From this Friday the New Cross and Deptford Free Film Festival will

EastLondonLines spoke to Richard Macmillan, Liberal Democrat Assembly candidate for City and East, about his campaign.

EastLondonLines talked to John Biggs, Labour’s current Assembly member for City and East, about his campaign for re-election.

Kamran Malik is the founder and leader of the Communities United Party. He spoke to EastLondonLines about his campaign for the London Assembly seat in City and East.

EastLondonLines talked to  Steven Woolfe, the UK Independence Party’s London Assembly candidate for City and East, about his campaign.

Conservative candidate for the London Assembly City and East, John Moss, told EastLondonLines about his campaign.

EastLondonLines asked Chris Smith about his campaign for the Green Party in City and East.

Tower Hamlets peer Baroness Pola Uddin will not be able to return to Parliament unless she pays back the £125,000 she wrongly claimed in expenses.

Hundreds of customers were evacuated from Grants Shopping Centre in Croydon after a chemical incident on Monday at 11am.

The east London campus of Coventry University hosted a debate about “crisis in journalism” on Tuesday to celebrate the publication of the first book about the phone-hacking scandal. The debate included discussion about the responsible use of social media as well as the “lazy” nature of phone hacking.