pic: Duygu Saykan
Prince Charles visited the Good Hope Café in Lewisham last night, delighting locals who filled Hither Green Lane to greet him.
The Prince was visiting the café to meet with young people who have been helped by the Prince’s Trust, as well as representatives from the Scouts Association and Youth United, an initiative launched by The Prince of Wales in 2009. (more…)
Tower Hamlets Council has said it will recruit 16 more police officers and one sergeant by the summer. (more…)
Pic: fiskfisk, Flikr
Tower Hamlets Council has said there are no plans to close a children’s club in Victoria Park, following rumours that it will be axed as part of cuts. (more…)
Central Parade, New Addington Pic: Stacey Harris
Plans that aim to breathe new life into New Addington’s Central Parade have been unveiled.
The improvements will be funded by a £516,000 grant from the Mayor of London’s ‘Outer London Fund’. (more…)
Scrap metal, Pic: neufcent9 (Flickr)
A wave of low-level metal theft is blighting Bethnal Green – and affecting individuals and businesses, as Michael Pooler discovered.
It was a classic case of ‘I told you so’: coming home from a pre-Christmas drink my flat-mate warned me not to leave my bicycle outside our building – even if chained up with a strong steel lock and braided metal cable to secure the wheels. (more…)
Hackney Council secures funding, Pic: Rob Purdie (Flickr)
Hackney Council has secured a £5.3million fund to improve Hackney Central Town centre area, which is expected to create over 200 jobs. (more…)
Museum Gardens. Pic: Duyguy Saykan
Tower Hamlets Council has anounced plans to spruce up the under-used area around Museum Gardens, Bethnal Green in preparation for the Olympic Games this summer. (more…)
Cooking on gas. Pic: Adem Djemil
Tower Hamlets council is to look into the creation of an ‘energy co-operative’ in a drive to lower energy bills and reduce fuel poverty in the borough. (more…)
Through the hoop - pic: Hackney Council
Primary school students participated in a basketball Personal Bests event at Hackney Community College to celebrate 200 days till the Olympic Games. (more…)
pic: A still from the YouTube video
Emma West, the woman charged with a racially aggravated public offence order following an alleged tram rant, appeared at Croydon Magistrates Court this morning.
West, who was captured on a video then viewed by over 11 million on YouTube, was granted unconditional bail until her case is heard at Crown Court on February 17.
