As the weather plummets to sub-zero temperatures, its easy to giev into the temptation to stay at home and curl up by the fire.

Kweku Adoboli, the former UBS AG trader who is accused of causing the largest loss from unauthorized trading in British history, pleaded not guilty of fraud and false accounting today at Southwark Crown Court.

Students from four Tower Hamlets schools will have the chance to take part in the biggest event in the world this year: the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

After two stabbings, public urination and a number of complaints over drugs and noise, Catford locals are set to get “a very friendly pub” in place of The Copperfield Public House.

The body of Kevin Boyle, an apprentice from celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen restaurant, was found in a garden in Coulsdon, Croydon, on Sunday afternoon.

A workshop fire in Deptford has been brought under control after 20 fire fighters and four fire engines were called to the scene earlier today.

A Tower Hamlets resident’s dream of being part of the Olympic Games will be made a reality.

A drug dealer from Lewisham has finally been jailed after a three year battle by police.

Telegraph Hill Safer Neighbourhoods Team have conducted a drugs bust this morning at a property on Evelina Road. Acting in conjunction with officers from the Territorial Support Group and the Dogs Unit, they entered the address at approximately 5.30 am.

A man and a woman from Lewisham have been sentenced for stealing a World War One memorial plaque from a local church last year.