East Londons Dona wins 10000 Back to Live Music Venue Prize

East Londons Dona wins 10000 Back to Live Music Venue Prize

PRS for Music, the UK-headquartered organisation that represents the rights of over 160,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers around the world, announces late night mezcal and live music venue Doña (pronounced Don-ya)... Read more »
Black History Month: Barking and Dagenham nurse wins award

Black History Month: Barking and Dagenham nurse wins award

A Barking and Dagenham nurse has won an award recognising her ‘outstanding’ contribution to healthcare in London. Aderonke Ajidahun, a haemophilia clinical nurse specialist at St Thomas’ Hospital in south London, was named... Read more »
George Michael ‘superfan’ who paid £19m for singer’s mansion wins permission for ‘super basement’

George Michael ‘superfan’ who paid £19m for singer’s mansion wins permission for ‘super basement’

A George Michael ‘superfan’ couple who paid £19million for his seven-bedroom mansion have won planning permission to build a ‘super basement’ under the front garden following a long-running row with angry local... Read more »
East London affordable housing complex wins Neave Brown Award for Housing

East London affordable housing complex wins Neave Brown Award for Housing

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced Hackney New Primary School and 333 Kingsland Road by Henley Halebrown as the winner of the Neave Brown Award for Housing 2022. Given... Read more »
Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley wins battle with council to transform £1.85million derelict house

Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley wins battle with council to transform £1.85million derelict house

EXCLUSIVE: Revenge of the Jedi: Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley wins battle with council to transform £1.85million derelict terraced house into family home in £1m transformation Actor Daisy Ridley requested permission to... Read more »
South London museum wins ‘Museum of the Year’ prize

South London museum wins ‘Museum of the Year’ prize

A south London museum focused on inspiring the next generation has won the largest museum prize in the world. The Horniman Museum and Gardens in Forest Hill was crowned the Art Fund’s... Read more »
Horniman Museum in London wins Art Fund’s Museum of the Year Award

Horniman Museum in London wins Art Fund’s Museum of the Year Award

The Horniman Museum in London has won the Art Fund’s Museum of the Year Award 2022. The historic museum, set across 16 acres in Forest Hill, south-east London, was presented with the... Read more »
Maddie Mortimer wins the Desmond Elliott prize for Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies | Books

Maddie Mortimer wins the Desmond Elliott prize for Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies | Books

“Spectacular talent” Maddie Mortimer has won the Desmond Elliott prize for her “incredibly inventive” novel Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies. Mortimer was announced as the winner of the prize, which is given... Read more »
National Restaurant Awards 2022: Ynyshir voted best in UK as Welsh restaurant wins for first time ever

National Restaurant Awards 2022: Ynyshir voted best in UK as Welsh restaurant wins for first time ever

A Welsh restaurant has been named the UK’s best at a prestigious awards ceremony – becoming the first outside of England to claim the title since the awards began. Ynyshir, near Machynlleth... Read more »
Mum left with no food in fridge and only spaghetti hoops in cupboard wins battle with London council

Mum left with no food in fridge and only spaghetti hoops in cupboard wins battle with London council

An East London council failed to properly help a disabled woman when it suspected her son was trying to get control of her money, a local government ombudsman probe has found. Newham... Read more »