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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.
Neighbourhood Bites aims to serve the homeless and members of the community who are in need of fellowship. Since it was founded by Tom Edwards in 2018 the organisation, which operates in St. John’s church hall in Bethnal Green, has seen a huge increase of guests.
As the needs in our community sadly, continue to grow as the pandemic places more pressure on all levels of society, your appetite to help those in need has not abated. Here’s our COVID-19 Community Guide for lockdown #3.
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This year has been difficult for us all. The pandemic has increased the risk of the vulnerable in our community
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Local residents are campaigning to stop an 18 metre 5G tower being built adjacent to Selwyn Green over concerns that
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‘I had a test and was very cruelly told, “yes you do have it”. I was not given a cup of tea or biscuit or offered any sort of comfort like that. The doctor passed me some pills and said that I’ll be on them for the rest of my life. And that was that.’
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Tower Hamlets Council’s Liveable Streets proposals have sparked many different responses in the community. We dive into the two main grass-roots campaigns that sprang up overnight in support of or opposing Liveable Streets.
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Roman Road LDN’s Editor-in-Chief Tabitha Stapely reflects on these past few months, and shares her plans for the future of the magazine and the local community as we emerge into a changed world.
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FoTHCP worries the proposed height and density of the buildings will block the sunlight during the day and cause artificial light pollution at night, thus disturbing the natural circadian rhythms of the park’s wildlife and blocking sunlight for plants.
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The Council’s Liveable Streets programme is proposing to pedestrianise parts of Roman Road, Bow, and to close Old Ford at Skew Bridge – have your say on it.
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Closing Skew Bridge has shown us that a different world is possible after the pandemic is over. Commuter traffic from Essex and Kent has found other routes in and out of town, and more local people have discovered that cycling and walking around London are both possible and enjoyable.
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Roman Road Trust has not only raised original target but are looking to surpass it. But the fight is not yet over.
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Bow’s 100-year-old resident, Dabirul Choudhury, is walking laps of his garden while fasting for Ramadan to raise money for those affected by coroanvirus.
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