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TRAVEL NEWS: A weekend of disruption on the cards

MAJOR disruption across the Tube network will fall this weekend in the latest round of improvement work. Here are brief details of their effects on East London travel. The Central line will be suspended west of Marble Arch all weekend for track replacemen... » MORE

Stratford tube platform set to slash congestion

A NEW tube platform designed to cut congestion at Stratford Station is being opened on Sunday. It will mean that passengers heading west on the Central Line will be able to exit from both sides of train carriages, easing the squeeze. The project is part o... » MORE

Families forced out of homes by explosion threat

OVER a hundred people were forced to flee their homes in Forest Gate yesterday morning amid fears of a gas cylinder explosion as a two-storey terraced house went up in flames. An exclusion zone of over 100 metres was enforced after firefighters discovere... » MORE

School strike threat : Unions' warning

TRADE unions have threatened strike action at any Newham school that applies to become an academy. This would be one of various measures in a bid to convince governing bodies not to drop out of council control. Peter Smith, secretary of Newham Teachers... » MORE

Festival fans seeing stars

SEEING STARS: Preeya Kalidas, left, formerly EastEnders Amira Shah, performs her latest single at Friday s Eastern Beats, part of the four-day Under the Stars festival. Around 42,000 people enjoyed the free celebrations in Central Park, East Ham, organi... » MORE

Prime suspect in brutal attack on woman, 83

THIS is the face of the prime suspect in the hunt for a burglar who brutally attacked and tied up an 83-year-old woman. Police believe that when she disturbed the raider in her Sprowston Road, Forest Gate, home he punched her in the face, threw her to t... » MORE

Hammerettes are back on the ball

ONCE a familiar sight at West Ham matches, the Hammerettes have returned to thrill the crowds at half time. The sports dance team were a regular part of the Hammers home games for eight seasons until 2006 when team bosses decided they no longer wanted t... » MORE

Drugs plot three get 24 years

Three Newham men who were part of a gang found with cannabis plants worth more than £500,000 have been jailed for a total of 24 years. The gang ransacked 19 cannabis farms run by rival criminals, stealing 3,200 plants. They were caught after forcing their... » MORE
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