Hackney Council launched a campaign this week to raise the awareness of private fostering and are urging residents to let them know if they are ‘caring for someone else’s child’.

Croydon council has announced the lowest tax increase in Croydon’s history and their investment plan for the year ahead. Opposition leaders, however, are unconvinced of its value.

Parks in Tower Hamlets will be blooming come the arrival of Spring, thanks to 15 tonnes of compost recycled from residents’ household and garden rubbish being spread across the borough’s flower beds.

Female creativity was celebrated in New Cross during the past week, as Goldsmiths hosted its annual ‘Ladyfest’. The ‘pop-up feminist festival’, aims to exhibit women’s talents in artistic endeavours of all kinds.

Proposals to build a set of ‘hijab gates’ in Brick Lane have proved unpopular among local people. According to a report by Tower Hamlets Council, the plans, which involve the construction of ornamental arches resembling the Islamic headscarf, had yet to garner any letters of support.

Creative artwork by marginalised artists is on display at the ‘New Moons’ exhibition in Deptford.

Barriers at Brockley station are causing dangerous overcrowding

Rail travellers have condemned new gates at Brockley train station which they say have caused overcrowding and an ‘unpleasant atmosphere’ at busy times.

A Hackney nightclub that has earned an international reputation among clubbers is facing the threat of closure because of police concerns about noise, drug abuse and misuse of its drinks license.

Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a man was murdered in South Norwood on Valentine’s Day.