Free TV licences for the over 75s will end 1st August Caroline Abrahams, Age UK’s Charity Director said: “For millions of over 75s who’ve had a torrid time over the last few months, this must
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Liveable Streets – forget pollution control, it’s all about the money
Bow resident, Sheila Kelly, has spent the weekend researching bus gates. Here’s what she found. A bus gate in Glasgow resulted in over 6,000 fines in its first three weeks of operation.
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Liveable Streets
Four road changes combine to turn Bow East into a dead end
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Matchgirls’ leader’s grave to be bulldozed
The grave of Sarah Chapman, one of the leaders of the 1888 Matchgirls’ strike in Fairfield Road, is at risk of being bulldozed. Manor Park Cemetery is in private hands and the want to ‘mound’
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Tower Hamlets Bin Strike, TV Licence Update, Geezers Meetings Suspended
Tower Hamlets Bin Strike Veolia runs the bin collections contract for Tower Hamlets. Refuse collectors were on strike from 9th-16th March as Veolia has withheld holiday pay which was due to them. A few days
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