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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, …

Despite the slow waterwheel turn of time and the thickening of cataracts, Londonist remembers school well. Oh what fun we had; and did it really turn out bad? All we learned at school was how to bend not break the rules. Yup, school did by …

56. A Fairy Likely Story! What Jacqui Lester saw as a child has remained with her for over thirty years. At the time, in the ’70s, she was a child living at Manor Park in the London Borough of Newham. It took place one morning …