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News and latest information about social care, the environment, sports and the local economy from Bow, Globe Town, Mile End, Fish Island and Hackney Wick.

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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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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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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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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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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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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outside Pyramid Pharmacy with sign out side with NHS logo.
Housing and social care Local News 

Roman Road pharmacies acting as frontline soldiers for the NHS during the winter health crises

January 7, 2023January 13, 2023 Alice Bourne 0 Comments News

Supply shortages come at the worst time for pharmacies on Roman Road as chemists are called on to act as

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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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Del Downey, at his fishmongers' stall on Globe Town Market, Roman Road, East London, in 2018.
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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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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Dame Emma Thompson speaking to Globe Primary House, raising awareness of Young V&A.
Local Local democracy News 

Emma Thompson delights Globe Primary School children with reading of new festive tale

December 15, 2022December 20, 2022 George Hayes 0 Comments

Nanny McPhee star Emma Thompson delighted Globe Primary School children with a reading of her new festive tale at the

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