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Top-selling DJ Will Kennard proposes new Free School specialising in music for Tower Hamlets

Top-selling DJ Will Kennard proposes new Free School specialising in music for Tower Hamlets

One half of chart-topping duo Chase and Status has put forward plans to open a free school in Tower Hamlets. Will Kennard, also known as Status, spoke to EastLondonLines about his proposal to establish the East London Academy of Music. The school will cater for 16- to 19-year-olds who want…

Hackney school kids on US election trail

Hackney school kids on US election trail

Sixth formers from Clapton Girls Academy and Prendergast Ladywell Fields College, Lewisham, are in Florida this week participating in the 2012 US elections.…

Overseas students no longer have to queue through the night to register with police

Overseas students no longer have to queue through the night to register with police

Overseas students no longer have to queue in the early hours to register with the Overseas Visitors Records Office. Instead students can now register with their universities. Last week EastLondonLines interviewed foreign students who were queuing for up to nine hours from 12am to ensure they could register within the…

Upper Norwood cut will go through, finds scrutiny

Upper Norwood cut will go through, finds scrutiny

Croydon councillors resolved to go ahead with a “savage cut” to the Upper Norwood Joint Library at a heated scrutiny meeting before the public on Friday.…

Overseas students queueing night after night from 12am in “freezing” cold to register with police

Overseas students queueing night after night from 12am in “freezing” cold to register with police

Hundreds of foreign students are queuing throughout the night to register with the police to stay in the UK. While the Overseas Visitors Records Office opens at 9am, students begin queuing in the early hours to ensure they secure their registration. Many students have repeatedly been turned away due to…

Libraries outsourcing down to final three bids

Libraries outsourcing down to final three bids

The identity of the final three bidders for the privatisation of Croydon’s public libraries has been confirmed.…

Public meeting over Upper Norwood Library plans

Public meeting over Upper Norwood Library plans

Plans to hand Upper Norwood Joint Library over to a community group but cut over £100,000 of its funding will go before the council’s scrutiny committee this Friday.…

New Cross Library to flog assets (in charity auction)

New Cross Library to flog assets (in charity auction)

The community-run New Cross Learning library will hold a Grand Auction this November to raise funds for the embattled service.…

University term begins: our interactive freshers’ map of Hackney, Lewisham and Tower Hamlets

University term begins: our interactive freshers’ map of Hackney, Lewisham and Tower Hamlets

As university first-years descend on east London, EastLondonLines has created interactive maps of Lewisham and Tower Hamlets to help you find the essentials near you. From pubs through supermarkets to quirky backstreet museums, we’ve marked out key locations for those coming to the area for the first time.…

Tutors and colleagues praise Goldsmiths student dead in crash

Tutors and colleagues praise Goldsmiths student dead in crash

Tutors and colleagues of a Goldsmiths student who died in a car crash on Monday have paid tribute to a “future star”.…