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Crisis In Care: One Woman’s Story

The UK care industry is a total shambles and the support being given to the elderly and those that care for them is often...

Potential Billion Pound Boost For Stratford Station

The London Legacy Development Corporation (LDDC) - working with TfL, Network Rail and Newham Council - has announced the second stage of the upgrade...

Typewriter Artist At Trinity Buoy Wharf

Typewriter art has a long history. The first typewriter was invented in 1843, and the first manufactured machine appeared in 1870. The first known...

East Londoners Look Forward To The Elizabeth Line

East Londoners are anticipating the opening of the Elizabeth Line, which has been over two hundred years in the making. The project, currently being...

Crochet, Boxing And Fish Skins Down The Mile End Road

When I was younger, I attended a lot of student art review shows as a hobby. They mainly concerned form and human nature, with...

Why Ukraine Matters

At dawn this morning the situation in Ukraine became critical. Putin began what was essentially an invasion by launching missiles at various military and...

The Truth About Street Stranger Danger

Recent high profile attacks on women have given the public the impression that the streets are more unsafe for women than men. But in...

World AIDS Day – Fighting Stigma

This year's World AIDS Day event is on December 1st , and given recent comments by former rugby player Gareth Thomas and Drag Race participant...

A New Perspective On The Pre-War Parliament

Chris Bryant's Glamour Boys starts off with a simple premise, to tell the stories of ‘the nearly queer and very queer’ (Bryant’s words) UK...

Transport Concerns Over North East London’s New Health Hub

Plans for the redevelopment of part of the former St Georges Hospital site, submitted by the North-East London NHS, have just been approved last...

Murder of MP Raises Questions Of Safety

David Amess, the MP for Southend West, was murdered today whilst conducting his surgery at a church hall in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Police have already arrested...