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Bethnal Green Weightlifting Club, which has existed for almost 100 years, has been granted another three-month extension on its eviction

Best spas and saunas in London’s East End, home of the capital’s first ever public baths

The East End has a rich history of sauna culture spanning centuries, so sit back as we show you the

Tower Hamlets is one of the most rapidly gentrifying boroughs, and Cambridge Heath Road’s bubbling new cultural scene feels like

Campaign group Save Our Safer Streets will have their case heard in the Court of Appeal after the High Court

Eleven people are in hospital after a block of flats went up in flames from a suspected e-bike fire. Eleven

Analysis by Trust for London identified 53 of the most gentrified neighbourhoods in London – and the top three were

The Vagina Museum in Bethnal Green has surpassed its fundraising target in one weekend after facing closure for the second

Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club has reached its second fundraising goal of £18,000, having started its crowdfunder just last month.

‘Who’s gonna call Ronnie Kray a poof? People did, and they were killed’: Bad Gays historian Huw Lemmey tells all

Over 100 objections have been heard over an application for a new venue at the site of former club, Cargo,

A crowdfunder launched at the end of February to save the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club has already surpassed its

To celebrate Women’s History Month, we speak to female strength trainers at the inclusive Bethnal Green Weightlifting Club Nine years