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Households have been urged to recycle with more care as countries dealing with our rubbish get tough on waste.

Labour candidate Moniba Khan won the Boleyn ward by-election.

Newham Council is reviewing all of its outsourced services after claiming private companies have not been providing value for money.

Newham is going to back the polls – just six months after the local election.

After last week’s revelation that at least eight people have died homeless in Newham this year, we meet the people working to improve the lot of rough sleepers. Hannah Somerville reports from the Stratford Centre.

Four days of strike action by finance staff at Newham Council has been called off.

Two decades after first visiting London and setting her heart on studying there, a woman from Stratford has finally achieved her dream.

An opera based on the life of a refugee who turned his life around has been shortlisted for an award.

A programme to help at risk young people is being rolled out in Newham.

The Mayor of London has praised a school in Newham for helping students from disadvantaged backgrounds score top marks in their exams.

A mosaic depicting Plaistow’s famous local sites has been unveiled.

The principal of a sixth form college in Newham who gave up a high-flying career as a lawyer to help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds has won a prestigious award.

Hundreds of people gathered in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park today (Sunday) for a poignant service to mark a century since the end of the First World War.

When the alarms sounded to let people know the war had ended many thought they were under attack.

Imagine sitting in the same classroom where youngsters who fought in the First World War once learned their times tables.

On Armistice Day, 1918, men, women and children united to celebrate the war’s end, but the relieved crowds without meaning to helped spread a deadly disease.

Pupils gathered to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War at the Royal Docks Academy.

Terence Trimmer was born and raised in Manor Park. Here the 86-year-old tells the story of two Newham recipients of the country’s most prestigious military honour.