A Lewisham man who sued London Underground for £1m damages after he was injured by an employee at a ticket barrier, has been awarded just £11,925 compensation.

Shaquille Smith was stabbed to death in an unprovoked knife attack when caught between two rival gangs in Hackney three years ago. He was 14. Last week his friends saw a play: ‘Crime of the Century’, performed by Chickenshed Theatre Co. at his school, Sir John Cass Foundation, in Tower Hamlets.

A “superhead” brought in to help a struggling Croydon primary school has been sacked after just two days. Craig Tunstall is reported to have suspended seven pupils in his 48-hour stint as headmaster at the Oval Primary School in Croydon.

Child poverty levels in Tower Hamlets are among the highest in the UK, with thirteen thousand children affected, new figures have revealed The study, by Save the Children, found that twenty-seven per cent of children in Tower Hamlets live in severe poverty, slightly less than in the worst area, Manchester. London boroughs Hackney, Newham and Westminster [...]

A new initiative showcasing the best of South London art launches today. The South London Art Map will feature an interactive website covering more than 90 galleries and will co-ordinate late gallery openings and art tours in South London.

Thurs – Alptraum @ Cell Project Space, Bethnal Green Are you in the mood for something spooky? Instead of fixing your eyes on the screen of the old classic Exorcist, get your blood pumping faster at the new exhibition brought to Bethnal Green by a group of German artists, exploring the scariest aspects of night-time. [...]

East London DJs are hosting a club night dedicated to the Egyptian revolution this weekend. Tahya Masr! takes place on Friday night at the Apiary in Hackney. It features a host of the city’s most forward thinking DJs, with all proceeds going toward Egyptian Association UK, a charity supporting families of those killed or injured [...]

A Hackney woman has been jailed after making hundreds of thousands of pounds by employing illegal immigrants.

Never a dull moment in his shows, London’s fashionistas couldn’t wait to set eyes on Bora Aksu’s A/W ’11 presentation at Somerset House last Friday, on the first day of London Fashion Week. Perhaps the thumping base of Marilyn Manson’s Sweet Dreams was an early sign of how decadent his collection was going to be. [...]

A drivers’ group has claimed that many cycling accidents in Hackney are due to cyclists’ poor road manners. One cyclist has been killed and two others seriously injured after collisions with vehicles in the borough in the past month.