Almost two months after the disturbances that wreaked havoc in various London boroughs, a former judge leading the inquiry into the Croydon riots, is appealing for those affected to tell their stories.

Hackney’s Mossbourne Academy has been ranked one of the best schools in the UK after last month’s exam results. The academy, which opened seven years ago on the site of a school described as one of the worst in Britain, had record high results in August, with 91 per cent of its GCSE students achieving [...]

A new initiative to encourage more young people to take up IT and science courses has been launched at the Central Foundation Girls School (CFGS) in Tower Hamlets. The scheme, led by e-skills UK in partnership with IBM, Cisco, RIM (manufacturers of Blackberry), Facebook and the Metropolitan Police Service, was unveiled by David Willetts, Minister [...]

The Royal London Hospital in Tower Hamlets is one of 22 NHS Trusts which could face collapse, according to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s claims earlier this week. Lansley announced that the hospitals could be forced to close because of the hefty unpaid bills forced on them by the private finance initiative (PFI) deals they signed [...]

Jharda performing at Sound Tracks Festival. Read more here.

Just a week after the first ever Sound Tracks festival, Eastlondonlines spoke to its organisers to find out where this musical trip began and where it will take them next…

With people still searching for answers to last month’s riots, youth worker Emeka Egbuonu’s first book, drawing on his experience of running workshops at Hackney youth project, the Crib, couldn’t have come at a better time. Consequences – Breaking the Negative Cycle (published September 23) offers advice in tackling gang culture and youth violence as [...]

Following the chaos caused by Thursday’s tyre factory fire, motorists in Croydon faced a second day of disruption on Friday (September 23) due to a huge oil spillage on the A23.

A blaze at a tyre shredding plant in Purley Way, Croydon, has been causing major traffic disruptions in the area since the early hours of this morning (September 22).

Whether you like comedy, art, shopping or music (or all four!), then there’s something for you this weekend on the East London Line.