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Author: Polly Nash

Outside of Morpeth Secondary School in Bethnal Green.
Local Local economy News 

Tower Hamlets becomes first London borough to extend universal free school meals to secondary school students

January 6, 2023January 19, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments News

With more than half of children in Tower Hamlets suffering from food insecurity, annual funding of £3.7 million will make

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Screen print of shops and houses on Mile End Road.
Art and artists Cultural heritage Local 

Artist Ali Smith: Printing East London’s urban landscape

January 4, 2023January 19, 2023 Polly Nash 2 Comments Features, Photoessays

Canal boats, cranes and graffiti: Everyday East End scenes through a local printmaker’s eyes.  Most people walking down Mile End

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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, 2022December 30, 2022 Polly Nash 9 Comments News

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

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Serving pizza at Laterna restaurant, bar and deli in Fish Island.
Eating & drinking Lifestyle Local 

Lanterna restaurant review: Fish Island’s smart new pizzeria, bar and deli

December 17, 2022December 22, 2022 Polly Nash 0 Comments Reviews

Fish Island’s new Italian restaurant, deli and bar elevates the humble Neopolitan pizza with a side of Italian fine-dining, a

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New chief executive of the Bromley by Bow Centre, Elly de Decker.
Local Local democracy News 

Bromley by Bow Centre welcomes Elly de Decker as new chief executive

December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 Polly Nash 0 Comments News

Taking over from Rob Trimble’s 20-year tenure, de Decker plans to build upon the work of her predecessor, focussing on

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Reverend Alan Green on the steps of St John's Church, Bethnal Green.
Cultural heritage Life and living Local 

Reverend Alan Green leaves St. John on Bethnal Green church after 24 years

December 15, 2022December 22, 2022 Polly Nash 0 Comments News

Reverend Green’s Christmas Day sermon will be the last he gives to the congregation he has served for nearly a

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Snowy Bonner Gate entrance to Victoria Park, East London, December 2022.
Lifestyle Local Places to visit 

Victoria Park in the snow: The wintery wonderland on our doorstep [photoessay]

December 12, 2022December 15, 2022 Polly Nash 1 Comment Photoessays

These photos of Victoria Park covered in snow will help to banish any blues you might have this winter. Picturesque all year round, this green space on our doorstep has been transformed into an ethereal world dusted with snowflakes. This really is ‘the best park in the world’.

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Inside of AF Poete fashion house on Roman Road.
Lifestyle Local Shopping 

Coffees, clothes and cocktails: Hybrid fashion house A.F. Poète opens on the Roman

December 9, 2022December 13, 2022 Polly Nash 0 Comments News

Ed Sheeran’s bespoke fashion designer selling much more than clothing opens its flagship store in the East End. A.F. Poète,

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Staff members at the Coborn Pub quiz, Bow.
Coborn pub quiz master, Hemant, and bar staff Toni present their quiz on a Sunday night.
Eating & drinking Lifestyle Local 

East End pub quiz jackpots reaching record heights

December 9, 2022December 13, 2022 Polly Nash 0 Comments News

With rollover jackpots upwards of £600, years of playing trivial pursuit are about to pay off … find our local

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Vicky Park Ranger female footballers smiling in a line on the pitch.
Activities and sports Lifestyle Local 

Girls football: Andrew Leo captures the courage and camaraderie of Bow’s Vicky Park Rangers [Photoessay]

December 7, 2022December 13, 2022 Polly Nash 0 Comments Photoessays

Biting winds, bare legs and mud-caked football boots: local photographer Andrew Leo captures the spirit of Victoria Parks’ girls’ football

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Tower Hamlets Renter's Union demonstration outside Winkworth's on Roman Road in Bow to protest against rising rents in London.
'Freeze rents not renters': Tower Hamlets LRU protest outside Winkworth estate agents on Roman Road.
Housing and social care Local News 

Bow renters hold protest against rent increases of up to 70%

December 5, 2022January 12, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments Cost of living, News

With homelessness threatening more residents in the borough, Tower Hamlets London Renters Union stage a day of action on the

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Under 14 Vicky Park Rangers team shot in front of the goal.
The Vicky Park Rangers Under 14s.
Activities and sports Lifestyle Local 

Vicky Park Rangers: East London’s young Lionesses at the forefront of female football

December 4, 2022December 19, 2022 Polly Nash 0 Comments Features

‘I didn’t know any women footballers when I started playing’: The importance of female role models for Bow’s Vicky Park

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