I was already living in London when they announced the wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton. I come from Chile and it is really hard for me to understand that the UK, such an important and modern society, has a royal family, a monarchy.

Two children are in hospital after a car was sent onto the pavement and hit a buggy following a crash with another car.

A mother and her two-year-old daughter escaped from a fire that broke out at their Manor Park home yesterday morning.

Two men involved in the murder of an innocent 16-year-old girl have today been jailed for life. Agnes Sina-Inakoju died two days after the shooting on April 14, 2010 at Hoxton Chicken and Pizza in Hoxton Street. She was fatally shot through the neck as she visited the takeaway with friends.

The leader behind an organised drugs network that attempted to sell over 300 kilos of heroin worth £23 million has been jailed for 20 years.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision in Croydon.

Friends of a young artist who was killed by a collision with a lorry whilst cycling through Hackney have organised a gig in his memory.

A long-awaited upgrade of Deptford station was finally launched this week. Lewisham Deptford MP Joan Ruddock joined Network Rail and deputy mayor of Lewisham councillor Alan Smith last Tuesday to announce the start of  work.

Detectives are appealing for anyone who attended a nightclub in Mile End Road on the night a 23-year-old man was murdered, to come forward.

Four curry houses in the East End have been raided by police in a joint operation with trading standards officers and customs over allegations of  ‘dodgy’  cheap wine.