A man from Shoreditch became the first person to be arrested for abusing one of  ‘Boris’s Bikes’ as the new bicycle hire scheme was launched across the capital.

Can you even begin to imagine how this feels? I’ve never really asked much of life. All I’ve asked was to live, to experience things as much as I could.

Government plans to cut spending on youth services have come under fire this week as opposition politicians and some charities have attacked what they say are their potentially damaging effects.

Blackheath residents have expressed their concern about the planned closure of their local library, which they say would prove harmful to children and elderly people.

Police investigating the murder of 24-year-old Nathan Williams in New Cross a year ago are offering a £20,000 reward for information on his killer.

East London celebrated two years until the start of the 2012 Olympics yesterday, with a number of events which allowed the outside world the first close look at the Olympic Park. Schoolchildren from Hackney and Tower Hamlets among others joined athletes, past and present and celebrities for a tour of the site before joining four-times [...]

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Despite the north-south London divide, culture-lovers across the capital would consider using the East London Line to visit attractions in other parts of the city, a new survey has shown.

The Hackney Wicked Art festival returns to E9 this weekend, the Field Day Festival hits Victoria Park on Saturday with five stages and there are dog sculptures in Clissold Park. This Thursday Keep Me Posted will open a new gallery at 67 Wilton Way Hackney with work by Angus Fairhurst + Tracey Emin + Rachel [...]

A new project aimed at getting East Londoners interested in wildlife will be launched by conservation activists and local parks authorities this week.