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It’s taken ten years, but the fight to replace The Joiners Arms has finally paid off. The Joiner’s Heart, London’s newest accessible, community-run LGBTQIA+ pub, opens at Arch 18, Bohemia Place, Hackney on Friday 28th August. It’s the work of Friends of the Joiners Arms (FOTJA), the award-winning Community Benefit Society formed after the beloved Hackney Road pub closed in 2015, and it’s owned by more than 2,000 community shareholders.

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Residents spotted the washed up fish carcasses at popular beauty spot Ruislip Lido on Monday

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If you get on or off at a dual-zone station, TfL will charge you for the cheapest option based on where you tapped in or out.

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A blind man has told of the “very frightening experience” of having to walk into busy London roads to get around Lime bikes on the pavement.

Jason Beal, 53, stressed that his Labrador Retriever guide dog Caine baulks at leading him into the road in south east London.

So, unable to see traffic as it goes by, he has to listen out and “very nervously” take Caine into the carriageway with him. Jessica and Jason Beal with guide dog Caine ES

Assistive technology manager Mr Beal and his wife Jessica, 45, who is also blind, raised the dangers they were facing with their local MP Liam Conlon.

He took up the matter with Bromley Council and Lime which has now apologised to the Beals and changed its app to stop the hiring of its bikes in the borough.

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More than 1,500 drivers will resume strikes on Tuesday, August 25 over sweltering conditions in their cabs during the recent heatwaves

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David Shrigley at Dulwich Picture Gallery will run from May 25, 2027 until September 5, 2027.

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Residents and key workers in Southwark will benefit from a new deal that the local council has negotiated with three of the biggest e-bike operators. Twenty-minute trips on Lime, Voi and Forest will set riders back a maximum of £1.75.

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Hundreds of artists using affordable studios in a dilapidated Camden housing block are being turfed out by their council, sparking a campaign to find them new workspaces.

Roughly 230 artists and creatives occupying “lifeline” studios based in high-rises on the Regent’s Park Estate must leave their studio spaces by January 2027, after the council raised risks stemming from changes to building safety legislation.

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