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Activity bar chain collapses putting 6 London locations at risk of closure

The chain has locations in Fitzrovia, London Bridge, Fulham, Stratford, Shepherd’s Bush, and Wembley

Evening Standard

Coroner to issue Tube death alert after pensioner was run over seven times at busy Underground station

72-year-old man was unable to rescue himself after falling from Jubilee line platform at Stratford

Evening Standard

OPINION - Polanski’s snobbery exposes the Greens’ hollow populism - Labour’s Uma Kumaran

The Greens talk progress but Zack Polanski only delivers put-downs, says Labour MP for Stratford and Bow Uma Kumaran

Evening Standard

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East London bus strike to hit 13 routes, including many to Westfield Stratford shopping centre

Heading to Westfield for Christmas shopping or the New Year sales? Beware of bus strikes in December and January

Evening Standard

Why Herefordshire was the perfect stand-in for Shakespeare’s Stratford in the new film of Hamnet

Crooked buildings, welcoming inns, ancient woodlands … it’s easy to see why the location scouts chose this idyllic corner of England

The Guardian - UK

Does Stratford really have what it takes to be London's next major culture destination?

The former industrial heartland has billed itself as the next culture hotspot for Londoners and tourists alike — can it deliver? Katie Glass spends a weekend on an urban safari to find out

Evening Standard

Police appeal to find missing 14-year-old girl last seen in Stratford

Police fear the teenager may have travelled outside of London

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Black swan nicknamed ‘Mr Terminator’ evicted from town after trying to drown local birds

The bird had become ‘more popular than William Shakespeare’ in Stratford-Upon-Avon until things took a ‘dark’ turn

The Independent UK

Central line chaos as passengers trapped in sweltering tunnel for over an hour

One passenger said he saw a commuter urinate inside the ‘stupidly hot and claustrophobic’ Central line train, which was stuck for over an hour before finally terminating at Leyton

Evening Standard

Westfield Stratford car park fire: Ten cars destroyed and shoppers evacuated as 'engine fault' sparks huge blaze

About 70 firefighters and ten fire engines were sent to the blaze that led to the evacuation of the busy east London shopping centre

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Westfield shopping centre evacuated because of fire in car park

Several vehicles have been damaged by fire in the car park at Westfield Stratford City shopping centre, the London Fire Brigade said.

Evening Standard

Fire breaks out at London’s Westfield Stratford shopping centre

People were advised to avoid the area around London’s Westfield Stratford City shopping centre

The Independent UK

Kenneth Branagh returns to the RSC for The Tempest and The Cherry Orchard

Next summer, the star will appear in Stratford-upon-Avon first as Prospero and then alongside Helen Hunt in Chekhov’s classic

The Guardian - UK

V&A David Bowie Centre to feature entire section on ‘unrealised’ projects

The centre in Stratford will house more than 90,000 objects from the late Starman singer’s archive.

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'London is being held to ransom': Commuters vent fury at 'disgusting' Tube strike amid Monday mayhem

Commuters forced to push onto crowded buses as thousands of Londoners turn up for work late

Evening Standard

Council in crisis: Bankrupt London borough signs off £230k payment to chief exec in secret meeting

Councillors were told Abi Gbago had resigned after less than two years in the job and were asked to vote on her ‘substantial’ payout

Evening Standard

Lovestuck at Stratford East review: 'a cheerfully brainless scatological musical'

2/5 Based on a true story about a woman who was trapped upside down in a toilet, this musical from the team behind My Dad Wrote a Porno doesn’t come out smelling of roses

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Kate makes hands-on visit to examine museum’s exhibits

The Princess of Wales visited the new V&A East Storehouse in London’s Stratford.

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Cycling Weekly

I raced across London to find out conclusively if cycling is faster than public transport

What’s quicker across the capital, public transport or pedal power? Steve Shrubsall accepts a colleague’s challenge to race from Heathrow to Lee Valley

The Independent UK

Could Stratford replace St Pancras as the gateway to Europe?

Exclusive: ’We think it's a bit of a jewel in the crown’ says Gemini Trains CEO Adrian Quine

Evening Standard

Map reveals the London areas top of country’s social mobility league

East Ham has been ranked as the top constituency for opportunity, followed by Stratford and Bow and Brent West

Evening Standard

Camden's Jazz Cafe to transform former east London theatre into new venue

Jazz Cafe has been given permission to redevelop the art deco Rex Theatre on Stratford High Street

Evening Standard

Teenage boys accused of risking lives when seat thrown from Westfield balcony face court for the first time

Two boys faced court on allegations they put lives in danger by throwing a chair from the Westfield Stratford balcony

Euronews

Letter fragment suggests Shakespeare did not abandon his wife in Stratford

New analysis of a letter fragment mentioning Shakespeare and his wife suggests the couple lived together in London in the early 17th century.

The Guardian - UK

Much Ado About Nothing review – RSC boots the action to elite Italian football in a play of two halves

Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonBenedick is a midfielder for Serie A team FC Messina in a show with top-form performances and a clever visual metaphor, albeit some pacing problems in the final third

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