c2c and Greater Anglia services will be disrupted today

Train drivers strike set to cause chaos for commuters

Image showing how East Bank could look when complete

The latest on progress for £1.1bn cultural quarter being built in east London

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Paedophile ex-soldier who tried to meet with 14-year-old girl is jailed

Screengrabs taken from a video shared by @Ig1Ig3 showing smoke from a train at Leyton station

Train suffers 'extensive damage' after smoke seen in 'suspected arson attack'

PC Mohammed Rahman served in Met's North East Command Unit

Officer who passed on details to outsiders after searching police databases jailed

Paula Blake collects a donation from Newham Bookshop's Vivian Archer

Bookshop among donors to Christmas Toy Appeal

A donation has been made by Keel Toys

First donations made to Christmas Toy Appeal

The man collapsed on the Bow Flyover

Man taken to hospital after collapsing in main road

Parts of the Elizabeth line are shut over the weekend

East London Tube disruption expected after Elizabeth line closures

Mamun Miah of Newham was sentenced to eight years and three months imprisonment

Man jailed after £2m cocaine and heroin discovery

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Image showing how East Bank could look when complete

The latest on progress for £1.1bn cultural quarter being built in east London

Burna Boy will play London Stadium next year

Burna Boy announces I Told Them... 2024 London Stadium gig

Plans for the MSG Sphere have been refused

Controversial MSG Sphere blocked by London mayor

Refurbished bar in All Star Lanes, Westfield Stratford City

Dinner in bowling shoes: A thrilling yet bizarre experience at All Star Lanes

Residents in the Napton & Fenny Compton area of Stratford-on-Avon have won on the People's Postcode Lottery

Residents win prize on People's Postcode Lottery

The popular grab-and-go street food store will be welcomed to Westfield's food court

Popular street food shop coming to shopping centre

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Sport

London Lions lost to Caledonia Gladiators at the Copper Box Arena

Lions tamed by Gladiators in overtime

Leyton Orient boss Richie Wellens gestures on the touchline

Wellens: I'm gutted for supporters and owners

West Ham boss David Moyes looks on

Moyes: Terrible goal to give away

Jordan Ayew and Mohammed Kudus battle for the ball

Hammers held to derby point by Palace

Leyton Orient's Idris El Mizouni

Own goal sends O's out of FA Cup

West Ham United boss David Moyes faces the media in Serbia

Moyes: It's good that we got another win

Altitude training

Altitude training - a new era of exercise

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Lifestyle

The main chapel at East London Cemetery

Maintenance work hits access to historic cemetery

Newham mayor Rokhsana Fiaz OBE (centre left) visits Alice Billings House

The historic Stratford building to be 'brought back to life'

The beauty shop will open next month

"Iconic" beauty chain Sephora to open second UK store in East London

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The exhibition shares the memories of those who have worked, studied or visited the college during the past 85 years.

Sponsored Waltham Forest College marks 85th anniversary with ‘Creating Futures’ exhibition

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The “UK’s fastest-growing pizza chain” Fireaway has now arrived in Upton Park

Sponsored The “UK’s fastest-growing pizza chain” Fireaway has now arrived in Upton Park

A resident at a Baxter Road new-build has claimed a lack of bin collections caused a fly infestation

Flats plagued by 'fly infestation so bad it has triggered the fire alarm'

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Forecasters say more rain is expected (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Flood risk for parts of the UK with more heavy rain expected

Flights were suspended from Munich (AP)

Freezing rain causes deadly accidents in Germany

The London Stock Exchange saw trading halted on hundreds of stocks on Tuesday after another outage on the stock market (PA)

Trading halted in hundreds of firms as London Stock Exchange suffers outage

Nordic workers are demanding a collective bargaining agreement (AP)

Danish union to take action against Tesla in solidarity with Swedes

Some items on the festive plate are actually falling in price, analysts Kantar said (PA)

Cost of traditional Christmas dinner for four ‘up by just 1.3% on last year’

The UK services sector grew last month, a survey has suggested (Danny Lawson/PA)

Service sector returns to growth after months of malaise

The RRS Sir David Attenborough passed close to the gigantic iceberg (Andrew Meijers/British Antarctic Survey via AP)

British research ship crosses paths with world’s largest iceberg in Antarctic

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