12 h. ago UK snow forecast as 'Beast from the East' to bury major cities including London

A 'Beast from the East' storm could be just days away from sweeping across the UK, with weather forecast maps showing snow will hit major cities including London

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25 h. ago A new park with wild swimming ponds could soon open in east London

A new park with wild swimming ponds could soon open in east London  Time Out Worldwide

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38 h. ago Man, 60, guilty of sending racist and misogynistic messages to Lioness star

Nigel Dewale posted several racist and misogynistic messages online

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38 h. ago Teacher banned from the classroom after throwing pupil out of doorway into playground

Police gave the former teacher a caution for assault by beating

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38 h. ago East London homes left without water for almost a week after main bursts

The issue was finally resolved this week after multiple days

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43 h. ago Raye twirls vigorously in a hot pink dress and dances in the SNOW as she shuts down east London street to film new music video after winning first chart

Raye twirled vigorously in a hot pink dress as she shut down east London to film an exciting new music video on Tuesday. 

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43 h. ago Raye twirls vigorously in a hot pink dress as she shuts down east London street to film new music video after winning first chart

Raye twirled vigorously in a hot pink dress as she shut down east London to film an exciting new music video on Tuesday. 

Culture

44 h. ago Raye twirls as she shuts down east London to film new music video

Raye twirls as she shuts down east London to film new music video  Daily Mail

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44 h. ago Raye twirls vigorously in a hot pink dress and dances in the SNOW as she shuts down east London street to film new music video after winning first chart

Raye twirls vigorously in a hot pink dress and dances in the SNOW as she shuts down east London street to film new music video after winning first chart-topping single of 2026  Daily Mail

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50 h. ago Children as young as three learn to reject toxic masculinity at nursery and primary schools in London

The Standard visits east London classrooms where teachers look to fight against influencers like Andrew Tate, porn addiction and exclusions

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54 h. ago Florida lands transfer commitment from East Carolina RB London Montgomery

Florida lands transfer commitment from East Carolina RB London Montgomery  247Sports

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55 h. ago Small suburban home where David Bowie grew up and wrote his first chart hit Space Oddity is set to be opened to the public

The interior of the house in Plaistow Grove in Bromley, south-east London, will be restored to how it was when the teenage songwriter was living there in the 1960s.

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60 h. ago East London council turns down Nicolas Cage film over Nazi swastika fears

The shoot for the upcoming movie Operation Fortitude would have involved draping Waltham Forest town hall in flags bearing the swastika

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63 h. ago Baby found on street in shopping bag to be adopted and see abandoned brothers

Elsa, the third sibling abandoned in east London over an eight-year period, is set to be adopted, as a judge called her story "quite extraordinary".

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64 h. ago 'Extraordinary' baby Elsa abandoned in shopping bag on east London street to be adopted

Elsa, who was found by a dogwalker in 2014 when she was just an hour old, will keep contact with her siblings who were abandoned separately over a seven year period

Economics

64 h. ago One of the UK’s coolest city centre spots to get new sandy beach with free

A BRAND new water attraction is coming to the UK's capital. Named the East London Waterworks Park, the free wild swimming spot will feature a beach, pools and gardens. Based in Hackney, the new 14-acre spot located at the old Thames Water depot on Lea Bridge Road could soon be transformed into a new swimming...

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65 h. ago ‘Go back home’: Farage schoolmate accounts bring total alleging racist behaviour to 34

Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries say Reform leader often used antisemitic language and racial epithetsThirty-four school contemporaries of Nigel Farage have now come forward to claim they saw him behave in a racist or antisemitic manner, raising fresh questions over the Reform leader’s evolving denials.One of those with new allegations is Jason Meredith, who was three years below Farage at Dulwich college, a private school in south-east London. He claims that Farage called him a “paki” and would use taunts such as “go back home”. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago When East meet West: Indian woman performs Bharatanatyam on Bath Street London to the beats of a violin

When East meet West: Indian woman performs Bharatanatyam on Bath Street London to the beats of a violin  Times of India

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67 h. ago Moment Met PC on trial for GBH Tasers man ‘who fell 6ft’ and was left paralysed

Jurors hear Leonard Sandiford was running away from constable Liam Newman when stunned in east London

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3 d. ago First look at free wild swimming spot with sandy beach planned for east London

The wild swimming spot could be a new favourite for east Londoners when the summer rolls around

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