Ethnic minority education projects face review
Plans by Croydon Council to cut funding for community education projects and student mentoring aimed at helping ethnic minority pupils …
BAJ2-10 Ema Globyte Archive
Innovative food growing project to launch in September
A new community scheme aiming to encourage people to grow their own food will launch in Lewisham in early September.
June 29, 2012/
People/
Apprenticeships up in East London as uni applications drop
The number of people interested in apprenticeships and other school-leaver recruitment schemes is soaring across London as the cost of …
November 14, 2011/
Business, Employment, Features/
Former Stoke Newington school students top UK music charts
Stoke Newington school is basking in reflected glory as ex-students Labrinth and Professor Green get the two top spots on …
November 2, 2011/
Lead Stories, Music/
Pick of the Line 27/10/11 – 3/11/11
Thursday – Mathias Poledna / Florian Pumhösl exhibition @ Raven Row Friday – Hackney Picturehouse opening Saturday – Stour Space …
October 27, 2011/
Upcoming, What's On This Week/
Grab a job at Silicon Milkroundabout
500 jobs are up for grabs with hottest London technology start-ups this Sunday at the Silicon Milkroundabout Job Fair.
October 26, 2011/
Education, Employment, Hackney/
Borough launches new one-stop death registry
A new death-registering scheme, making it easier for residents to report those who have passed away, has been launched in …
October 21, 2011/
Tower Hamlets/
Tower Hamlets award for healthy school lunches
Tower Hamlets has achieved a healthy school dinner award for all 90 of its primary, nursery and special schools.
October 20, 2011/
Tower Hamlets/
Million pound market rejuvenation starts
The one million pound Whitechapel Market rejuvenation project has started this week.
October 19, 2011/
Tower Hamlets/
Ban lap-dancing in Tower Hamlets
A consultation into a ban on lap-dancing in Tower Hamlets closes on Monday so locals have only a couple of …
October 15, 2011/
Commentary, Uncategorized/
Last chance to enter photo competition
Document Tower Hamlets as it transforms from just another East London borough to an Olympic borough.
October 11, 2011/
Tower Hamlets/
Goldsmiths lecturers rally against pension cuts
Goldsmiths teachers and students united in a rally against cuts imposed on their pensions. Today marks the first day of …
Deptford fire causes extreme traffic congestion
A fire on Deptford Bridge on Thursday caused extreme traffic congestion as well as severe delays that lasted the whole …
October 7, 2011/
Lewisham/
Pick of the Line 09/09-11/09
Art, literature and music lovers are spoilt for choice this weekend. Friday September 9: Colin O’Brien photography exhibition @ Pages of …
September 9, 2011/
Upcoming, What's On This Week/
Twelve-year-old Hackney rioter sentenced
A 12-year-old boy who stole crisps and chocolate from a shop in Hackney and threw bottles at police officers during …
September 8, 2011/
Hackney, Uncategorized/
Pick of the line: ‘happy’ food, secret sales and more!
Saturday Do you, just like us, often spend your evenings with two pizzas and a maxi tub of Ben & …
September 2, 2011/
Upcoming/
Local schools get top marks in A level results
As the percentage of A-level passes increased again this year, pupils in the East London Line boroughs played their part. …
August 19, 2011/
Education, Hackney, Uncategorized/
Pick of the Line: Brazilian street art, Greek myths and jazz
Normal service will be resume soon.
August 19, 2011/
Upcoming/
Hackney trio to perform at UK Black Pride festival
Hackney-based trio Project Caramel are to perform on the same stage as their greatest influences – award-winning hip-hop singer Ms …
August 17, 2011/
Arts/
Extra police stay on streets of east and south London as more images of suspects released
As the clean up around south and east London continued today after a relatively peaceful night on Tuesday, the Metropolitan Police …
August 10, 2011/
Uncategorized/
Pick of the Week – film watching on canals and rooftops
Thursday 11, August Open Thursday: a young person’s guide to the canals Ever heard about The Floating Cinema? No, neither …
August 10, 2011/
Uncategorized, Upcoming/
Pick of the week 2/8/11 – 7/8/11: cinema scores to sexy salsa
Tuesday, August 2: Are you aged 15 to 19, talented and enthusiastic about performing studies? It’s your lucky week!
August 2, 2011/
Upcoming/
Goldsmiths chosen to select three people as members of 8,000-strong Olympic torch rally
Goldsmiths has been selected as one of just 30 educational institutions from around Britain to select bearers for the Olympic …
July 21, 2011/
Lead Stories, Uncategorized/
Police appeal over missing teenage girl
Police searching for a missing fifteen-year-old girl are urging people with any information about her to come forward.
July 21, 2011/
Lead Stories, Tower Hamlets, Uncategorized/
East Londoners most likely to die of heart attack
Residents of deprived East London areas are more likely to die from heart attacks than the rest of the London …
Extremist conference is held despite protest
Anti-extremist protestors held a demonstration yesterday outside a meeting in the East End being organised by a hardline Islamic organisation.
July 8, 2011/
Society, Tower Hamlets/
Health workers march in London to show support for the NHS as it celebrates its sixty-third birthday
Tens of thousands of health workers across south and east London joined the anti-cuts demonstration today, marking the sixty-third anniversary …
July 5, 2011/
Health, Lead Stories/
Tower Hamlets second fastest growing in UK
Tower Hamlets has the second fastest growing population out of local authorities in the country, as statistics show the nation …
July 4, 2011/
Tower Hamlets/
Council denies staff ‘campaigned for Labour’
Claims that a group of Tower Hamlets Council employees campaigned for the Labour Party during their official working hours have …
June 29, 2011/
Tower Hamlets/
Croydon student a national finalist
Croydon student, Akachi Mbakwe, is among the finalists in a competition aiming to help disabled people.
June 7, 2011/
Croydon/
‘Paid’ volunteering scheme on trial
Lewisham will be the only London borough trialling a two-year scheme ‘paying’ people to volunteer
Kyoke Miyake: sweet sounds of the lullabies of Hackney mothers
Kyoko Miyake, a Tower Hamlets based film maker, is one of the creative people earning east London its artistic reputation. …
April 9, 2011/
Arts/
Cuts march art to be collected for exhibition
More than a 100,000 people are expected to march through the streets of London tomorrow, and art students from Goldsmiths, …
March 25, 2011/
Lewisham/
Local input to improve Hoxton Street Market
Traders and residents of Hoxton are being invited to come up with suggestions for the development and improvement of Hoxton …
March 19, 2011/
Hackney/
Brick Lane curry houses closed over ‘touting’
Several curry restaurants in Brick Lane have had their licenses suspended by Tower Hamlets council in order to stop illegal …
March 19, 2011/
Business, Society, Tower Hamlets/
Labour proposals for budget amendment scrapped in favour of £56m cuts for Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets is facing £56 million in cuts in the coming year after the council voted against Labour amendments to …
March 9, 2011/
Lead Stories, Society/
Oscar triumph for Hackney make-up artist
A special effects make-up artist from Hackney has won an Oscar for his impressive prosthetic work in the horror film, …
March 1, 2011/
Hackney/
Tower Hamlets second worst for child poverty
Child poverty levels in Tower Hamlets are among the highest in the UK, with thirteen thousand children affected, new figures have …
February 25, 2011/
Society, Tower Hamlets/
Pick of the Line 24/02 – 02/03
Thurs – Alptraum @ Cell Project Space, Bethnal Green Are you in the mood for something spooky? Instead of fixing …
February 24, 2011/
Events, Upcoming, What's On This Week/