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I spent Saturday talking community outreach, governance and financing with local environmental activists at Transition Newham, then popped into Lumikha for a soft-launch ube matcha latte and pandan/ube roll ahead of their grand opening on 15 August.
Read more →The Mayor has confirmed that planning enforcement can no longer restrict the Caxton Street North car wash's hours after a ten-year immunity kicked in. Here's what that means, and the routes I'll be pressing the Council to pursue next.
Read more →New openings, soft launches, and a community meeting are all packed into a few busy days for Canning Town and Hallsville Quarter, with Holland & Barrett, MyKopitiam and Lumikha all landing around Silvertown Way.
Read more →I joined a Theft and Anti-Social Behaviour patrol with local police, walking the length of Peto Street North and Silvertown Way to see first hand the speeding concerns residents have been raising.
Read more →Residents across Newham are being told to put down their hosepipes as a temporary use ban, introduced by Thames Water, takes effect this week. Here's what it means, what's exempt, and how long it's likely to last.
Read more →Londoners and visitors can now spend an entire Saturday or Sunday hopping between buses and trams across the capital for the price of a single fare, as the Mayor of London and Transport for London's new Weekend Hopper scheme gets underway.
Read more →Local councillors in Canning Town are demanding urgent answers from Transport for London after an escalator at Canning Town Underground station has remained out of service for months, leaving residents, disabled passengers and commuters struggling to access one of East London's busiest transport interchanges.
Read more →I've written to Newham Council asking it to consider an ANPR camera at the point where vehicles cross a cycle lane on Barking Road to cut through Minnie Baldock Street in the Hallsville Quarter.
Read more →Newham Council wants residents to have their say on new plans to make the borough safer for women and girls, as part of a wider two-year community safety strategy. Here's what's being proposed, and how to respond.
Read more →This weekend, Royal Victoria Dock trades its usual waterside calm for two days of circus, dance, and street theatre as Ensemble Festival returns — free, all-ages, and running Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 July, 12:00-20:00.
Read more →Canning Town has quietly evolved into one of East London's most diverse food pockets. Here are twelve top spots to check out, in order.
Read more →I've written to the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, copying in the Deputy Mayor for Transport, to formally request speed enforcement cameras on Silvertown Way and Peto Street North.
Read more →After a run of serious road incidents across Newham, I used my first speech of the term to call on the council to back the Safe System approach and set its own Vision Zero target.
Read more →I cycled the newly finished Royal Docks Corridor with Carla — segregated cycle lanes, safer crossings, and green infrastructure that's turned Silvertown Way and North Woolwich Road from lorry routes into somewhere people actually want to be.
Read more →Dr Will Norman, the Mayor of London's Walking and Cycling Commissioner, addressed Newham Council's October meeting on the impact of the borough's road safety and clean air policies — and the human cost of rolling them back.
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