Prince Charles officially opened the temporary NHS Nightingale Hospital set up at the ExCeL to treat coronavirus patients. He appeared via video link from his Scottish home.
Little Ilford Secondary School teacher Bobby Seagull won Celebrity Mastermind, thanks in part to his perfect score on his specialist subject England Men at World Cup Finals since 1990. Bobby is a former University Challenge contestant and star of TV programme Monkman & Seagull’s Genius Guide to Britain.
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Plans to renovate the Grade II listed 15th century Old Spotted Dog pub in Forest Gate were approved by councillors. It is the oldest non-religious building in the borough. Developer Highpride Properties planned to demolish the 20th century additions and provide a bar, restaurant, lounge, meeting room and garden, and build a 68-bedroom hotel next door. The pub closed in 2004.