WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK
March 11, 2016/
Events, What To Do This Week/
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Celebration of air in Hackney
We can’t live without it, and now a group of artists have set up a month-long festival celebrating that vital …
Corbyn: I favour decriminalising sex industry
Jeremy Corbyn said that he was in favour of decriminalising prostitution during a Q&A at Goldsmiths on Thursday. The leader of …
March 6, 2016/
Education, Employment, Environment, Housing, Lead Stories, Lewisham, Local News, Politics, Society, Transport/
Canary Wharf’s first Hindu festival a success
Londoners swarmed to Canary Wharf‘s first Hindu festival at the Docklands Sailing and Water Sports Centre on Saturday. Around 1000 …
March 1, 2016/
Arts, Music, News, Tower Hamlets/
A new chapter for Lewisham’s libraries
Overnight, a bag full of books has been left outside Lewisham’s Crofton Park community library. Perched on top is a …
February 17, 2016/
Features, General Features/
ELL+ news roundup 11/02/2016
The latest ELL+ news round-up from February 11 2016. Presenters: Jasmin Dyer and Areej Zayat
WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK
February 2, 2016/
Upcoming, What To Do This Week/
A toast to making the most of our waste
The UK’s first bread-to-beer project Toast Ale has launched in Hackney, using unsold bread and unwanted crusts which have been …
January 29, 2016/
Hackney/
Croydon transformed by Tech City
Croydon has been transformed from a ‘’boring, uncool, decaying town” into “London’s fastest-growing tech ecosystem”, according to Jonny Rose, founder …
January 28, 2016/
Croydon/
Tower Hamlets top LGBT employer
Tower Hamlets Council has been named one of the best employers in the UK for lesbian, gay and bi-sexual staff …
January 27, 2016/
Local News, Tower Hamlets/
Grime artists bring new hope for Croydon pupils
A South London MOBO award-winning grime duo have launched a scheme to run song-writing and music production workshops in five …
January 27, 2016/
Croydon, Local News/
ELL+ News Roundup 21/01/2016
The latest ELL+ News Roundup from January 21, 2016. Presenters: Jude Jweihan and Jooyoon Kim
January 22, 2016/
ELL+, Local News, Videos/
ELL+ News Roundup 14/01/2016
The latest ELL+ News Roundup from January 14, 2016. Presenter: Simisola Jasmine Jolaoso and Amanda Alexander
January 19, 2016/
ELL+, Local News, Videos/
Creativity on display: cross-cultural art festival Zealous X is back in Shoreditch
More than 100 artists descended on RichMix arts centre in Shoreditch this week to take part in the second …
January 15, 2016/
Arts Features, Features, Tower Hamlets/
Junior doctors in historic walkout
Junior medics walked out for the first time in 40 years in south and east London hospitals as part of …
January 12, 2016/
Croydon, Hackney, Health, Lewisham, Tower Hamlets/
Independent food bank in Croydon at risk of closure
Croydon Community Food Store, a food bank that helps hundreds of people living below the poverty line in the borough, …
ELL+ News Roundup 10/12/2015
The latest ELL+ News Roundup from December 10, 2015. Presenter: Chin Lee and B. L.
