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Setback For Brick Lane Arches

A short notice on Tower Hamlets council’s website reveals that, “due to the large amount of public interest”, the planning application for the Islamic-flavoured arches at either end of Brick Lane has been temporarily withdrawn. The council, which was recently the subject of a Dispatches …

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London Elects: Debates, Whisky and More Scandal Next Week?

Ken Livingstone’s certainly had a tough few weeks. For starters, Boris Johnson finally began to get his act together on a few fronts. He’s got a new website, a new team, and he’s had some success in generating noise around policy issues – most notably, …