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Eileen Short (centre) leads Benefits protest march earlier this month along Bethnal Green's Roman Road

Protesters to picket Tower Hamlets to stop evictions over Benefit cuts

Campaigners are planning a Town Hall picket tonight in London’s deprived East End to demand that no family will be evicted if they go into rent arrears through benefit cuts.

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Vittorio De Sica’s classic 1948 movie ‘Bicycle Thieves’

Prolific bike thief loses Appeal Court bid to unsaddle his time behind bars

A film buff judge compared prolific bike thief Lee Nash to the lead character in a post-war Italian arthouse movie before throwing out his appeal against a jail sentence.

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Paul Simpson serving at Tubby Isaac's

U-turn by EU on eel fishing—but too late to stop Tubby Isaacs’ jellied-eels slipping away

Pie and Mash shops in London’s East End are breathing with relief as a damaging EU ban on eel fishing has today been blocked in Brussels.

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Mo Farah with his two gold medals won at the 2012 London Olympics. Picture: Martin Rickett/PA

London Olympics: One year on

Almost a year has passed since the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games took the capital — and the nation — by storm with athletes including Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis, David Weir and Sir Bradley Wiggins making it a summer of success for Team GB.

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Youngsters have fun racing at the annual All London Go-Kart Grand Prix in Mudchute Farm.

Go-Kart kids in Mudchute Farm battle for Isle of Dogs Grand Prix honours

Nails hammered into rough slabs of wood for a frame and bits of string for steering is what made things go with a bump in a racing grand prix stage in London’s East End.

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Amy Sharrocks is giving away free tap water at Toynbee Hall’s Two Degrees festival

Amy Sharrocks is giving away free tap water at an East End festival aimed at saving the world from ecological disaster.

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Andy Carroll in action for West Ham United. Photo: Adam Davy/EMPICS

West Ham chief confirms Carroll medical on Twitter

Transfer news: West Ham have moved a step closer to the £15.5million signing of Liverpool striker Andy Carroll after co-owner David Gold confirmed on Twitter that the England international will have a medical with the London club tomorrow.

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Hilton London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 is giving away a luxury overnight stay for two

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Alan Davies was due to perform at the Brick Lane Comedy Festival. File picture: Yui Mok/PA

Brick Lane Comedy Festival cancelled after opposition from community groups

A comedy festival in east London due to feature acts including Al Murray, Alan Davies and Ed Byrne has been cancelled because of “heavy opposition from local community groups”.

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