December 19, 2015/
ELL+, Local News, Videos/
MPs “completely out of touch with young people” over voting age says Foxcroft
Lewisham MP Vicky Foxcroft has branded her fellow MPs “completely out of touch with young people” following their decision not …
December 9, 2015/
Lead Stories, Local News, News, Society/
Goldsmiths debates mass surveillance and digital human rights
Mass surveillance in the wake of fallout over the Snowden leaks is to be debated at Goldsmiths, University of London …
December 7, 2015/
Events, Lewisham, Local News, Upcoming/
ELL+ News Roundup 03/12/2015
The latest ELL+ News Roundup from December 03, 2015. Presenter: Areej Zayat and Nina Lecourt
December 5, 2015/
ELL+, Local News, Videos/
Hackney helps elderly residents this winter
Cold shoulders be gone, this week elderly Hackney residents gathered to enjoy the annual Winter Warmer at the Hackney Town Hall …
Vigil for victims of violence at Ripper Museum
The latest figures from the United Nations suggest that one in three women experience physical or sexual violence in their …
December 4, 2015/
Tower Hamlets, Videos/
Councils promise action on childhood obesity as debate over sugar tax continues
Local councils in the Eastlondonlines boroughs have pledged to tackle the childhood obesity crisis as figures show the area is …
December 4, 2015/
Health, Local News, News, Society/
Activist to complain to police over death threats at controversial Goldsmiths talk
A human rights activist is to complain to police over an alleged death threat made against him during a controversial talk …
Goldsmiths students win top radio Journalism training awards
Goldsmiths Radio MA students scooped a clutch of prizes at the Broadcast Journalism Training Course Annual Awards. Sera Baker won …
Christmas culinary curiosities come to Shoreditch
From spicy cider-flavoured pickled eggs to vegetarian caviar, it was sugar and spice and all things nice as the Christmas …
December 3, 2015/
Arts, Business, Hackney, Local News, Society, Tower Hamlets/
ELL+ News Roundup 26/11/2015
The latest ELL+ News Roundup from November 26, 2015. Presenter: Jude Jweihane and Katherine Bailes
December 2, 2015/
ELL+, Local News, Videos/
Should we bomb Syria? We ask the politicians and the people of London
In one of the most important decisions of this parliament, MPs will vote tonight on whether to join the US, …
December 2, 2015/
Hackney, Lead Stories, Lewisham, News, Politics, Society, Tower Hamlets/
News in brief
Pizzeria in Lewisham caught fire Over 50 firefighters tackled a large blaze at a pizza restaurant in Lewisham on Saturday …
November 29, 2015/
News/
Dementia-friendly swimming project opens in Hackney
The Dementia Friendly Swimming Project, funded by the Amateur Swimming Association, was launched at Clissold Leisure Centre in Hackney last week. …
Celebrate Christmas with circus acts, cabaret and craft beer at Winterville
London is glowing. From decadent displays in Harrods, glittering lights along Oxford Street to mulled-wine-induced red cheeks, Christmas is coming. One …
November 27, 2015/
Features, Tower Hamlets, Videos/
Revealed: The public officials in ELL boroughs who earn more than £100,000 annually
More than 100 council employees in the Eastlondonlines boroughs were paid more than £100,000 in 2013-14, according to figures from …
November 25, 2015/
Employment, News/
Palestinian poet Hafiza Ibrahim on writing, identity and leaving her homeland
Following the recent nation-wide student walkouts in support of migrants, Eastlondonlines spoke to Hafiza Ibrahim, 50, a published poet, Goldsmiths student and Palestinian refugee. The Israeli-Palestinian …
Goldsmiths students join nationwide walkout to show support for migrants
More than a hundred Goldsmiths students swapped lectures and laptops for candles and camaraderie at a UK-wide walkout on Tuesday, …
November 19, 2015/
Lewisham, Local News, Politics/
Croydon gang members sentenced for arms dealing
Five members of a Croydon gang who provided the criminal underworld with guns and ammunition have been sentenced to a …
November 17, 2015/
Crime, Croydon, Lead Stories, News/
Livening up Lewisham: pop-up ‘Model Market’
Pop-ups are more associated with the ‘trendy’ areas of London such as Brixton or Shoreditch. These once not so well …
October 7, 2015/
Reviews/
Three men hand themselves in after train assault appeal
Three men have handed themselves in to police following an assault on two brothers on a Lewisham-bound train. The three …
Catford landlord jailed for sex assault on teenage tenant
A Catford housing landlord has been jailed for 22 months after sexually assaulting his 19-year-old tenant. Ciro Pipolo, 40, …
#ELLGE2015: Graphics showing how Hackney voted
Both Labour and the Greens increased their share as Hackney returned their incumbent Labour MPs – local residents have consistently supported …
#ELLGE2015: Graphic shows how Labour lost in Croydon
As one of the 12 key battleground constituencies, all eyes were on Croydon Central on election night. The Conservative win in this …