Campaigners in Hackney staged a demonstration yesterday evening in a last-ditch effort to stop the privatisation of the borough’s family doctor surgeries.

Staff at London Metropolitan University in Tower Hamlets have begun two days of strike action against cuts and redundancies.

The East London Line edged closer to completion this week after Transport for London began testing the new one billion pound track between New Cross Gate and Dalston Junction on Monday.

A news service for the communities along the East London Line will be launched this Autumn by students and staff of Goldsmith, University of London. This unique project will tell the people of Croydon what is happening in the bars and clubs of Shoreditch and inform the people of Hackney about work and housing in [...]