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- Kindhearted bikers rev up for Toy Appeal
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Bikers go the extra mile for charity’s Easter Appeal
Big hearted bikers went plenty of extra miles for Ambition, Aspire, Achieve’s Kevin Jenkins OBE Easter Appeal 2023 today. Because of various roadworks, potholes and horrendous traffic they took many diversions to deliver hundreds of […]
Canning Town one hundred years ago
Nice discovery. Superb picture of Barking Road, Canning Town, one hundred years ago in 1920. It’s almost like a model. A Department of Transport photographer captured this one. Picture: Historic England Archives. See heritage […]
Star Ricky and friends aiming to help charity in his own backyard reach new heights
It’s fitting that a comedy night to raise money for a charity that makes a big difference to the lives of disadvantaged and disabled young people is being staged at the Backyard Comedy Club. For […]
50 years ago – how Ronan Point tragedy shaped lives of future generations
Fifty years on that sight still lives in the memory. There were no morning TV shows, nothing on the radio. The first we knew that a tower block had collapsed was when we arrived at […]
Thief causes heartbreak for charity working with disabled young people
A thief has caused heartbreak for a charity working with disabled youngsters – by making off with a specialist trike from their base in Canning Town. The thief struck earlier this week at the Terence […]
Launch of a special appeal at the heart of our community
Today sees the launch of a special community appeal that has been part of life in Newham for the last 40 years. I was proud to be part of the first Community Links and Newham Recorder […]
Stars come out for charity in a superb night of comedy
The stars came out for a special charity last night in a simply superb comedy night. A packed audience at the Backyard Comedy Club had tears in their eyes all night long as Jo Brand […]