Posted on February 12, 2013 by Joanna Kindeberg and saved under Lead Stories
The future of 12 London fire stations, among them stations in Hackney, Whitechapel and New Cross, has been thrown into further uncertainty after the London Fire Authority voted, on Monday, against Boris Johnson’s order for a public consultation on plans to close them. In January this year, the London Assembly…
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Posted on February 11, 2013 by Joanna Kindeberg and saved under Croydon
Motorists who have been fined for parking in a ‘suspended bay’ may be due for a rebate, a BBC program will reveal tonight, because the fines may have been levied unlawfully by Croydon council. …
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Posted on November 6, 2012 by Joanna Kindeberg and saved under Lead Stories, Society
The Museum of London has offered a permanent home for the Henry Moore sculpture which Tower Hamlets Council is considering selling for up to £20m to ease budget cuts.…
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Posted on November 1, 2012 by Joanna Kindeberg and saved under Society, Tower Hamlets
The proposal to close 17 fire stations across London will be debated in Parliament tomorrow, as east London politicians call on Boris Johnson to re-think the cuts.…
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Posted on October 30, 2012 by Joanna Kindeberg and saved under Tower Hamlets
A leisure firm has admitted breaching health and safety laws following the drowning of seven-year-old Michelle Gellard in one of their pools. Michelle, from the Isle of Dogs, was pulled unconscious from the pool at Blackwater Leisure Centre in Maldon, Essex on June 14 2008.…
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Posted on October 28, 2012 by Joanna Kindeberg and saved under People
If you have walked down the ramp at the back of Kingsland shopping centre in Dalston, you have probably seen a man soulfully singing while strumming his guitar. And if you have walked there on more than a few occasions you probably know the man by name – Mike…
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Posted on October 27, 2012 by Joanna Kindeberg and saved under Lead Stories
167 pupils, 150 schools and 42 councils, including Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Lewisham, have served legal papers on the exam regulator Ofqual and exam boards AQA and Edexcel, arguing for a re-grading of the GCSE English paper sat in the summer. The alliance also consists of six professional bodies, including…
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Posted on October 24, 2012 by Joanna Kindeberg and saved under Lewisham
Staff from Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust will fight for a victory tonight in the final of BBC’s ‘Sing While You Work’.…
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Posted on October 23, 2012 by Joanna Kindeberg and saved under Lead Stories, Uncategorized
EastLondonLines was at the TUC anti-cuts demonstration on Saturday and we thought you would all like to see some more photographs from the event. If you have any you would like to contribute to our gallery tweet them to us at @eastlondonlines. …
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