Workers earn reprieve

LESS than a year ago, the chances of Newham s refuse and street cleansing workers not being shunted off to a private company were about as bright as Spurs prospects at Upton Park next Monday. Constant industrial disputes, plus public dissatisfaction wit... » MORE

Try this for inspiration

IT had been a few years since an immaculately dressed young lady last called on me. Vanessa Onalo, who lives in Beckton, is bright, polite and, at 17, already an entrepreneuse. During the summer holidays she recruited four other students from the combined... » MORE

Big Brother is taking over

REMEMBER the saying: Big Brother is watching you? Within a generation those doleful words have become aggravatingly true. Go into your corner shop and there s a CCTV lens staring at you. Go into your local supermarket and a security officer can monitor ev... » MORE

Pray...or panic?

WELL, we asked for it. Give us back the traditional, flowing football which made West Ham United a byword for all that is best in the game, we said. After the sterile tactics which former manager Alan Curbishley brought with him through the Blackwall Tunn... » MORE

Vulnerable and feeling alone

LAST week I reported on the case of an East Ham pensioner who was awakened by breaking glass and, on going downstairs, he was confronted by two young burglars. Fortunately they fled, but the experience left the pensioner severely traumatised. The houses e... » MORE

Rubbish excuse!

THE top two concerns of most people in Newham are crime and the state of the borough. When they come together you have a situation no one can be expected to tolerate. Three weeks ago a pensioner living off High Street South heard the sound of breaking gl... » MORE

Poor maybe, but not in spirit

THERE is no place better named than The House of the Divine Compassion in Balaam Street, Plaistow. To trace its beginning you have to go back to the end of the 19th century, when a few people came together to form a faith community in Meredith Street. Whe... » MORE

Well, what can we believe

IT depends on which paper you read or who you listen to when it comes to assessing the situation at Upton Park. Don t panic, says one. West Ham have a month to avoid sliding into administration, says another. We will not have to sell any of our top player... » MORE

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