Local warm hubs for people feeling the cold as Arctic weather moves in
As temperatures drop and people face rising heating bills amid the cost-of-living crisis, we find local warm banks and hubs
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Girls football: Andrew Leo captures the courage and camaraderie of Bow’s Vicky Park Rangers [Photoessay]
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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Bow renters hold protest against rent increases of up to 70%
With homelessness threatening more residents in the borough, Tower Hamlets London Renters Union stage a day of action on the
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East London’s young Lionesses at the forefront of female football
‘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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London’s first openly queer bakery opens in Hackney Wick
Gingerbread in drag, kinky cakes and sexual slices, the baked goods you can find at Ru Paul’s go-to erotic bakery
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Why Gina’s Closet is closing after 35 years on Roman Road
After four decades on Roman Road, Gina’s Closet’s owner, Jeanette Hoare, is waving goodbye to the road after rent soars.
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Chisenhale Primary School’s Play Space removed overnight by council
Chisenhale’s Play Space was removed last night, opening the roads around Chisenhale Primary School. Chisenhale’s schoolchildren arrived at the school
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Milestone celebration for East End organisation which campaigned for fair business rents during pandemic
East London’s largest network of independent businesses has reached a milestone birthday, after it recently celebrated its ten-year anniversary. The
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Time stands still at Roman Road’s longest serving café
Serving Roman Road’s market stall holders, shoppers, and residents for 110 years with tea, cake, and its famed thick deli-cut
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Hearth Bakery opens East London’s first communal oven addressing the cost of living crisis
Inspired by medieval communities, Hearth Bakery has launched The People’s Oven in Hackney Wick for budding home bakers and those
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Why Hammers’ Emerson Palmieri is putting his name to Cockney pie n’ mash
What goes together better than West Ham & Pie and Mash? Footballer Emerson Palmieri visits G Kelly on the Roman
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Aberfeldy Boxing Club in final three for prestigious London sports award
The award celebrates unsung heroes who are bringing sport to under-represented groups and improving lives through physical activity. East End’s
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