Dear Readers, It has been a diverse week for the communities along The East London Lines. As the UK has officially come out of recession this week, London boroughs are on their way to recovery. This is good news for the small and medium enterprises that dominate business in the east London boroughs, as they [...]

The Olympic Delivery Authority have published the latest employment and skills figures which show that 6,277 people are currently working on the Olympic Park construction site and 2,887 people are working on the Olympic Village.

Stop and search in Tower Hamlets and Hackney appears to be working, despite claims by a leading criminologist that it has no positive impact on knife crime. Marian FitzGerald, visiting professor of criminology at Kent Crime and Justice centre, analysed new Metropolitan Police figures and found no link between stop and search and a reduction [...]

The innumerable works of art in Germany commemorating its absent and lost after the holocaust are the themes of a new photographic exhibition at Croydon Clocktower, called Absence and Loss/Forgive and Do Not Forget.

“Right girls, we’re going to get it over our boobs now, so go faster, ready? Pump, pump, pump, pump!” Gyrating wildly we rapidly thrust our groins back and forth in time with the music, arms awkwardly raised and heads jiggling like shaking rag dolls. It’s not a tantric sex class though; it’s a Hula Hooping [...]

The steel structure that will house London 2012’s speed-cycling events is complete, the Olympic Delivery Authority announced today.

Now entering its fifth year of business, The Fitting Studio is a purple satin adorned temple for the fuller figure woman wanting lingerie that is both stylish and properly fitted.

Crystal Palace went into administration on Tuesday evening as they failed to meet payments for mounting debts.

The United Kingdom is officially out of recession, according to new figures released on Tuesday. But what does this actually mean for the people of East and South London?