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Bromley-by-Bow grandmother and breast cancer survivor heading to World Dragon Boat Racing Championships in Team GB

Fifty-eight-year-old grandmother and breast cancer survivor from Bromley-by-Bow, Kate Smith-Coules, is paddling for gold with Team GB at the World

The Teviot Estate will be demolished and replaced with a new development, which could create almost 2,000 homes. Property developer

Backed by £5 million in public and university funding, the Royal Docks Centre for Sustainability has launched with a bold

Fresh community retail spaces and a vibrant atmosphere – why Wood Wharf is rising as a local hotspot. For years,

The Thames sees over four million boat passengers in a year, but new funding for Uber Boats will increase service

Poplar activist Sangeeta Pillai is on a mission to break taboos for South Asian women using a microphone as her

Tower Hamlets Council voted against the plans to build the tower block, which would provide nearly 1000 bedrooms, but was

Plague of tall buildings in Tower Hamlets caused by rising land costs as Sadiq Khan is urged to release more

Mudchute Park and Farm in the Isle of Dogs have launched a fundraising campaign to fund legal action against Tower

Muhsin Mahmud has just returned from the glitz and glamour of the Academy Awards, where his passion for media started