Tag: Newham
REIN Meeting Held To Share BAME Experiences
Paul Leslie and other community leaders from Rights and Equality in Newham (REIN) recently held an open workshop at The Mix Youth and Community Centre,...
Mixed Olympic Legacy For East Ham
Since the Olympic Games, Stratford has changed so much, with the opening of Stratford Westfield. This helped bring more jobs to the community and...
The London 2012 Olympics: A Historic Games, With A Proposed Long-term Benefit for The...
When the area of Stratford is mentioned, what is the first thing that springs to mind? Westfield or Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, right?
Well, go...
Custom House: ‘Home To Rising Legends’
Custom House is a small community in the East London borough of Newham - famously known for the Excel Exhibition Centre and views of...
‘East London Eton’ Causes A Stir On Twitter
Oxford and Cambridge are the England's oldest and most prestigious universities with a reputation for preferring students from upper middle class backgrounds. So it...
Homeless Deaths Count – And Should Be Counted
Anyone who has been in the Stratford Centre at night knows that two worlds are contained within this building. The one in the day...
Proceedings of the Citizens’ Assembly (Beckton and Royal Docks)
The Assembly was separated into four priority areas:
Community development and cohesion, including services for older people.
Community Safety/Policing and Enforcement.
Environment, including parks...
Wellbeing and Well-Bean
Newham's Young Business of The Year 2018 award went to a company called Well-Bean. This chocolatier's name is a play on beans as in...
This Town’s Too Big For Just The One Of Them
Sadiq Khan is the Mayor of London. But most London boroughs also have their own mayor - which many say is a waste of money.
For...
Homelessness: the Problem is Property
According to social affairs correspondent May Bulman’s report for the Independent, ‘On any given night in autumn last year, 4,751 people were recorded sleeping on...
The Big Q: 15 Minutes with MP Stephen Timms
This week's longer edition of The Big Q is with long-standing Labour MP Stephen Timms.
A little over a year after Stephen Timms MP spoke...
Ofsted Backs Anti-Hijab Head
Ofsted chief, Amanda Spielman, has given her backing to St Stephen's Primary School in East Ham following its unsuccessful bid to ban the hihab...
Sir Robin Wales to face possible challenge following success of Newham ‘Trigger Democracy’ campaign
Newham Labour Party members have won the right to vote on whether Sir Robin Wales will automatically be selected as the Labour candidate for...
Newham Revealed as Acid Attack Hotspot
It has recently come to light that Newham is a hotspot for acid attacks in which the perpetrators seek to maim their victims by...
School Bans Hijab For Under 8s
St Stephen’s, a primary school in East Ham, has reportedly banned girls under the age of eight from wearing the hijab, and has furthermore...
Why Councillor Gray Resigned from Newham’s Fire Safety Committee
Councillor John Gray has resigned from Newham Council's Overview and Scrutiny Committee regarding Fire Safety in Tower Blocks, citing its closed meetings which exclude...
Cost Of Making A Case Against Sir Robin
Two Labour party members in Newham are taking a stand against the party's national executive, claiming that the existing Newham Mayor, Sir Robin Wales,...
‘I Couldn’t Score to Save My Life!’
Roy Edmans, 22, is still a young man trying to forge a career doing something that he loves. In his case, it is training...
Chelsea End Newham hopes
Newham Flames missed the chance to cement second place in the table falling to a 23-18 defeat to Chelsea on Saturday. This happened despite...
Can Newham Cement Second Place?
With Oxford running away with the league, it leaves Newham, Islington and Chelsea jostling for positions. They have all beaten each other this season,...
Can Newham End on a High?
It has been a topsy-turvy season for Newham Flames, and their fate for the season lies in their last three games of the campaign....
Timms Not Timid
There seemed no better place to delve into the regeneration of East London, than a café on bustling East Ham High Street. And no...
Wales Under Pressure, Labour Vote Called Into Question
In the interests of “democracy and accountability”, local lobby group Democracy Triggered (DT) is calling on party members to write to Labour's National Executive...
Trigger Ballot To Harpoon Wales?
Sir Robin Wales (61) has been the elected Mayor of the London Borough of Newham for as long as the office of elected mayor...
Handball For Dummies
Handball is something of a niche sport in the UK but its profile has been raised in the aftermath of the London Olympics. The...