The Ladywell Day Centre is celebrating reaching the final stages of a significant funding bid and holding its Spring Event this week. The Department of Health announced that the Ladywell Day Centre is amongst successful applicants for stage 1 of the £50 million funding of capital projects to improve care…
A part-time DJ from Hackney, Natalie Coleman, inspired in the kitchen by her late grandmother, has won this year’s BBC’s MasterChef final. On national television the Judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace said she was “destined for great things.” She “not only understands finery of great food but… cooks for…
Dulwich Hamlet FC, one of the most famous non-league sides in English footballing history and drawing support and youth players from Lewisham, Croydon and all parts of south east London, have won their first Championship in 33 years and return to the Ryman Isthmian Premier League with gates, support and…
On Wednesday April 24, BBC Three’s Free Speech came to Goldsmiths to record the fourth episode in the second series of the programme on the subject of ‘Rent Britain’- the difficulties that young people face in being able to set up their own homes. Rents in London are increasing 8…
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The Metropolitan Police could be setting up help points in faith buildings such as churches and mosques, in an attempt to better engage with diverse faith communities across the capital. That was one of the suggestions discussed at a conference organised by Faiths Forum For London, a charity which works…
Saturday 20th April saw the annual worldwide event Record Store Day. It was launched in 2007 and has gone on to be a major success. In the East London Lines boroughs a number of stores participated including the renowned Rough Trade Records and Kristina Records in Hackney. The day encourages…
National Coffee Week is upon us, and to celebrate being a nation of coffee lovers ELL headed out to the coffee haunts our readers voted the best in the borough. Your winners were (drum roll please): Café 1001 in Tower Hamlets, the Deptford Project in Lewisham, Matthews Yard in Croydon…
In a bid to quadruple cycling levels in the capital by 2026, Boris Johnson, Mayor of London last month unveiled plans to put nearly £1bn towards “claiming central London for the bike”. EastLondonLines spoke to cyclists in our boroughs, asking if they thought this target was achievable. Most of their…
Today, Whitechapel is more famous for its arts and creativity than as the home of East End crime and violence. Some however, are still troubled by echoes of its notorious past. “Jack the Ripper took two of his victims from these streets,” says social entrepreneur Alastair Sloan, brightly. “Since then,…
Imagine reality has another layer. Imagine streets decorated with virtual local history or collectable vouchers for free coffee at a nearby cafe, invisible to the naked eye. Imagine the future, and imagine it now because it might not be too far away. In a recent marketing stunt to promote Disney’s…
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