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Not going away? From festivals to parks, our guide for a stay-at-home summer by Fenella Breaks and Monet Olrod For those stuck in London this summer this is plenty to do: pic-JD-Designs As Londoners face yet another summer stuck in the UK, why not make the most of it? Here are ELL’s top places to visit this summer in Lewisham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Croydon that you may not have known about before lockdown was introduced last year.  For those sceptical of leaving the house and worried ab...

Published: 9:00 AM May 6, 2021    Updated: 10:51 AM May 6, 2021 Installing Community Fibre cabling at Denning Point in Commercial Street on on the Holland Estate near Petticoat Lane. - Credit: Rehan Jamil Thousands of families on East End housing estates are being connected to broadband internet after a deal with social landlords.  Eastend Homes has signed a “wayleave agreement” with Community Fibre and Tower Hamlets Council to wire up 4,000 homes.  The deal aims to provi...

TravelAwaits May.5.2021 “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day” is a commonly heard phrase in the United Kingdom. We’re urged to eat a hearty breakfast to “set us up for the day,” and it’s seen as vital for productivity and health. Breakfast in the UK has become so important that it now stretches all the way to lunchtime and includes every kind of food you can think of! In London, you’ll find a huge choice of breakfast spots, from traditional greasy spoons to tapas place...

Hospitality & Catering News May 2, 2021   Noushe Joon, a new Persian food delivery brand has launched, offering Londoners the opportunity to enjoy authentic recipes adapted to modern palettes. Launched today by Rea Shahroudi and Mo Ali Shirazi, the business aims to make Persian cuisine more accessible by delivering it directly into people’s homes. The recipes and dishes on the menu have been developed by head chef, Ashkan Ashtari, who has worked in a number of high-profile London restaurants...

Anthony Payne, superb British composer who completed Elgar’s Third Symphony using the sketches – obituary Payne’s own compositions, including A Day in the Life of a Mayfly, were beautifully crafted, lyrical and allied to English Romanticism 2 May 2021 • 12:44pm Anthony Payne (with Penguin metronome): he was surprised when he won the listeners award in the Radio 3 British Composer Awards  Credit: Eric Roberts Anthony Payne, who has died aged 84, was a critic, composer and arranger who t...

Covid testing under way - Credit: LBTH Stockshot Mass testing has begun today (May 2) for Covid-19 after the South African and Brazilian variants were found in the East End.  Additional genomic sequencing is now under way for anyone living or working in E1 postal area covering Whitechapel, Spitalfields, Shadwell, Stepney and Wapping which is being targeted by the NHS for surge testing. But the latest developments mean that testing is also to be carried out in E2, E3 and E14 areas covering�...

Sunday, May 2, 2021 Anthony Payne completed Elgar 3 (photo: Jane Manning) The British composer best known for completing Elgar’s Third Symphony has died at the age of 84. He was married to the soprano Jane Manning, who died just a month earlier on March 31, from 1966. Together in 1988 they founded Jane’s Minstrels, an ensemble championing modern vocal music. Payne was not generally regarded as a fashionable composer (‘I wanted to marry English late Romanticism with the Eur...

Poke House to make UK debut after acquiring Ahi Poké Italian poke chain Poke House is to make its debut in London following the acquisition of UK poke brand Ahi Poké. The group will open its first Poke House branded venue in London’s Notting Hill this June with six more venues due to be open by the end of Summer in the capital and 13 more planned to launch across the country’s major cities The move comes after the closing of a €20 million Series B funding ro...

Thousands object to Brick Lane brewery development prompting delay Proposals to redevelop the brewery were first submitted last year. Pic: Samuel Regan-Asante Redevelopment plans for the Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane have been delayed after more than seven thousand objections, forcing developers to redraw their plans. Proposals to transform the Truman Brewery into retail and office space has come under fire by local residents sparking a record number of 7,051 council complaints. With just 79...

Cops promise no questions asked to anyone who uses knife surrender bins It is part of the latest campaign to get deadly weapons off the streets Weapons collected during a knife surrender campaign Never miss another Warwickshire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice....