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How Well Grounded in Poplar is changing lives with coffee

The community interest company based in Spotlight provides free barista training for out of work locals and guarantees them a job at the end of it. We sat down with founder Eve Wagg and two graduates to find out more...

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Trinity Mirror launches Women Together network to address gender imbalance

The Canary Wharf based newspaper publisher has more than twice as many men in senior manager positions. A group of female bosses have launched the campaign to try and close the gap...

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Why Dinosaurs In The Wild doesn't live up to its potential

The Greenwich Peninsula attraction puts kids in front of dinosaurs in cages and lacks a clear narrative arc. Nothing Jurassic Park hasn't done before...

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Work starts on twin hotel project in Stratford

A 285-bed Hilton and 136-bed long stay Adagio are under construction at the former...

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How Wapping based outdoor clothing brand Musto wants to save our seas

The company moved to St Katharine Docks a year ago and began a drive to cut it’s environmental impact...

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Apprentice bricklayer tops out Royal Docks West

Mount Anvil said 60 local people have been involved in building the 19-storey tower. The first homes are due to be completed in December....

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How long must British victims of Libyan sponsored IRA terrorism wait for compensation?

Docklands Victims Association president Jonathan Ganesh tells us how it feels to see American, French and German victims compensated as the UK Government fails to act...

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Allia expands business accelerator program to Tower Hamlets

Move follows the launch of its Future Business Centre in June with the aim of supporting SMEs in the east London borough...

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How Ibis Canning Town star employee went from jobless to team leader in two years

Romanian Maria Ardelean tells how she arrived in London not speaking a word of English, but landed a job within 24 hours and now manages a team of nine....

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Why DC's Dawn Of Super Heroes celebrates the art of the comic at The O2

Curator Jean-Jacques Launier says the exhibition comprises more than 200 original pages and 300 preparatory sketches from the likes of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman...

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Chef to the stars brings A-list lifestyle to Dokke in Wapping

Neil Wager spent nearly three decades working for Formula One and as a cook on private islands. His first restaurant in St Katharine Docks serves up a changing menu of food inspired by his travels...

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Dog friendly vegan doughnut cafe opens in Hackney

Lauren Watts began making doughnuts two years ago after turning vegan overnight. She quit her office job and moved to London with husband Ed to open Dough Society in Dispensary Lane...

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Higgins Homes' Bow Corner development 'reflects buyers' modern lives'

Close to Mile End Tube and Limehouse DLR, the scheme offers commuters easy routes into the City and Canary Wharf...

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How Canary Wharf became the new heart of Docklands

The estate's Local Impact Report reveals a spend of nearly £1.6billion with local SMEs since 1997 and an impressive barrage of positive statistics covering the last 30 years...

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Pop up art gallery opens on London City Island

Developer EcoWorld Ballymore has opened the doors on an exhibition that brings together work by resident and local artists from Trinity Art Studios and Arebyte Gallery...

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Why this Polish comedian threw three people out of her F*cking European show

Rita Suszek is set to share her experiences of being a foreigner living in London at Theatre Royal Stratford East until February 10...

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We try to con the director of The Grift in Bethnal Green

Immersive theatre show expert Tom Salamon is challenging audiences to visit the Town Hall Hotel to learn the art of the grift and pull off a long con. The show runs until March 25 with tickets costing £35-£77...

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Truman’s brewer talks cans, craft and the rise of women in the trade

Charlotte Cook says the Hackney Wick brand will attend Craft Beer Rising on a mission to show it’s just as interesting as any of the other breweries...

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AI property platform AskPorter wants to give everyone a pocket concierge

The London-based start-up was founded by friends Tom Shrive and Sam Tassell in 2016. It has just secured investment of over £500,000 from business heavyweights James Caan, Faisal Butt and David Newnes...

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Belle Epoque meets Game Of Thrones at Luton Hoo hotel

The five-star hotel in Bedfordshire is a favourite of the Queen and offers stunning architecture, lavish Edwardian decor, sumptuous dining and a dragon tapestry...

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4 distillers to look out for at The London Gin Festival

We pick the spirits to track down at the event in Wapping's Tobacco Dock...

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Nigel Mansell set for London Classic Car Show Icon Award

The motor racing legend will attend the event at Excel in the capital's Royal Docks...

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How Helen Croydon swapped sugardaddies for triathlon

The Limehouse-based journalist and author talks about her latest book This Girl Ran: Tales Of A Party Girl Turned Triathlete...

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How to avoid back pain at work

Sam Roshdy from Capital Physio gives us the dos and don’ts. The ambitious 23-year-old works with Watford FC and the Great Britain American Football Team alongside his day job...

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Fuller's commits to Royal Wharf site with waterside pub plans

Brewery and pub chain says it wants to contribute to the lives of residents at Ballymore and Oxley's Royal Docks development...

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