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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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Former Tower Hamlets mayor John Biggs.
Local Local democracy News 

Former Tower Hamlets Mayor John Biggs suspended from Twitter

December 5, 2022December 14, 2022 George Hayes 0 Comments

John Biggs, the former Mayor of Tower Hamlets, has been suspended from Twitter amid a spate of political accounts losing

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

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

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

December 2, 2022December 13, 2022 Victoria Miller 0 Comments News

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, in Bow, East London
Local Local democracy News 

Chisenhale Primary School’s Play Space removed overnight by council

December 1, 2022December 13, 2022 Victoria Miller 0 Comments News

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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A man holding up a sign of the new East End Trades Guild guide with English writing and in Bengali, at the Bishopsgate Institute, East London
Local Local economy News 

Milestone celebration for East End organisation which campaigned for fair business rents during pandemic

November 29, 2022December 13, 2022 Victoria Miller 0 Comments News

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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An image of Raymond Randolfi smiling to the camera with the Randolfi sign on the wall at Randolfi's, Roman Road, Bow, East London
Cultural heritage Heritage Local 

Randolfi’s: Time stands still at Roman Road’s longest serving café

November 28, 2022December 13, 2022 Victoria Miller 0 Comments Features

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 Hackney Wick outside entrance and sign.
Eating & drinking Lifestyle Local 

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

November 26, 2022December 13, 2022 Polly Nash 0 Comments Cost of living, News

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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GKelly pie and mash shopfront, Roman Road
Cockney Cultural heritage Local 

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

November 25, 2022December 13, 2022 Polly Nash 0 Comments News

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

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Kirk Whitelock standing outside a boxing ring in Aberfeldy Boxing Club in Poplar, East London
Cultural heritage Life and living Local 

Aberfeldy Boxing Club in final three for prestigious London sports award

November 25, 2022December 13, 2022 Victoria Miller 0 Comments News

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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