Whilst most schools were spending the last few days anxious about todays A level results, Brooke House Sixth Form College in Hackney is one that can afford to be a little relaxed – it has now been classed as one of the two best sixth form colleges in England for improving the performance of pupils.

The inaugural London Electronic Dance festival is set to take place over Bank holiday weekend at Victoria Park in Hackney, with legendary French House superstar David Guetta headlining day one on the 27th which will be his only gig in London this summer. Now, ELL is offering readers a chance to win tickets to this [...]

A Croydon man has been jailed for life for murdering another man by driving his car at him outside the Ministry of Sound nightclub in South London.

Walking into Hackney City Farm brace yourself. You’ll probably be welcomed  not by  an old farmer,

An assistant caretaker at a school in Tower Hamlets has been found guilty of possessing indecent images of children and perverting the course of justice after planting child pornography on a colleague’s laptop

Plans to trial extended police powers controlling drinking in the streets of Lewisham have been given the go-ahead by Lewisham Mayor Sir Steve Bullock.

Colin has been totally blind since he was born 57 years ago. He works as an information resource officer and lives in Lewisham with his wife. Colin has asked us not to use his surname. Here, he describes his life to Clare Finney:

The Grimeborn Festival returns to the Arcola Theatre in Dalston throughout this August for the fourth successive year

A man from Catford has been convicted of the ‘brutal and pre-meditated’ murder of a prostitute at her home in Kentish Town last autumn.

A Brick Lane curry restaurant has been fined more than £16,000 after inspectors discovered serious food hygiene violations on its premises.