In the current debate regarding the road beyond recession, the common wisdom is that bailing out the banks is the way forward, but the platitudes that investing in young people is laying the foundations for the country’s future are all too quickly forgotten.…
She may be incapable of making her bed, but artist Tracey Emin made a tidy sum for Tower Hamlets Amnesty group this afternoon. They sold a signed notebook donated by the artist herself on Ebay to help raise money for Amnesty International.…
Santa came early to Deptford this year, with hundreds of families set to receive brand new toys for Christmas.…
With the recession biting, unemployment on the rise, house repossessions and iconic local businesses closing, you would be forgiven for thinking that the financial status quo in Britain is bleak. Despite this fact, it is gratifying to see the ‘green shoots’ of economic recovery appearing in east London’s traditionally deprived…
Hackney Empire, Horniman Museum, the Tower of London, and Croydon ClockTower; these are the famous landmarks that the communities of east London have deemed ‘great’ enough to be featured in badges as part of the London 2012 ‘Landmark London’ campaign.…
Time to bail out the rest of us News Editor: Neil Roberts Anyone familiar with the East and South East of London can’t fail to notice the extreme inequality around us. On East London Lines this week we read about record unemployment amongst young people, inequalities that mean people in…
A Croydon man was found walking the platforms in Oval station, yesterday evening, claiming he was trying to visit relatives in Yeovil.…
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Rivers in south east London have been ‘replaiced’ with new fish this week, in a move that could be described as cod’s gift to local anglers.…
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