By gary8345 After speculation as to whether the Hammers or Hotspur will claim their slice of the Cupcake post 2012, the Olympic Legacy Company today announced that serious costed bids for taking on the Olympic Stadium must be submitted by the end of September. 150 …
A teenager has died in East London two days after being stabbed, whilst a man was shot dead in Walthamstow yesterday. If you have to be a councillor, do it in Croydon or Newham: it’s payrise time. Trivia of the day more peeps pucker up …
West Ham and their home borough of Newham are planning a joint bid to occupy the Olympic stadium in Stratford after the conclusion of the Games. Following months of flirting with the idea, the bid proposes a stadium that can be used for athletics and …
Photo / Ari Levinson The best gift Barack Obama will get this Christmas is a successful healthcare reform vote, but second in the list is surely the special edition West Ham United shirt that was presented to him (via a White House official) at the …
glamour, grit and shiny shiny cars Now then, the capital’s Kidnapping Statistics – one area that this Londonista doesn’t normally bone up about at the kitchen table on a Sunday morning. The headline figure is that, so far this year, 315 cases of kidnapping have …
Image author’s own Newham Council is pressing for local produce to be sold at the Olympic Park when the games come to town in 2012. Newham Mayor Sir Robin Wales wants to see local, independent vendors getting some action when East London gets overrun with …
this lunchbox is a thing of the past. should all lunchboxes join it? It’s a crazy plan, but it just might work. The London Borough of Newham is one of 3 areas in the country piloting a new scheme to provide free school meals to …
running to the cupcake If the today’s morning sunshine continues into Sunday, you might want to know about the Newham Classic 10k race taking place around Stratford, leading to the Olympic Park. It’s too late to nab a race entry, but if you’re up and …
If you fancy being part of the Olympics but your hurdling isn’t up to scratch, then volunteering may be the answer. But, like an athlete, you’ll have to put some practice in… Newham councillor Paul Bricknell is encouraging people to start volunteering now so they’ll …
Eastern Foods 165 Green Street, Newham Nearest Tube: Upton Park www.easternsweets.co.uk Expect to pay: £6/kilo for burfi Opened in 1974, Eastern Foods is an original fixture of Green Street, Newham’s answer to Southall and Brick Lane. Today the sweet shop fits right in with the …
Since time immemorial people have cried out – ‘what we really need is a 23,000 seat multi purpose arena somewhere near Woolwich’. Of course this dream was finally attained last year with the reopening of the Millennium Dome O2 – back in the day, however, …
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