How this Girl Guide is showing that the 110 year old institution is as relevant than ever
Agnes McLaughlin, 16, of the 16th Bethnal Green Girl Guides unit, has been selected to represent North West London Girl
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Campaigns
Campaigns to save our heritage and environment, planning and development petitions, good causes and crowdfunding campaigns – read all about what people around Roman Road are passionate about.
How having a son with dwarfism inspired one local mother to take on the world
Candace Reading was confronted with the fact that her son, Finlay, had achondroplasia, a common form of dwarfism, 38 weeks
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Stop this shop losing its retail status to become another nail bar
Roman Road Trust, the citizen-led urban regeneration group, has launched a campaign to prevent a shop in a prime high street
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Petition to save Guardian Angel School from closure
Parents have started a petition to keep the Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Primary School in Mile End from closing. After
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Recycle your resolutions: local pledges for global issues
2020 has already been called by many “the year of climate action”. This month environmental correspondent Lizzy Mace shows how
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Meet the ethical designer creating an alternative to fast fashion
Lottie Lee-Gough, 31, hasn’t bought any new clothes in a year. As soon as she could successfully make clothes herself
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Bow Liveable Street Workshops: What was said and what happens next
Missed the recent Liveable Street workshops? These sell-out events got everyone talking about the best way to address rat-running and
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Portrait: former food bank user on the plight of the homeless
Ronnie Whelan, 54, is searching for himself. A one-time user of the Bow Foodbank, he has volunteered there for ten
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The joy of giving: local good causes to support this Christmas
With Christmas trees being decorated, online food shops being booked for festive feasts and stocking fillers being hidden away from
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Gus Casely-Hayford selected as first director of V&A East
Augustus Casely-Hayford, writer and broadcaster, current director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington US and part
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Bow’s Liveable Streets scheme invites local feedback in upcoming workshops
Tower Hamlet’s Council are revisiting Bow’s Liveable Streets scheme with a trio of group workshops inviting residents to consider new
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Mayor Biggs progresses plans to close Raine’s Foundation
Following six months of campaigning, including a Change.org petition with over 3,000 signatures rebutting the councils proposal to shut Raine’s
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