Another blow was dealt to the Blackheath fireworks this week, as it was announced that firefighters intend to stage a 2-day strike over Bonfire Night, possibly jeopardising arrangements for the already-troubled event.

Schoolchildren from Crofton Park offered flowers to shopkeepers participating in the City Safe Havens scheme as a ‘thank you’ for their participation during a community walk last week.

A Hackney record shop owner has been convicted of using his business as a front for dealing cannabis. Haydar Yaldiz, 28, used his Hackney Music store in Dalston to supply drugs to up to 100 customers a day.

Have you been walking around Hackney and seen an interesting building or public space? Chances are it’s been short-listed in the Hackney Design Awards 2010, and for the first time the public can vote as part of the People’s Choice Award.

Lutfur Rahman, the independent candidate, has won the Tower Hamlet’s mayoral election with more than half the votes.

  The owner of a mini market was fined after Tower Hamlets Council in Poplar found a serious cockroach infestation.

While the spending review has cast doom and gloom over many areas, one thing left unharmed by George Osborne’s decisions is Crossrail.

There is no good news this week for more than 14,000 households currently stuck on the Lewisham housing waiting lists and over 2,000 households living in temporary accomodation.

Osborne’s spending review has protected primary school education and provided additional provision for disadvantaged pre-school children.

Government cuts are predicted to affect most of the disability services and organizations throughout Croydon as the Spending Review shows welfare funding facing a £7billion slash. The Council  will soon begin the process of setting the budget, but  it will be weeks before residents know exactly which sectors and facilities will be most affected. Vanessa Hosford, [...]