For all those who never seem to triumph in the cracker battle over the yuletide dinner table, there will be joy on earth, as experts have discovered a winning formula for pulling a Christmas cracker.

Officers and staff from Lewisham police have raised thousands to help send a young girl to America for cancer treatment.

Road restrictions in place since last summer will continue to plague Dalston commuters in the New Year, East London Lines can exclusively reveal.

Promotional animation for the organisation Forum For The Future by Goldsmiths University of London student Stevie Robinson.

Promotional animation for the organisation Forum For The Future by Goldsmiths University of London student Jane Xu.

Promotional animation for the organisation Forum For The Future by Goldsmiths University of London student Zarino Zappia.

For all your London transport needs over the festive period ELL gives you the low down on the hold-ups across the boroughs:

Croydon residents can now travel directly to IKEA, following TfL’s announcement to extend bus route 463 to serve Coulsdon South station via Brighton Road.

Tower Hamlets has joined neighbouring borough Redbridge in opposing expansion of London City Airport. The move, which was made to restrict noise disturbance to those living on noisy flight paths in Poplar, Bow, and the Isle of Dogs, came after a council vote last Wednesday.

The disparate array of exhibits in Vulpes Vulpes’ new show Arctic Fox could have posed problems for curators when placing the artworks and spacing the exhibitions.