Tower Hamlets residents celebrated in the 2023 New Year’s Honours list
Tackling hunger in Tower Hamlets, delivering humanitarian assistance in Ukraine and furthering early years special education are just some of
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The Greedy Cow to shut its restaurant after 14 years of service
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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Roman Road pharmacies firefighting for the NHS during winter health crises
Pharmacies on the Roman are having to cope with supply shortages amid a winter cold and flu outbreak and an
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Tower Hamlets becomes first London borough to extend universal free school meals to secondary school students
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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Goodbye Del Downey: Globe Town Market waves farewell to the East End’s longest-serving fishmonger
Soaring overhead costs, dwindling footfall and market square construction: How the Downey Brothers fishmonger was forced out of Globe Town
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Bromley by Bow Centre welcomes Elly de Decker as new chief executive
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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Reverend Alan Green leaves St. John on Bethnal Green church after 24 years
Reverend Green’s Christmas Day sermon will be the last he gives to the congregation he has served for nearly a
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Emma Thompson delights Globe Primary School children with reading of new festive tale
Nanny McPhee star Emma Thompson delighted Globe Primary School children with a reading of her new festive tale at the
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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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Former Tower Hamlets Mayor John Biggs mysteriously suspended from Twitter amid wave of suspensions
John Biggs, the former Mayor of Tower Hamlets, has been suspended from Twitter amid a spate of political accounts losing
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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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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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