Other people arrested said the bail conditions, which included staying outside of the Olympic borough of Newham on a bicycle, not entering "any Olympic-only carriageway" or going within 100 metres of an Olympic venue, have stopped them from attending the Games or made it impossible to get to work.
"It feels like there might finally be enough momentum to make it happen," says Kat Hanna from the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), the latest body to launch a plan for a bridge between Thamesmead and Beckton at Gallions Reach, linking Greenwich and Newham.
He is a man who clearly needed help, but unfortunately Newham borough council were unable to give it to him".
Looking around the assembly hall at the 75 Newham faces, I realise that every minute of every day at School 21 is precious; it is the chance for those with zero privilege to thrive, for the school with zero history to make its mark.
August 2007 In response to an approach to his housing officers by opposite numbers at LBHF to make common cause, Newham's Labour Mayor Sir Robin Wales writes to Greenhalgh saying he could see "little common ground" between their respective approaches and accusing him of seeking to offload its poorer residents onto poorer boroughs such as his.
A new vehicle ferry service at Gallions Reach, linking Greenwich to Newham, was planned instead.
"The club wrote to Newham asking it to explain its reasons and justification for its decision, but Newham has declined to respond to this request for information.
It may make you want to spit, but the more exclusive the penthouse, the more plush the facilities the proles aren't allowed to use in some monstrous prime site glass and steel edifice, the more chance there may be of someone on a waiting list in Southwark, Wandsworth or Newham having a half decent roof over their heads.
Though indisputably a comprehensive – Hyman gave control over admissions to Newham council – it is the opposite of bog standard.
Peter Bowen London As the Olympic torch made its way along the Romford road in Newham on 21 July – preceded by the Coca-Cola, Samsung and Lloyds buses – it was difficult not to be cynical, especially when it passed the Atherton Leisure Centre (Have a bit of pride, Blair tells critics of £9bn Olympic cost, 26 July).
