Residents express concern over Bethnal Green Arts Centre for outdoor seating plans
Residents of Bethnal Green have expressed concern over Rich Mix’s plans to build an outdoor café seating area with a
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HSBC on Bethnal Green Road permanently closes
Bethnal Green’s HSBC customers will have to travel to Bishopsgate now as more than 400 banks and building societies across
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Brick Lane’s Blackmans Shoes closes after 87 years
London’s first Dr Marten retailer now in its third generation has closed up shop on Cheshire Street and moved online
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Local residents protest as Tower Hamlets Council reneges on repairs to Frank Dobson Square
The improvements were the result of a six-year campaign to bring back artist Frank Dobson’s ‘Woman and Fish’ statue to
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Young V&A re-opens in Bethnal Green as the UK’s only dedicated museum for children
Tower Hamlets parents rejoice: After three years of refurbishment, Bethnal Green’s Young V&A re-opens with fresh ways to educate and
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The Vagina Museum launches crowdfunder to move into new home in Bethnal Green
In order to reopen in Bethnal Green, the museum needs to raise an additional £43,000 by early June The Vagina
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A peruse of Princelet Street’s migrational past and present
Princelet’s Street’s Huguenot history is legendary, but a walk down this gorgeous Georgian street reveals signs of other migrant communities
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Local residents oppose new residential development on Hackney Road
Occupiers of neighbouring homes worry that the two-storey roof extension will block views and impact house prices. East London residents
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Frank Wang’s coffee stand reopens in Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green welcomes back its beloved coffee vendor Frank Wang, the man who inspired a community-led campaign to save his
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Blueprint Architects: The people daring to imagine a fairer food system in Tower Hamlets
Amid the climate and cost of living crises, the food and environment communities of Tower Hamlets have assembled as the
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A review: Oxford House exhibits ‘Women of Bethnal Green at Work’
The working lives of Bethnal Green’s women are unveiled and uplifted in local photographer Sarah Ainslie’s latest exhibition in Oxford
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Global environmental activist Dr Vandana Shiva supports Tower Hamlets’ Women’s Environment Network food justice forum
International scholar and ecofeminist Dr Vandana Shiva showed her support for the Tower Hamlets’ food and ecological justice community in
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