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Confusion reigns in London as emergency test is mixed success

Shoppers at Westfield Stratford reported they hadn’t received the alert, while some that did questioned its usefulness

The Guardian - UK

Gregory Doran: ‘Shakespeare defines things when you can’t’

As the RSC’s artistic director steps down after 35 years and 50 shows, he talks about the productions he’s most proud of, his new memoir, and the loss of his husband, the actor Antony Sher

The Guardian - UK

‘Shakespeare can help us survive war’: Ukrainian academic toasts bard in UK visit

Nataliya Torkut likens Zelenskiy to Henry V at Agincourt as she visits Stratford-upon-Avon to mark playwright’s birthday

The Guardian - UK

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Shakespeare's First Folio turns 400: what would be lost without the collection? An expert speculates

It has been 400 years since the publication of the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays, a volume now known as the First Folio. Prepared by his fellow actors after his death, the book presented 36 plays divided into the genres of comedy, history and tragedy.

The Conversation

Sheila Yarwood obituary

Other lives: Longstanding theatre critic for the Stratford-upon-Avon Herald

The Guardian - UK

Two 16-year-old boys rushed to hospital after random stabbing at Stratford station

Two teenage boys were rushed to hospital after being randomly stabbed at Stratford station on Tuesday evening.

Evening Standard

What are the new DLR trains that are under trial?

Passengers on the Stratford to Canning Town branch of the line see the new B23s, which have upgraded features such as USB ports, in action

Evening Standard

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Hamnet on stage: Maggie O’Farrell and Lolita Chakrabarti on adapting the hit novel for the RSC

O’Farrell’s novel about Shakespeare losing his young son to the plague struck a powerful chord in lockdown. She and Chakrabarti discuss class, place and loss in their theatre adaptation

The Guardian - UK

Primark is rolling out a blanket change across all of its stores from April 1

The retailer has confirmed the change will be effective in all stores from the start of April

Manchester Evening News

Primark is giving 26,000 shop workers a pay rise from April - see new hourly rates

Primark said the wage increase follows the retailer's plan announced last November of investing at least £140million in the UK high street over the next two years

Daily Mirror

Man has glass thrown into his face in homophobic attack in Stratford

A man was hit by a thrown glass following a homophobic assault in east London, police have said as they launched an appeal to identify the attacker.

Evening Standard

In Britain, ‘Warm Hubs’ Emerge to Beat Soaring Energy Costs

On a blustery late-winter day in Shakespeare’s birthplace, the foyer of the Other Place theater is a cozy refuge.

Asharq Al-Awsat

In Britain, ‘warm hubs’ emerge to beat soaring energy costs

Thousands of warm hubs have sprouted across Britain as high energy bills fuel a cost-of-living crisis

The Independent UK

Mum given months to live after 'Covid jab side effect' turns out to be cancer

Katie Pritchard, from Tysoe, Stratford-upon-Avon, was told her cancer symptoms were just the side effects of her Covid vaccine or a prolapsed bladder following childbirth before she was given just months to live

Daily Mirror

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Evening Standard

Primark at Westfield Stratford is set to double in size to take up four floors

The expansion will result in the creation of 250 jobs at the East London shopping centre.

Daily Mirror

Primark is making a huge change to multiple stores - see if your local is affected

The high street fashion chain has announced plans to double the size of its store in the Westfield City Shopping Centre in Stratford, London, and it will relocate its High Wycombe and Bradford shops

Daily Mirror

Family's fury as girl, 11, 'misgendered and called the wrong name at school'

Rae'An Duncan-Jones claims she was called the name “Ryan” and referred to as “he” which left her feeling “embarrassed” and saw her mocked by other students at Sir Bobby Moore Academy in Stratford, East London

Evening Standard

Teenager ambushed and stabbed in the head at Stratford station, police say

A 16-year-old boy was attacked and stabbed in a violent attack at Stratford station, the British Transport Police (BTP) have said.

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Evening Standard

Why I live in Plaistow: theatre director Holly Race Roughan on her international, community-minded east London area

Theatre director Holly Race Roughan had never visited Plaistow before she chose it as a place to live. Here’s why she’s a convert

Daily Mirror

Permanent Black Pound Day pop-up store opens - brainchild of So Solid Crew star

So Solid Crew member Swiss has announced the opening of a 'permanent' Black Pound Day shop in Westfield, Stratford, which encourages people to buy from Black business owners

The Guardian - UK

‘Like a sun on Earth’: Las Vegas warning if dazzling venue built in London’s East End

Stratford residents fear planned MSG Sphere concert hall will ruin their sleep with light pollution

The Guardian - UK

‘He should resign’: Stratford-on-Avon constituents on Zahawi tax scandal

Residents of Warwickshire town united in condemnation of local Tory MP’s tax affairs

Daily Mirror

Nadhim Zahawi's tax bill would have covered rises for everyone in Stratford-upon-Avon

Labour’s number-crunching found amount of Mr Zahawi’s tax that went unpaid until recently would be enough to cover this year’s increase for 86,044 people.

Daily Mirror

Teen who plotted Islamist terror attack wanted to ‘torture and mutilate’ soldiers

Matthew King, 19, came to the attention of authorities after posting a video to a WhatsApp group in which he sought advice on social media about the best route to get to Syria

The Independent UK

Teenager who wanted to ‘torture and mutilate’ soldiers admits terror plot

Matthew King, 19, expressed a desire to ‘torture, mutilate and kill military personnel’.

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