit and veg stall.
Environment Local Local economy News 

Setting the record straight about whether Globe Town Market Square will become a car park

January 26, 2023March 25, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments High street, News

Locals call for better communication as a public notice on a lamppost left the community feeling confused and disappointed at

Alex Navarro serving vegan sausage rolls behind the counter at Jungle Electric cafe.
Eating & drinking Local Local economy News Out & About 

Vegan sausage rolls: Twice the price but is it twice as good?

January 26, 2023March 25, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments High street, News

Put to the blind taste test at Roman Road LDN: Jungle Electric’s vegan sausage roll goes head to head with

outside the greedy cow restaurant Mile End
Local Local economy News 

The Greedy Cow to shut its restaurant after 14 years of service

January 8, 2023March 25, 2023 Alice Bourne 0 Comments High street, News

Local residents mourn the loss of the much-loved Mile End burger restaurant Greedy Cow as its sit-in restaurant is closed

outside Pyramid Pharmacy with sign out side with NHS logo.
Local Local economy News Social care 

Roman Road pharmacies firefighting for the NHS during winter health crises

January 7, 2023March 25, 2023 Alice Bourne 0 Comments High street, News

Pharmacies on the Roman are having to cope with supply shortages amid a winter cold and flu outbreak and an

Del Downey, at his fishmongers' stall on Globe Town Market, Roman Road, East London, in 2018.
Del Downey at Downey Brothers fishmongers' stall in 2018, © Social Streets C.I.C.
Local Local economy News 

Goodbye Del Downey: Globe Town Market waves farewell to the East End’s longest-serving fishmonger

December 19, 2022March 25, 2023 Polly Nash 9 Comments High street, News

Soaring overhead costs, dwindling footfall and market square construction: How the Downey Brothers fishmonger was forced out of Globe Town

Gingerbread men decorated in drag, by Kween Kream bakery.
Local Local economy News 

London’s first openly queer bakery opens in Hackney Wick

December 3, 2022March 25, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments High street, News

Gingerbread in drag, kinky cakes and sexual slices, the baked goods you can find at Ru Paul’s go-to erotic bakery

Jeanette Hoare owner of Gina's Closet stands at her shop's front door at Roman Road, Bow, East London
Local Local economy News 

Why Gina’s Closet is closing after 35 years on Roman Road

December 2, 2022March 25, 2023 Victoria Miller 0 Comments High street, News

After four decades on Roman Road, Gina’s Closet’s owner, Jeanette Hoare, is waving goodbye to the road after rent soars.

Hearth Bakery Hackney Wick outside entrance and sign.
Photo courtesy of Fynn French-Collins.
Eating & drinking Local Local economy News 

Hearth Bakery opens East London’s first communal oven addressing the cost of living crisis

November 26, 2022March 25, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments Cost of living, High street, News

Inspired by medieval communities, Hearth Bakery has launched The People’s Oven in Hackney Wick for budding home bakers and those

GKelly pie and mash shopfront, Roman Road
Culture East End Cockney Local Local economy News 

Why Hammers’ Emerson Palmieri is putting his name to Cockney pie n’ mash

November 25, 2022March 25, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments High street, News

What goes together better than West Ham & Pie and Mash? Footballer Emerson Palmieri visits G Kelly on the Roman

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