Oscar Quine

Developers’ proposal for site opposite Dalston’s Rio Cinema faces opposition from local residents

A plan to develop the site opposite the Rio Cinema on Kingsland Road is being fought by residents. Two similar …

by Oscar Quine/ April 7, 2013/ Lead Stories/

South Norwood has launched an unlikely challenge for the title of the nation’s Lake District. The South Norwood Tourist Board, …

by Oscar Quine/ April 5, 2013/ Croydon/

The first thing you notice about Gordon Mac is the hair, and then the laugh. A bunch of stubby, silver …

by Oscar Quine/ April 3, 2013/ Arts, Arts Features/

Brockley residents can once again sleep sound, following months of campaigning against an overhead flight path. Heathrow began an Early …

by Oscar Quine/ April 3, 2013/ Lewisham/

As the bedroom tax comes into effect this week ELL boroughs are among the hardest hit and two thirds of …

by Oscar Quine/ April 2, 2013/ Lead Stories/

Mary Seacole, the ‘black Florence Nightingale’, may be removed from the national curriculum raising the question, whose history are we …

by Oscar Quine/ January 23, 2013/ Commentary/

Tyrone has missed his train. Turning right out of Whitechapel station, it’s just a few steps to a branch of …

by Oscar Quine/ January 23, 2013/ Features, General Features/

Ahead of the twelve-candidate Croydon North by-election on Thursday, sparked by the death of Malcolm Wicks MP, East …

by Oscar Quine/ November 30, 2012/ Features, General Features/

A library closed by Lewisham Council has re-opened as a charity run community centre this week, mostly funded by £500,000 of …

by Oscar Quine/ November 25, 2012/ Lewisham, Local News, Politics, Society/

More than 6,300 households across the Eastlondonlines boroughs have now been officially warned that they will be affected by the …

by Oscar Quine/ November 24, 2012/ Lead Stories, Politics, Society/

A host of top-flight Labour politicians have descended on Croydon North ahead of next week’s by-election, as youth unemployment heads …

by Oscar Quine/ November 20, 2012/ Croydon, Politics/

Teaching assistants and school cleaners in Tower Hamlets can be paid as little as £6.67 an hour under their terms …

by Oscar Quine/ November 16, 2012/ Lead Stories/

Secretary of State for Local Government and Communities Eric Pickles has apologised to Hackney Council for inaccurately labelling it the …

by Oscar Quine/ November 14, 2012/ Hackney, News/

A prominent local Conservative has predicted the Government will stage a U-turn on proposals to relax planning regulations, amid growing …

by Oscar Quine/ November 7, 2012/ Croydon/