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Alexander McQueen honoured with blue plaque in Newham

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

The Independent UK

‘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

The Guardian - US

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

Daily Mirror

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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.

The Independent UK

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

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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

Evening Standard

Essex teenager planned murder of soldiers or police in Snapchat terror plot

The teenager posted an image of four police officers outside a courthouse to Snapchat with the chilling caption: ‘Target Acquired’

Evening Standard

Stratford: Police hunt group after two teens, 16, stabbed at east London station

Police are looking for a group of men after two teenagers were stabbed close to Stratford station.

Evening Standard

Flat ad asks for 'Christians and Catholics' as 'different religions shouldn't live together'

The SpareRoom advert has sparked fury after the flat in Stratford, east London, came up for rent saying it was "best when we just respect each other and not live with each other”

Daily Mirror

Non-League football chairman stands in local elections after seeing player stabbed to death

Stratford Town defender Cody Fisher was stabbed to death on Boxing Day outside a nightclub in Birmingham - now club owner Jed McCrory is standing in local elections, vowing to reduce knife crime

Daily Mirror

Services doubled across parts of DLR in major network boost

A higher frequency of DLR trains will be in place for half an hour longer at both the start and end of each working day

Evening Standard

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

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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 Conversation

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 Guardian - UK

Sheila Yarwood obituary

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

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Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Manchester Evening News

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

Daily Mirror

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

Evening Standard

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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.

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