Dear reader,
2010 is now in full swing and news across the East London Line this week has been refreshingly positive.
Tower Hamlets is a leading example amongst local authorities in Britain for its work in promoting equality in the work-place for lesbian, gay and bisexual people. With ‘gay-friendly’ organisations in the borough, what was once considered taboo is now accepted. (more…)
We have entered the New Year on a cold and icy note. The past few weeks have been engulfed by snow. For some of us, the holiday season was prolonged due to the vagaries of weather. The status of professional and leisure activities were determined solely by the forecast.
It’s that time of year again – Christmas decorations are lighting up the streets and the shops are beginning to get seriously crowded.
But it’s also the run up to the election and political tensions are high in London, as a councillor defects to the Tories and Croydon and Tory councils reject the Government website aimed at monitoring council organisations.
Advent art in shop windows Photo: Jacques Thomas
Advent art is up in shop windows in Brockley; Hackney high street is ablaze with lights and the first of the season’s party animals are being picked up by the annual ‘booze hospital’ service. Christmas is coming and, with Delia Smith back on the box, there’s a risk we will indeed be getting a bit fat. (more…)
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. (more…)
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 boroughs. (more…)
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 Lewisham die 7 years younger than average, and destitute refugees forced to live on £5 a day. (more…)
