8 h. ago Magdalena, Woman of Joy review – sex, sin and saintliness with a tour de force host

Playhouse East, LondonLily Sinko rages, writhes, provokes and teases her way through the horrifying life story of her storyteller with cartoonish abandonMagdalena appears from the dark, perched on a bar stool, cigarettes and liquor by her side, an array of hanging lamps casting a sultry glow. Her first words set the tone – “You want to fuck me,” she says – and lead us into an uncompromising introduction, littered with sex, violence and sideways jokes.She is the creation of French-English actor and writer Lily Sinko, and as her character’s name suggests, we’re hurled through a life of saintliness and sin, despair and redemption, as Magdalena does the best with the hand she’s dealt. We travel to her childhood in Marseille with a hostile “Papa”, an airport abduction that sees her deposited at the Virgin Mary School for Bad Bad Girls (Cash Only), and a wild escape through the streets of France, finding fleeting refuge in a cathedral.At Playhouse East, London, until 28 June Continue read...

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9 h. ago The real reason Kate Middleton broke the dress code on her visit to the V&A

The Princess of Wales cut a very trendy figure as she visited the new V&A East Storehouse in London yesterday - but one aspect of her outfit appeared to break the dress code. 

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12 h. ago East London primary class is named the 'funniest in Britain' by Beano thanks to clever punctuation joke

The winners will be featured in this week’s 4,290th edition of the comic

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26 h. ago Moment 'killer' pulls out samurai sword and calls it sexy before 'going on to hack schoolboy, 14, to death' is shown in court

Amateur musician and 'mystic' Marcus Monzo, 37, is accused of killing Daniel Anjorin, 14, who was walking to school in Hainault, east London, on April 30 last year.

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26 h. ago Mother sues London council after 150kg park litter bin crushes her foot during dog walk

Linda Kelsey forced to give up work and collection of 17 high-heeled shoes due to injuries sustained in Poplar, east London

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26 h. ago Moment killer pulls out samurai sword and calls it sexy before going on to hack schoolboy, 14, to death

Amateur musician and 'mystic' Marcus Monzo, 37, killed Daniel Anjorin, 14, who was walking to school in Hainault, east London on April 30 last year.

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28 h. ago Kate Middleton wows in chic navy suit during solo visit to examine museum’s exhibits

Kate Middleton visited the newly-opened V&A East Storehouse in East London today, where she was given a behind-the-scenes tour and spent time viewing the incredible objects stored there

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30 h. ago Princess of Wales cuts a trendy figure in navy trouser suit as she visits buzzy V&A storehouse in east London

The princess' last public engagement was a ship-naming ceremony in Glasgow on May 22, after which she enjoyed the half-term holiday with her children.

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30 h. ago Kate Middleton has awkward moment in power suit as she makes surprise visit

The Princess of Wales has visited the newly-opened V&A East Storehouse in East London, where she was given a behind-the-scenes tour and spent time viewing the incredible objects stored there

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31 h. ago Thames Water LIVE: Thousands of east London homes without water supply

Thames Water has apologised to customers after thousands of households across east London have been left without water including those in Whitechapel, Shoreditch, Spitalfields and Bethnal Green

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32 h. ago Hundreds of east London homes 'went without basic fire safety checks', claims whistleblower

A former employee of Populo Living claims a string of safety checks being missed was potentially putting people’s lives at risk

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33 h. ago Alice Figueiredo: NHS trust cleared of corporate manslaughter after Londoner, 22, took her own life

North East London NHS Foundation Trust was cleared of corporate manslaughter after the death of Alice Figueiredo

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45 h. ago Psycho buzzard terrorising village is filmed breaking into people's homes

Residents of the village near Romford in East London have been ‘living in fear’ for months after a buzzard began swooping down on residents at the end of March

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46 h. ago Body found by police confirmed to be missing Colombian 'murder' victim from east London

Yajaira Castro Mendez, 46, disappeared after leaving her home in Ilford and a man charged with her murder

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48 h. ago Body found by police confirmed to be missing Colombian woman

Yajaira Castro Mendez, 46, disappeared after leaving her home in Ilford, east London, on May 29.

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49 h. ago Bus driver high on drugs who fell asleep at wheel and killed girl, 9, is jailed

Ada Bicakci, 9, died in hospital on August 5 last year, two days after the collision in Bexleyheath, south-east London, which left her with 'catastrophic injuries'

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51 h. ago NHS trust and ward manager guilty of safety failures after patient Alice Figueiredo, 22, killed herself at mental health hospital

Jurors at the Old Bailey found that North East London NHS Foundation Trust was not responsible for the death of Alice Figueiredo, 22, but had 'failed to ensure the safety of a non-employee'.

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52 h. ago NHS trust cleared of corporate manslaughter after woman took her own life

North East London NHS Foundation Trust was cleared of corporate manslaughter after the death of Alice Figueiredo

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53 h. ago NHS trust cleared of corporate manslaughter after death of woman

North East London NHS Foundation Trust was cleared of corporate manslaughter after the death of Alice Figueiredo.

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54 h. ago East 17's Terry Coldwell, 50, reveals he's turned to God as he is baptised by former Krays' henchman Chris Lambrianou

The singer surprised fans by making a public declaration of faith with a service at River Church in east London on Sunday.

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