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Riders brilliant effort for charity’s Easter Egg Appeal

  MORE THAN 30 big-hearted riders powered to glory for charity Ambition, Aspire, Achieve’s Kevin Jenkins OBE Easter Appeal on Saturday. They arrived at the charity’s Terence Brown Arc In The Park, Canning Town base […]

Mar, 30 · in Ambition Aspire Achieve,Arc In The Park

FORMER Newham and Ilford Recorder reporters Paul Henderson and David Gardner have written a wartime book that tells the incredible story of a mother, the son she was forced to give up for adoption, and […]

Feb, 27 · in A Spy In The Family,David Gardner,Paul Henderson

Sleighed by your kindness … Christmas Toy Appeal reaches target

SLEIGHED by your kindness.  The Kevin Jenkins OBE Newham Christmas Toy Appeal 2024 reached its target just in time for youngsters who would not otherwise get gifts top enjoy the magic of Yuletide. The appeal, […]

Dec, 24

Launch of a special community appeal at the heart of our community

THE Kevin Jenkins OBE Newham Christmas Toy Appeal 2024 is up and running. The past few years have been amongst the most difficult and challenging in living memory, with the unprecedented cost-of-living crisis impacting so […]

Nov, 06

Bidding to make a splash for vital Christmas appeal

I AM again raising funds for a special appeal that has been part of my life in for 48 years…a campaign that is right at the heart of life in Newham, East London. I first […]

Oct, 13

‘Our Linda’ Lewis is honoured with a plaque to mark her journey from ‘Custom House to California’

THE teeming rain didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits as Newham’s very own songbird, soul singer and songwriter Linda Lewis was honoured in a special ceremony and celebration today. It was a fitting honour for the woman […]

Sep, 27

Wartime picture of Silvertown church

REFLECTIONS of the past 8,895. A view of St Mark’s Church, Silvertown, taken in a Sunday during the Second World War. The church is now, of course, Brick Lane Music Hall. Picture: Imperial War Museum, […]

Aug, 28

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