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Black swan nicknamed ‘Mr Terminator’ evicted from town after trying to drown local birds

The bird had become ‘more popular than William Shakespeare’ in Stratford-Upon-Avon until things took a ‘dark’ turn

The Independent UK

Central line chaos as passengers trapped in sweltering tunnel for over an hour

One passenger said he saw a commuter urinate inside the ‘stupidly hot and claustrophobic’ Central line train, which was stuck for over an hour before finally terminating at Leyton

Evening Standard

Westfield Stratford car park fire: Ten cars destroyed and shoppers evacuated as 'engine fault' sparks huge blaze

About 70 firefighters and ten fire engines were sent to the blaze that led to the evacuation of the busy east London shopping centre

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Westfield shopping centre evacuated because of fire in car park

Several vehicles have been damaged by fire in the car park at Westfield Stratford City shopping centre, the London Fire Brigade said.

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Fire breaks out at London’s Westfield Stratford shopping centre

People were advised to avoid the area around London’s Westfield Stratford City shopping centre

The Independent UK

Kenneth Branagh returns to the RSC for The Tempest and The Cherry Orchard

Next summer, the star will appear in Stratford-upon-Avon first as Prospero and then alongside Helen Hunt in Chekhov’s classic

The Guardian - UK

V&A David Bowie Centre to feature entire section on ‘unrealised’ projects

The centre in Stratford will house more than 90,000 objects from the late Starman singer’s archive.

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'London is being held to ransom': Commuters vent fury at 'disgusting' Tube strike amid Monday mayhem

Commuters forced to push onto crowded buses as thousands of Londoners turn up for work late

Evening Standard

Council in crisis: Bankrupt London borough signs off £230k payment to chief exec in secret meeting

Councillors were told Abi Gbago had resigned after less than two years in the job and were asked to vote on her ‘substantial’ payout

Evening Standard

Lovestuck at Stratford East review: 'a cheerfully brainless scatological musical'

2/5 Based on a true story about a woman who was trapped upside down in a toilet, this musical from the team behind My Dad Wrote a Porno doesn’t come out smelling of roses

Evening Standard

Kate makes hands-on visit to examine museum’s exhibits

The Princess of Wales visited the new V&A East Storehouse in London’s Stratford.

Evening Standard

I raced across London to find out conclusively if cycling is faster than public transport

What’s quicker across the capital, public transport or pedal power? Steve Shrubsall accepts a colleague’s challenge to race from Heathrow to Lee Valley

Cycling Weekly

Could Stratford replace St Pancras as the gateway to Europe?

Exclusive: ’We think it's a bit of a jewel in the crown’ says Gemini Trains CEO Adrian Quine

The Independent UK

Map reveals the London areas top of country’s social mobility league

East Ham has been ranked as the top constituency for opportunity, followed by Stratford and Bow and Brent West

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Camden's Jazz Cafe to transform former east London theatre into new venue

Jazz Cafe has been given permission to redevelop the art deco Rex Theatre on Stratford High Street

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Teenage boys accused of risking lives when seat thrown from Westfield balcony face court for the first time

Two boys faced court on allegations they put lives in danger by throwing a chair from the Westfield Stratford balcony

Euronews

Letter fragment suggests Shakespeare did not abandon his wife in Stratford

New analysis of a letter fragment mentioning Shakespeare and his wife suggests the couple lived together in London in the early 17th century.

The Guardian - UK

Much Ado About Nothing review – RSC boots the action to elite Italian football in a play of two halves

Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonBenedick is a midfielder for Serie A team FC Messina in a show with top-form performances and a clever visual metaphor, albeit some pacing problems in the final third

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The Guardian - UK

Shakespeare did not leave his wife Anne in Stratford, letter fragment suggests

Professor says text shows Hathaway lived with playwright in London, upending the established idea of an unhappy marriage

Evening Standard

Two boys charged with 'endangering lives' after seat thrown over Westfield Stratford balcony

The two boys are accused of endangering lives and are due to face court next month

Evening Standard

Stratford school stabbing: Three boys arrested after boy, 15, knifed at east London secondary

Children in tears as they left Bobby Moore Academy yesterday afternoon

Evening Standard

New custody image released of woman in niqab because of ‘distress’

Farishta Jami, from Stratford-upon-Avon, was found guilty of two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorism.

Evening Standard

Stratford stabbing: Three men found with stab wounds after 'large fight' in east London

Police were called to reports of a large fight in Stratford shortly before 4am on Friday

Evening Standard

Man arrested after Nando's worker struck in face with plate at east London restaurant

Distressing footage shows the young woman serving a table at the Stratford restaurant when a man suddenly strikes her in the face

Evening Standard

Quarter of Londoners are living in poverty, shocking report finds

Situation worse for children, with more than one in three living below poverty line, with highest rates recorded in Bethnal Green, Stepney, Stratford and Bow

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