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An art and design student whose family worked at the Laura Ashley factories in Newtown and Carno has lovingly created a paper dress made from the…

Bonny Downs Community Associations elders advocacy and befriending project co-ordinator Clem Richards. - Credit: BDCA A phone “befriending" service is supporting older people in the borough who are feeling lonely or isolated through the pandemic. Almost 80 elders have received a combined 317 hours of phone calls from 21 volunteers since the service was launched by Bonny Downs Community Association (BDCA) in March. It will continue until the end of this year after the East Ham charity rec...