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Help Bow Foodbank support more pensioners this winter as it pushes for £50k in donations
The charity’s stretch fundraising target would allow it provide more support for over-65s
Read More‘Abhorrent, unethical, harmful’: East London NHS Foundation Trust diagnoses ‘personality disorder’ in under-18s
‘We maintain that giving children a diagnosis that results in harm and worse treatment is controversial’
Read MoreGlass Houses, Francesca Reece – book review: ‘A finely-drawn take on the subtleties of casual exploitation’
Bittersweet and dark – with engaging characters and a layered narrative
Read MorePetition to save Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club nears target of 5,000 signatures
Campaigners seek to preserve the club and protect the building as an asset in shared community ownership
Read MoreCampaigners celebrate as Tower Hamlets calls ‘time out’ on market
Council rejects plans to turn old Victorian stables in Spitalfields into 17-restaurant Time Out Market
Read More‘No one understands why police have not seriously investigated Lutfur Rahman’
Claims file not sent to prosecutors backed up by CPS response to FoI request – but police force insists it did hand over evidence
Read More‘London visas’ idea being taken seriously by Sadiq Khan
But idea would ironically place restrictions on freedom of movement within the UK for workers who entered under such a scheme
Read MoreKosher chicken slaughterhouse stormed by vegan group East London Chicken Save
Food business manager for Kedassia Ltd says facility is tightly regulated and conforms to welfare rules laid down by government
Read MoreJohn Biggs says government should bail out voters who brought down Lutfur Rahman
Challengers to disgraced politician still face ‘£210k bill’ despite legal victory
Read MoreFunding fears for future of Calais children and Syrian refugees in London
Home Office insists councils will not be left unsupported as leaders bemoan apparent lack of long-term funding plan
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