Campaigners petition council to keep East London Waterworks Park dream alive

Campaigners petition council to keep East London Waterworks Park dream alive

In an effort to stop London Council’s secure children’s home proposal from going ahead, activists have launched two petitions, reports Sebastian Mann, Local Democracy Reporter Main image credit: East London Waterworks Park,... Read more »
UK politicians and campaigners call for reparative justice for African slave trade | Slavery

UK politicians and campaigners call for reparative justice for African slave trade | Slavery

Politicians, campaigners and community groups are uniting for the first time to make “a very distinct and clear call for reparative justice” at an inaugural reparations conference this weekend. The all-party parliamentary... Read more »
Windrush 75th anniversary is ‘diamond jubilee for Britain’, say campaigners | Commonwealth immigration

Windrush 75th anniversary is ‘diamond jubilee for Britain’, say campaigners | Commonwealth immigration

This 12 months’s seventy fifth anniversary of the Windrush, the ship that introduced a whole lot of immigrants from the Caribbean to the UK, must be a “diamond jubilee for contemporary, numerous... Read more »
Female clergy face ‘institutionalised discrimination’, campaigners claim | Anglicanism

Female clergy face ‘institutionalised discrimination’, campaigners claim | Anglicanism

Thirty years after the Church of England took the historic step of allowing women to become priests, equality campaigners say female clergy still face “institutionalised discrimination”. Fewer than one in three paid... Read more »
Oil campaigners charged after Dartford Crossing protest

Oil campaigners charged after Dartford Crossing protest

Two men have been charged over a protest that closed the Dartford Crossing for two days. Morgan Trowland, 39, of  Islington, north London, and Marcus Decker, 33, of no fixed address, have... Read more »
Old Truman Brewery plans: Campaigners lose legal challenge

Old Truman Brewery plans: Campaigners lose legal challenge

Published: 9:54 AM September 16, 2022 A campaign group has lost a legal challenge against the approval of plans for new offices, shops and restaurants on the site of the Old Truman Brewery.... Read more »
When campaigners celebrated saving Heathcote Arms in Leytonstone

When campaigners celebrated saving Heathcote Arms in Leytonstone

A three-year campaign to save a popular east London pub paid off ten years ago this week. Campaigners fighting to keep a much-loved pub open are celebrating after a company secured a... Read more »
London foundry redevelopment still ringing alarm bells for heritage campaigners

London foundry redevelopment still ringing alarm bells for heritage campaigners

It has been more than a year since the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in east London was handed over to a US investment company. Yet, “the former foundry site on Whitechapel Road remains... Read more »
Animal cruelty campaigners protest against ‘cruel’ supermarket chicken farming outside Camden Morrisons

Animal cruelty campaigners protest against ‘cruel’ supermarket chicken farming outside Camden Morrisons

Protestors gathered outside a North London Morrisons today as part of a campaign against “cruel” farming practices used to supply the supermarket. Campaigners from The Human League UK and Open Cages who... Read more »
Health campaigners forced closure of Virgin shop in Walthamstow

Health campaigners forced closure of Virgin shop in Walthamstow

Protesters wearing Richard Branson masks forced a Walthamstow shop to temporarily close ten years ago this week. Health campaigners forced the temporary closure of a Virgin Media Store during a protest at... Read more »