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Win tickets for L.E.D. Festival this weekend

Win tickets for L.E.D. Festival this weekend

The inaugural London Electronic Dance festival is set to take place over Bank holiday weekend at Victoria Park in Hackney, with legendary French House superstar David Guetta headlining day one on the 27th which will be his only gig in London this summer. Now, ELL is offering readers a chance…

Man gets 18 years for hit and run murder outside Ministry of Sound

Man gets 18 years for hit and run murder outside Ministry of Sound

A Croydon man has been jailed for life for murdering another man by driving his car at him outside the Ministry of Sound nightclub in South London.…

School caretaker found guilty of planting child porn on boss

School caretaker found guilty of planting child porn on boss

An assistant caretaker at a school in Tower Hamlets has been found guilty of possessing indecent images of children and perverting the course of justice after planting child pornography on a colleague's laptop…

Police to gain extended powers over public drinking

Police to gain extended powers over public drinking

Plans to trial extended police powers controlling drinking in the streets of Lewisham have been given the go-ahead by Lewisham Mayor Sir Steve Bullock.…

Catford man faces life for murder of Kentish Town prostitute

Catford man faces life for murder of Kentish Town prostitute

A man from Catford has been convicted of the 'brutal and pre-meditated' murder of a prostitute at her home in Kentish Town last autumn.…

Restaurant fined £16,000 over mice and cockroaches in kitchen

Restaurant fined £16,000 over mice and cockroaches in kitchen

A Brick Lane curry restaurant has been fined more than £16,000 after inspectors discovered serious food hygiene violations on its premises.…

House firebombed and shot fired after Stepney street confrontation

House firebombed and shot fired after Stepney street confrontation

Tower Hamlets family with three children - one disabled - escaped unhurt after a firebomb attack on their home in the middle of the night. A neighbouring house was also shot at, in what detectives think was a related incident.…

Jail for couple who exploited women to live ‘lavish’ lifestyles

Jail for couple who exploited women to live ‘lavish’ lifestyles

A couple who made more than a million pounds running a cluster of brothels exploiting vulnerable South East Asian women were yesterday sentenced total of five and a half years in prison by a judge at Croydon Crown Court.…

New report shows ‘mixed picture’ for house prices despite promise of Olympics boom

New report shows ‘mixed picture’ for house prices despite promise of Olympics boom

House prices have risen in East London since the Olympics were announced, a survey has shown - but some neighbourhoods are benefiting more than others, while many areas have failed to keep pace with the rest of the capital.…

Hackney Marshes to become ‘the home of cricket in East London’

Hackney Marshes to become ‘the home of cricket in East London’

Sports enthusiasts in East London are to benefit from a major new development project that will see eight new cricket grounds being built on Hackney Marshes.…