With the Games capturing the imagination of millions across the country and the medals for Team GB pouring in, it is hard to imagine that it was only a year ago that England witnessed the biggest social unrest for a generation: the August 2011 riots. On this day last year,…
Residents on a Hackney Council estate fear they will be forced out of their local area now their homes have been earmarked for demolition in a regeneration bid. A council master plan for the Colville estate in Hoxton, home to over 400 families, sets out the demolition of the homes, which…
A new community radio station will launch at the exclusive Roxbury nightclub on Croydon High Street tomorrow.…
Twenty-five years after Rupert Murdoch derecognised trade unions at News International, a newly created NUJ chapel is seeking legal action against parent company News Corporation in Wapping.…
Cycling in London has grown exponentially over the last decade. There is a widespread desire to be fit and healthy, and with the prominence of the Tour de France and the crowning of road racing cyclist Mark Cavendish as the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year, riding a bike…
This cycle route will take you from Ladywell train station through Ladywell Fields, along the River Ravensbourne and all the way down to Cator Park in Bromley. We recommend this ride, which largely follows the Ravensbourne downstream and is interspersed by some lovely places to have a picnic or just lie…
This cycle route will take you from Ladywell train station through Ladywell Fields, along the river Ravensbourne and all the way down to Cator Park in Bromley. We highly recommend this ride, which largely follows the Ravensbourne downstream, interspersed by some lovely places to have a picnic or just lie…
On Hackney’s Woodberry Down estate, old grey Soviet style blocks mix with the brown brickwork characteristic of post-war council housing. But on the west side of Woodberry Grove, three bedroom flats are sold for £700k.…
Figures released by UCAS today reveal a significant drop in university applications across east London boroughs, with applications from Hackney dropping a whopping 14.6 per cent. According to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), applications from Lewisham were down 11.8 per cent compared to last year, whilst Croydon experienced…
Salman Mohiuddin: Palace Wembley play-off final tickets Sold Out!
Phil: Palace Wembley play-off final tickets Sold Out!
Abbottgate restored white victimhood in order to brush the issue of racism under the carpet
The media storm Hackney MP Diane Abbott caused last week as a result of her ‘divide and rule’ comment on Twitter is indicative of the ways in which Britain’s political elite is still able to turn issues of race and racism to its advantage and brush the lived reality of…
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