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Stepney Green woman celebrates 100th birthday

Congratulations to Dot Smyth on your 100th birthday

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Dot Smyth has a birthday card at her home in Stepney Green sent from the Queen — to celebrate reaching a special milestone.
East London artist Olivia Dean.

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All Points East: Meet east London artist Olivia Dean

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Planning for the future: The perfect trip to Australia

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Shaking off 'blue Monday' lockdown with Secret Sunshine dancing

Lockdown dancing in your own living room goes online from Canary Wharf

Mike Brooke

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Kenneth More pictured in1959 with Lauren Bacall, his co-star in North West Frontier.Picture: PA

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Kenneth More CBE - through the 60s and beyond

Cash Boyle

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Kenneth More pictured in1959 with Lauren Bacall, his co-star in North West Frontier.Picture: PA

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Who was Kenneth More? A journey into the life of the much-loved actor

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Eat well to stay well is the favourite recipe to your weight loss success

Sophie Stainthorpe

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The COVID-19 vaccines work by mimicking the infection, tricking the body to believe you’ve got the infection so you then...

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COVID-19 vaccines hold the key to the road back towards normality

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NEW CHALLENGE: If you are selling goods to the EU, prepare for new customs procedures Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

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Get set now to do business when the UK’s trading with the EU changes on...

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GET FIT, STAY FIT: Everyone needs to be active every day to improve their health Picture: contribu

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Why now’s the time to get fit and stay fit to improve your physical...

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak. Picture: contributed

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UK Government offering extra support to staff and firms during winter...

Sophie Stainthorpe

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Prepay smart meters can be topped up in a number of ways, including online, via telephone or text me

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Top up at home with a smart prepay meter – and save money

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Myer Wand was killed in the bombing. He was 31. Picture: MPS

East Area police chief marks Blitz 80th anniversary with tribute to...

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Dame Vera Lynn has thanked everyone commemorating the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Picture: Dame Vera

VE Day 75: Dame Vera Lynn thanks people marking historic anniversary...

Jon King

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Two British sailors and their girlfriends wading in the fountains in Trafalgar Square on VE Day, 8 M

VE Day 75: Call to toast the nation’s heroes 75 years after Victory in...

Jon King

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The items date back to between 800 and 900 BC and were all discovered "in the Rainham area". Picture

London’s largest ever Bronze Age treasure find to go on display in...

Matthew Clemenson & Rachael Burford

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Sign up to our food and drink newsletter that is delivered straight to your inbox. Picture: Ian Burt

Sign up to our food and drink newsletter that is delivered straight to...

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Ian Wilson (inset) has traced his ancestors to a tombstone in the middle of a path in St Margaret's

Search for ancestors leads family historian up Barking churchyard path

Jon King

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The new-look Liverpool Street Station was inaugurated by the Queen in 1991. Picture: Isabel Infantes

Heritage: The story of Liverpool Street Station

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RoyShaw being congratulated after his first round victory over Donny 'The Bull' Adams in 1975. Pic:

Gangster Roy Shaw features in new book aimed at ‘setting the record...

Jon King

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The 1938-Stock underground train took passengers on a trip back in time yesterday. Photo: Simon Pool

Passengers taken on trip back in time as rare underground train passes...

Liam Coleman

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Will Thorne received the backing of nearly 95 per cent of voters in his constituency - a record that

How a Christmas general election 100 years ago made history

Sophie Morton

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Sheila Cope and her fellow pensioners determined to save their club at Raine's House in Wapping. Pic

‘Watered down’ upgrade plans for Raine’s House could be approved next week

Rachael Burford

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Women and children celebrating the end of the First World War at the Heath Street Peace Tea Party, c

Armistice 100: How the day so many had been longing for was reported on...

Jon King

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Hannah Mawdsley. Pic: Tim Stubbings/AHRC

Armistice 100: ‘Death and misery’ at home as the war guns fall silent

Jon King

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Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery, Zonnebeke, Belgium. When: 24 Sep 2013

Armistice 100: Grave hunters search for the thousands of First World War...

Jon King

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Working with video equipment, circa 1990. Pic: Crown Copyright, courtesy of the RAF Museum

RAF 100: Breaking down barriers over a century of opportunities

Jon King

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282 East Ham Squadron members on a visit to RAF Brize Norton. Picture: Flight Lieutenant Vik Taak RA

RAF 100: Cadets to play key role in anniversary events

Jon King

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A group photograph of staff and pupils of the first course to pass through the Central Flying School

RAF 100: Celebrating the legends of the skies

Jon King

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Making banners for a women's Social and Political (WSPU) rally in 1910. Picture: LSE Library

Suffragette 100: Join thousands of ladies in a celebratory procession...

Ellena Cruse

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