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Meanwhile, around 100 protestors marched from East Ham to meet their counterparts outside the event in Docklands.
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Barking, Ilford South, Romford, Hornchurch, Walthamstow, West Ham and East Ham are all in the lowest-achieving group of London seats.
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Also present at the assembly were Amber Charles, a London 2012 youth ambassador, and children from Langdon School in East Ham, east London, who were in Singapore for the announcement.
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Barbara, a retired civil servant, from East Ham, east London, said they chose the date because 2012 had been such a memorable year with both the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics.
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"West Ham United are an East End institution and deserve the chance to be the best and beat the best, " said Wales.
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One of the first people to congratulate Cole was the Queen, who visited West Ham during a Golden Jubilee tour of east London.
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After arriving in east London at the start of 2006, Ashton helped West Ham to the FA Cup final four months later against Liverpool and scored in the 3-3 draw at the Millennium Stadium before his side lost on penalties.
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While Tottenham plan to make the east-London stadium an 80, 000-seat venue, West Ham want to create a 60, 000-capacity arena for football, athletics, concerts and community use in a collaboration with Newham Council.
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West Ham is the Premier League club based closest to the Olympic stadium site in east London.
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