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East London

American  

noun

  1. a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.


East London British  

noun

  1. a port in S South Africa, in S Eastern Cape province. Pop: 135 560 (2001)

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  • East Londoner noun

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Born in 1982, Polanski grew up in Salford, heading to university in Aberystwyth, in Wales, before ending up in Hackney, east London.

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The east London borough is the worst local authority at recycling in England with just 15.8% of its waste being recycled, according to the most recent figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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Isabel Rose, from Hackney in east London, went to Hong Kong police in early 2024 after meeting a man she had previously encountered while travelling in Asia.

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The Metropolitan Police said it had been called by London Ambulance Service to reports of an unconscious man on Lincoln Plaza, Canary Wharf in east London, on Wednesday, at 12:38 GMT.

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After the raid, more than £9m was found in a container in Welling, south east London, and another £8m was found in a lock-up in nearby Southborough, with smaller sums elsewhere, but £32m had vanished.

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