Filmed and edited by Praveen Sundaram and Mengdi Li.

Demo on new live Twitter short code plugin. Display user timeline for account ‘eastlondonlines’ As above, but displaying author name and picture Display hashtag-search for ‘#wordpress’ with limit of 5 tweets and author names and pictures displayed Search for string ‘east london line’ with title and 50x50px author pictures

This is a test of the Twitter Feed WordPress short code plugin, by Alex Moss. This is a Twitter timeline for a particular user:   This is a #hashtag search   And a Twitter Search, including all content:   Useful. Shame the result looks so bad though. It’s possible to turn off user photos   [...]

Tower Hamlets the highest rate of reported flu symptoms in the country this week, statistics from the Health Protection Agency have shown. For every 100,000 people in the borough, 26.6 are reporting flu or flu-like symptoms, compared to 20.4 in Greenwich, a London average of 9.7, and only 12.3 in northerly South Tyneside. Dr Somen [...]

As the National Health Service reaches it’s 63rd birthday today, is it a time of celebration or uncertainty for centrepiece of the welfare state. EastLondonLines spoke to locals in south London to find out what birthday wishes they would send to the NHS as it faces some of the biggest challenges in its history. Personal [...]

Stallholders have given a mixed welcome to plans to spend £11m on regenerating Whitechapel High Street market in a bid to attract tourists and boost the local economy during the Olympic Games.

Theatre performers and artists from all over the globe demonstrarted their talents at  Goldsmiths, in New Cross last week  for “The Works” arts event.

Brick Lane hosted the seventh annual Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair on Sunday 19th June 2011. Highlights included work by Damien Hurst, Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk and Boot Fair regular Pam Hogg.

If your exams are over today or you fancy pulling a ‘sickie’ and taking a long weekend, then head down to Shoreditch.

If your exams are over today or you fancy pulling a ‘sickie’ and taking a long weekend, then head down to Shoreditch.