Following the chaos caused by Thursday’s tyre factory fire, motorists in Croydon faced a second day of disruption on Friday (September 23) due to a huge oil spillage on the A23.

A blaze at a tyre shredding plant in Purley Way, Croydon, has been causing major traffic disruptions in the area since the early hours of this morning (September 22).

Whether you like comedy, art, shopping or music (or all four!), then there’s something for you this weekend on the East London Line.

Young people from around the UK, including Tower Hamlets and Hackney, met gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes this week as part of Olympic development programme London 2012 Young Leaders.

Hackney residents wishing to take advantage of the thousands of jobs created by next summer’s Olympic and Paralympic games will get an opportunity to register their interest next week.

Hackney Mayor Jules Pipe has hailed the first We Love Hackney Weekend a success – a statement echoed by those who attended.

Jamie Jones, a filmmaker from Hackney, has triumphed at an awards ceremony held at BAFTA in central London with this wonderful short film about a pub in Shoreditch.

This week’s Pick Of The Line is a bit of a festival special because, in addition to the Sound Tracks festival that you can read about here, there are plenty of other festivals taking place!

Residents of Fish Island in Bow, Tower Hamlets are in shock after plans for a £2million nightclub on the island were given the go ahead last week by the London Thames Gateway Corporation.

A group of volunteers have reopened New Cross Library on a six-week trial – which could lead to a longer lease.