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Mike Brooke

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Michael Costello... now back on his pitch at Canary Wharf after 22 weeks

Lockdown Easing

The Big Issue vendors return to the streets as lockdown eases

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Pauline Forster welcoming regulars back to The George Tavern in Commercial Road

Lockdown Easing

Beer gardens reopening with face marks, sanitisers and cobblestones 

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A scene we haven't seen in Shoreditch since last year about to resume at Boxpark

Boxpark reopening in Shoreditch with face masks and Covid hygiene measures

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Prince Philip behind the Queen visiting Mayflower School in Poplar in 2017

Prince Philip

East End pays tribute to Prince Philip

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Lewis Lloyd... 27-year-old drug-dealer jailed after ramming police cars to escape

Crime

Jailed: drug dealer who rammed police with stolen car to escape

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Union recognition protest against Amazon staged at St Mary-atte-Stratford church in the Bow Road  

'Blow the whistle on Amazon pay and conditions,' protesters urge

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Food being prepared in the Grocers’ Livery kitchen  

Top chefs turn culinary skills to feed needy families in east London

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Families prepare for demo in Watney Market against service charge rises

Housing

Housing protest at Shadwell's Watney Market over service charges hike

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Small businesses like this Whitechapel bakery struggling during Lockdown

Shop Local

Small independent traders call for support when lockdown lifts

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Eugen Maersk docks at Felixstowe

How containers turned the tide on the Thames as world's busiest port

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