Newham smokers get help to kick the habit HUNDREDS of people took advantage of health advisors yesterday during a day designed to help them stop smoking. A team of NHS Newham advisors were on hand at Asda Beckton offering advice and information to smokers on national No Smoking Day. The first 10... » MORE

Phew! End of Gallions Reek

THE Gallions Reach shopping centre has become known locally as Gallions Reek due to the smells emanating from the nearby Beckton sewage works. Now residents and shoppers alike will be able to heave a huge sigh of relief with the news that Thames Water wil... » MORE

Breaking News: USA team to use University of East London as 2012 base

THE USA Olympics team is to use University of East London campuses as its 2012 Games base. More than 1,000 competitors, coaches and medical staff will use UEL campuses in the Docklands and Stratford. The athletes will also use UEL s halls of residence... » MORE

Apology that brings some closure

FOR many UK people these days migrating to Australia is a dream come true. But for one West Ham man sent there as a child in the 1950s it was a journey into hell. Bill Malone, 64, was amongst the thousands of children forced from orphanages and foster ho... » MORE

Probe after Newham student falls under bus

AN investigation is being launched after a university student from Beckton was run over by a bus in central London. Latisha Brazier suffered lung and neck injuries after being crushed under the wheels of the N551 double-decker bus at Haymarket at aroun... » MORE

Funeral of ring stalwart

FRIENDS, family and old sparring partners of former boxer Ronald Richardson gathered to say a final farewell to the man who said no to the Kray twins. Mr Richardson, a welterweight boxer from 1957 to 1963, was a regular at the Peacock Gym in Canning Tow... » MORE

Noise hell neighbour is facing the music

A NOISY neighbour who flouted the law by playing excessively loud dance music is likely to have her six- speaker stereo equipment crushed and her 138-CD collection donated to charity. Magistrates at Stratford made the recommendation after hearing that... » MORE

Borough 'will lose millions because on new census'

NEXT year s census could leave Newham residents millions of pounds worse off because the way population is measured is flawed, says Robin Wales. The council, together with two other London authorities, has expressed concerns over plans for the 2011 Census... » MORE

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