TfL urged to step in and fix Thames foot tunnels as lift chaos worsens. Plus: Hunger Games’ rocky debut, China’s embassy row, Orbit zipline plans, and more London oddities this week.

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This week:

💡 We celebrate Tommy Flowers - Bromley-by-Bow’s own forgotten genius.
🏦 Revolut’s loyalties put to the test.
⚖️ Justice finally delivered in an eight-year-old murder case.
🎉 Diwali lights up Jubilee Park.

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From soggy Tesco sandwiches to a £2.9bn takeover — the Wharf that fed Deliveroo’s dream.
Also in this week’s issue: China’s mega-embassy saga, Joan Littlewood’s legacy, and film fever across east London.
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Canary Wharf’s best kept secret just got pinned. 🥂
This week’s newsletter uncovers hidden bars, West Ham’s woes, Emma Hamilton’s face & London’s housing battles - plus fame fantasies, sonic adventures & Nelson’s bullet-pierced coat. canarywharfnews.substack.com/p/cwn10-cana...

The @bankofengland governor Andrew Bailey has softened on stablecoins. But what are they, and why do they matter?
Our new Q&A breaks it down 👇
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Revolut’s big pitch to the banking world: a £3bn UK pledge, 1,000 jobs & a Canary Wharf HQ. Reeves calls Britain “open for business.”

Plus: Amazon’s retreat, Gaga at The O2, Stratford’s rise, cinema picks & more.

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America just slapped a $100k fee on new H-1B visas.
Canada is pouncing.
London should too.

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🍌 Rotten Banana? Nah. East London’s a plum 🍑 — juicy, creative, resilient, alive. Seven reasons why the east wins (plus Bowie, chai & glossy brogues). Read our latest newsletter 👉

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The V&A East’s new David Bowie Centre is open 🎭 90,000 items from guitars to Post-its, with rotating displays. Not just an exhibition – a living archive. What would you order first: Ziggy’s boots, a sketch, or his battered guitar?
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London’s biggest theatre is heading east. Troubadour plans a 3,000-seat venue on Greenwich Peninsula for 2026 — hot on the heels of its Canary Wharf launch.
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Lutfur Rahman's name is suddenly in the frame for Jeremy Corbyn’s new party.

Some activists even floated Aspire going national.

Why Rahman’s machine - stuttering locally – may matter nationally ⬇️

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Tube & DLR strikes are coming - and east London will feel it.
We’ve broken down the strike days, why it’s happening, what TfL + unions are saying, and how to cope (spoiler alert: WFH).
Elizabeth line is still running (but expect a crush).

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Who was Henry Addington, and why does a Canary Wharf pub bear his name? 🍺
There’s also a lesser-known link between that name and the docks.
Find out what it is 👉
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🚇 Turn it down! TfL’s plea to headphone dodgers sparks a bigger question: noise, boundaries, and neighbourliness in east London’s packed flats.
Plus: Docklands data centres, Stratford–Paris trains, and what to do, eat and buy.
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