Plans for a, “non-military national service” for teenagers, have been announced by Prime Minister David Cameron. The initiative has been criticised by some charity groups along the East London Line over its potential to draw attention and resources away from existing youth volunteering organisations.
Loved for their energetic street performances in and around London, The Dualers have gathered a dedicated following from people of all ages. It’s also the very same fan base that propelled their 2004 single ‘Kiss On The Lips’ to 21 on the UK Singles charts, an impressive feat considering the complete absence of advertising or publicity.
More than 425,000 Londoners could lose their homes if the Government plans to cap housing benefit are pushed through un-amended, the National Housing Federation has warned.
Eoin (it’s pronounced Owen) Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl series, appeared at Forest Hill School, Lewisham, on July 20th in a performance streamed live over the web.
The head of Tower Hamlets Council went incognito on TV to learn more about public services in the borough.
As the Government threatens to cap housing benefit at £250 per week for a one bed flat Boris Johnson is calling for Londoners to be ‘spared’ from such ‘draconian’ plans. But then Boris, from Canonbury and Eton, probably can’t imagine living in anything costing £250 per week. Here in the East London Line boroughs, we [...]
Detectives investigating an armed robbery at a Hackney convenience store have released CCTV images of the suspects in the hope that they may be identified.
This week London Mayor Boris Johnson launched what he has labelled the ‘cycling revolution,’ with the unveiling of the first cycle superhighway in East London. The CS3 route links Barking and Tower Gateway via Tower Hamlets. Johnson said cycling accounted for 2% of journeys in the capital and he wanted to improve this figure to 5% – ‘a huge leap.’
Hackney Council have been slammed by the Daily Mail as ‘race spies’ over a study conducted last year to investigate the recycling habits of different social groups in the borough.
A number of bikes were recovered by the new Police Cycle Task Force today in Redchurch Street on the edge of Hackney after being found on a derelict site.
