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From Sade to Stormzy: V&A East to open with celebration of Black British music

‘The Music Is Black: A British Story’ will open museum’s new east London home in Stratford in 2025

The Independent UK

RSC to put on work by poet who wrote Stratford theatre’s first words

John Masefield wrote poem for 1932 opening of Shakespeare Memorial theatre, which is now staging The Box of Delights

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ll move if they go ahead with Sphere’: Stratford residents’ fury at plans to build Las Vegas-style venue

Stratford locals have expressed their anger at plans to build a 300ft Las Vegas-style concert venue

The Independent UK

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What is the Stratford MSG sphere? Sadiq Khan rejects plans for controversial London project

The divisive development project has received criticism from locals from the start

Evening Standard

V&A to display treasures from Yemen found in London interior design shop

The ancient works will go on show at V&A East Storehouse in Stratford in 2025

Evening Standard

Police renew appeals for man missing from mental health unit in Islington

Mohamed Mboob was last spotted on CCTV in a McDonald’s in Stratford.

Evening Standard

The Edinburgh fringe is just another choking canary in the toxic national mine

But if I’m going to watch the Britain I loved expire slowly, I’d rather do it from the top of the Royal Mile in August

The Guardian - UK

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BBC confirms sale of its legendary Maida Vale Studios as it plans move to Stratford

The Oscar-winning composer recalls the “awe” of working for the legendary London studios 45 years ago

Evening Standard

Sir Michael Boyd obituary

Acclaimed artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company who oversaw a transformation of its fortunes

The Guardian - UK

Ghost Tour Turf War Erupts In Shakespeare’s Hometown

Rival tour guides clash over business tactics and online mix-up in Stratford-upon-Avon

Zenger

‘Laser-focused on winning’: Labour gathers top prospective MPs for campaign training

Party hopes election candidates will all be singing from the same hymn sheet after event in Stratford-on-Avon

The Guardian - UK

Tube crime soars by almost 40% on pre-pandemic levels

The worst stations for robbery were Oxford Circus, Finsbury Park, Bond Street and Stratford

Evening Standard

Pair homophobically abused on London Overground near Stratford

Police investigating hate crime on London Overground release image of man they wish to speak to

Evening Standard

Stratford Station temporarily evacuated after ‘fire alarm alert’

The station was reopened about 10.30am, said police

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Richard II in a hot tub, Much Ado done anew: Canada’s Stratford festival puts shocks into Shakespeare

A disco king hits the dancefloor, Beatrice and Benedick’s romcom gets a feminist framing and Lear faces dystopia as the revered rep company returns in full force

Daily Mirror

Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Tuesday’s four meetings, including Stratford Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Nasee, to win at Stratford and also fancies Masterdream to score at Ffos Las and complete his Daily Double

Evening Standard

Alexander McQueen honoured with blue plaque in his childhood home of Newham

The plaque was unveiled on Biggerstaff Road in Stratford, where the late fashion designer grew up

The Independent UK

Alexander McQueen honoured with blue plaque in Newham

The fashion designer spent almost his entire childhood in Stratford between 1971 and 1987.

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‘It was shocking’: the author under attack for doubting Shakespeare

Elizabeth Winkler’s controversial new book Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies investigates highly fraught theories around the beloved playwright

Daily Mirror

Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs' company formally dissolved after ex-Man Utd stars' failed venture

The former Manchester United stars had opened two UK branches of Cafe Football, one in Manchester and another near London Stadium in Stratford, but they both closed in 2019 and the company is now in the process of being officially struck off

The Independent UK

West Ham to stage victory parade after Europa Conference League win

The parade will head from the Hammers’ old home at Upton Park at 7pm to a reception at Stratford Town Hall at about 8pm.

Evening Standard

New art to be added to East London’s The Line this summer, including work by Yinka Ilori and Mahtab Hussain

The trail, which runs from Stratford to the Greenwich Peninsula, aims to ‘democratise access to art’

Evening Standard

Teenager jailed for life over ISIS plot to murder police officers or soldiers

A teenager from Essex who plotted an Islamist terror attack on police officers or UK soldiers and boasted about his murderous plans on SnapChat has been jailed for life.

Evening Standard

Apprentice star Tom Skinner becomes voice of Elizabeth line to mark new direct link between Essex and Heathrow

Platform service announcements at stations from Brentwood to Stratford will be voiced by the ex-market trader from Monday until Sunday, May 28

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan urged to refuse planning permission for MSG Sphere

Politicians at City Hall say the proposed MSG Sphere in Stratford would cause unacceptable levels of light pollution

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