Following the devastating fire in Croydon during the riots, The House of Reeves furniture store will not be rebuilt on the derelict land where it once stood. The family had planned to rebuild on the land but Chairman Maurice Reeves said it would not be viable to rebuild on their…
The number of people from Tower Hamlets working for the Olympic organisers has reached more than 1,700 it was announced this week. Tower Hamlets Council and LOCOG (London Organising Committee for Olympic Games) agreed, in February 2010, that the local borough would benefit from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics…
NHS doctors in East London Lines boroughs have less than 2 days left to vote on taking industrial action against government changes to their pensions.…
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Croydon is one of 12 town centres selected in a joint government Mary Portas initiative to “kick-start high…
The second annual Digital Shoreditch Festival celebrates the world-class expertise…
Plans for a Sainsbury’s mega-store just off Stoke Newington Church Street are to be scaled down after a vociferous local campaign which included a ‘zombie-a-thon’ through the area last October.…
Today sees the launch of a new nationwide financial education scheme for young people not in employment…
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Sixteen Tower Hamlets residents completed a construction training scheme in Stepney, as part of a drive to help people long-term unemployed get back to work. The £200m renovation of Ocean Estate is developed by Wates Building Contractors in conjunction with Tower Hamlets Council and East Thames Development Consortium.…
The risk of child poverty and long-term unemployment for people living in east London is among the highest in England, new research by credit rating agency Experian suggests.…
The Manhattan, a disused bar on Croydon High Street, is to be transformed into a Sainsbury’s supermarket.…
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