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The low spring tide this year exposed the banks of the Thames to the full glare of public view. It didn't present a pretty site.
Volunteers donned welly boots to trudge through the clammy mud at the Isle of Dogs and North Woolwich and found a range of unsavoury and unsightly items.
The lowest tide for five years has revealed the amount of rubbish usually hidden by the waters of the Thames.
Included in the haul of shame were a shopping trolley and plastic bags, with one dating back to 1977.
Mist Suzuki face a funding crisis after the sponsor lined up for the forthcoming season and they hope a generous Wharfer will help them out.
The Isle of Dogs-based motorcycle team has spent the winter gearing up for the new British Superbikes season, which starts at Brands Hatch in early April, and thought they had secured sponsorship to get them to the line.
There will be no love lost when Sam Webb fights Anthony Small for the British light-middleweight title next month.
The Isle of Dogs boxer is training for the March 26 clash against a man he beat twice in the amateur ranks. For Webb, the satisfaction of beating Small would not just come from claiming the belt.
Officers from the Isle of Dogs are planning to conquer one of the City of London's tallest buildings to raise funds for a girl's life-saving treatment.
The group of eight will join other PCs at Tower 42 on January 22, where they will attempt to scale the 42-storey building's 920 steps.
David Beckham's American adventure might be drawing to a close but another footballer from east London has a bright future across the pond.
Sam Kennedy, from the Isle of Dogs, is one of the stars of college football in the States, and he hopes it will be the springboard to a professional career.
Sam Webb will challenge for the British and Commonwealth light-middleweight title on March 26.
The Isle of Dogs-based boxer will fight current champion Anthony Small at York Hall in Bethnal Green in a Friday night show, promoted by Ricky Hatton, to be screened live by Sky TV.
Isle of Dogs boxer Sam Webb is lining up a British title shot for early next year after making a winning return to the ring.
The light middleweight beat Paul Morby at Newport Leisure Centre last Friday and is now contemplating the prospect of a title clash with holder Anthony Small in February or March.
Santa's heading to Mudchute Farm on Sunday December 13 for the venue's Christmas party.
The visit will take place between 10 and 1am, while arts and crafts activities and storytelling will be on offer for the children, and mulled will be available for parents.
Growing up in the shadow of the Wharf has provided the inspiration for teenage entrepreneur Sabirul Islam.
The 19-year-old managing director of The World At Your Feet has already won the Muslim Entrepreneur of the Year award and last week named in the top 100 young entrepreneurs on website Striding Out.
Police have raided an Isle of Dogs address as part of an investigation into prostitution and drug use at a lap dancing club.
Following a six-month operation codenamed Vermillion, officers raided the Goodge Street Capricorn Club and eight London and Essex addresses. They made seven arrests.
By Aidan Jones
The thud of helicopter blades cascades into the emergency room, followed by a bleary tannoy announcing the arrival of casualties.
Dozens of military medics move to their stations, aprons fastened over their uniforms.
While top level sport is always awash with cash those further down the food chain often find funding harder to come by.
Mist Suzuki, the smallest privately owned team in British Superbikes, are a prime example as budget constraints ended their season prematurely.
A teenager who was stabbed just yards from the Isle of Dogs police station has joined the chorus of voices calling for it to open later in the day.
Hanif Ali, 14, was "jumped" by a gang of ten youths as he got off the D7 bus on Manchester Road last month. The mob stabbed him in the stomach, severed two tendons in his wrist, and left him with further injuries to the head and arm.
THAI
Elephant Royale, Isle Of Dogs
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Excellent food and well-pitched interior make for a Thai restaurant that falls just the right side of kitsch.
Millwall Rugby Club played their first ever match on Millwall Park on Saturday but lost by a single point against East London.
Following a long running campaign to be allowed to play adult matches on the park, the Isle of Dogs team christened the pitch with a fraught derby match against their rivals from West Ham.
A man who threw the mother of his three children from an eighth floor balcony has been sentenced to life.
Terence Neale, 51, was found guilty at the Old Bailey on Tuesday of the murder Ashley Reynolds, 23, at their home in Midship Point on July 6 last year.
Isle of Dogs residents fear they will be marooned once the Greenwich Foot Tunnel shuts for maintenance.
The underground will be closed later this year for up to ten months, a move which has infuriated residents already plagued with tube, bus and DLR disruption.
40 years ago, five firefighters were killed when an explosion ripped through a chemical tank farm, writes Giles Broadbent
The Compass Point development around Saunders Ness Road and taking in Mariners Mews and Sextant Avenue was built in the mid-80s forming a quiet, neat upmarket estate on the Isle of Dogs.
A key source of funds for the Isle of Dogs is looking to expand its support across Tower Hamlets.
The Isle of Dogs Community Foundation - which helps distribute planning contributions from developers building on the island - is changing its constitution to allow it to work around the borough.
