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

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

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments News

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

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Arsenal women's legend Lotte Wubben-Moy surrounded by fans with pints, a red rubber duck and a TV in the background.
Local News 

Lotte Wubben-Moy saves the day with juice and pints after pitches freeze

January 26, 2023January 27, 2023 George Hayes 0 Comments News

The Bow-born Arsenal Women defender paid for travelling fans’ drinks after their game against Brighton was cancelled and called for

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Alex Navarro serving vegan sausage rolls behind the counter at Jungle Electric cafe.
Eating & drinking Lifestyle Local 

Twice the price but is it twice as good?

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments News

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

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Early Words literacy programme in Tower Hamlets, East London.
Local Local democracy News 

Over a quarter of Tower Hamlets residents without English as their main Language

January 23, 2023January 25, 2023 Jasdev Bhakar 0 Comments News

Data from the recent Census reveals that 73% of residents in Tower Hamlets reported that English is their main spoken

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A still from Kat Anderson's film which won the East London Art Prize 2023.
Art and artists Cultural heritage Local 

Winner of £15,000 East London Art Prize announced at Bow Arts’ shortlist exhibition

January 23, 2023January 26, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments News

Out of more than 650 submissions, Kat Anderson’s film installation drawing on the racism of public health and police institutions

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Outside shot of Diagoras House in Bow, East London. A five-storey apartment block with balconies and overhanging trees.
Local Local democracy News 

Two Bow blocks without heat and hot water for months: have the problems been fixed?

January 20, 2023January 24, 2023 George Hayes 0 Comments Cost of living, News

‘Unacceptable’ conditions at Milo and Diagoras Houses highlight the failure of the complaints process for renters to achieve change. Repairs

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Sylvia and Emmeline Pankhurst from Sylvia the musical at the Old Vic.
Lifestyle Local What's on 

Sylvia: The story of Bow’s most radical Pankhurst comes to the Old Vic Theatre

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments News

The life of the lesser-known Suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst comes dancing, singing and roaring onto the stage for its world premiere

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Anti EDL and BNP protest crowds, by photographer Rehan Jamil
Local Local democracy News 

How recent amendments to the Public Order Bill will erode local democracy

January 19, 2023January 25, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments News

Campaigners in Tower Hamlets say plans to give police greater powers against protestors could deter local people from participating in

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Cultural heritage Life and living Local 

Christine Joyce Lewis: Bow Headteacher awarded MBE

January 16, 2023January 18, 2023 Jasdev Bhakar 0 Comments News

Christine Joyce Lewis, the former headteacher of Children’s House Nursery School in Bow, has been awarded an MBE for services

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Environment Local News 

Petition launched to make Bow Roundabout safer and prettier

January 14, 2023January 16, 2023 Alice Bourne 0 Comments News

A campaign has been launched to improve Bow roundabout by making it safer for pedestrians and more attractive for residents.

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Bill Thornton, retired fishmonger at Billingsgate fish market. Photograph by Pat Wong.
Cultural heritage Life and living Local 

Tower Hamlets residents celebrated in the 2023 New Year’s Honours list

January 13, 2023January 19, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments News

Tackling hunger in Tower Hamlets, delivering humanitarian assistance in Ukraine and furthering early years special education are just some of

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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, 2023January 13, 2023 Alice Bourne 0 Comments News

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

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