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High Court orders Islamic trust to quit West Ham mosque site
Islamic worshippers have been ordered to quit the site of a former chemical works in West Ham used as mosque after a High Court decision.
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Budding women entrepreneurs in east London are getting £2,000 each to start up their own businesses.
Newham spends £9.8m housing homeless in bed and breakfasts
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Charity auction on Fish Island for Bethnal Green World War II air raid disaster memorial
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Beckton schoolchildren visit set of Channel 4’s ‘What’s Cooking?’
Schoolchildren got to watch a live episode of a TV cooking show being filmed in Beckton on Monday.
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Two people have been arrested and a cannabis factory has been closed yesterday in a day-long police crack down.
East Ham MP and councillor to hold betting shop meeting
The MP for East Ham is holding a drop-in session with Cllr Sharaf Mahmood to hear residents’ views on betting shops.
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