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Redbridge: Appeal to find 12 year old missing girl

Police are appealing for help and information to find a 12-year-old girl who has been missing for more than 36 hours. Mannat Mann was last seen near Wanstead Park in Redbridge at... Read more »
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Major flooding in Wood Street, Blackhorse Road, Walthamstow

Walthamstow and surrounding areas are currently being battered by torrential rain with numerous streets under water. Multiple pictures and videos have been posted on social media showing cars stranded and struggling to make... Read more »
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London flooding: ‘Critical incident’ in East London hospitals as they bring in extra staff to cope with flooding

A “critical incident” has been declared at some East London hospitals this evening (July 25) due to flooding, it has been reported. ITV has reported that Newham Emergency Department has been majorly... Read more »
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Blackwall Tunnel among closures due to east London flooding

Roads and train stations across east London have been closed after widespread flooding. A video shared on social media shows cars driving through flood water near Gants Hill roundabout at around 4.50pm today... Read more »
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East London’s ‘most haunted’ pub where a ‘phantom flusher’ surprises guests on the toilet

With a bright orange exterior and a nostalgic 1980s feel, The Bow Bells is a pub that can’t be missed. Serving the East End community in Bow since 1860, the pub has... Read more »
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Poplar MP Apsana Begum third day on trial for housing fraud

Poplar and Limehouse MP Apsana Begum, who is on trial for alleged housing fraud, reported her ex-husband to police for harassing her, she claimed on the third day of her trial today. The 31-year-old... Read more »
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Police launch murder investigations after two killed in London | UK news

Two separate murder investigations have been launched in London after emergency crews were called to addresses in the east and south of the capital on Friday night. The Metropolitan police said they... Read more »
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New normal needed to combat biodiversity and climate crisis

The poet Benjamin Zephaniah recently made a very valid point when he said that we don’t need to get back to normal, after the pandemic. Normal he argued got us into the... Read more »
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12 Things to do in London for free this summer holiday with friends and family

For most of us, the easing of lockdown over the past couple of months has made quite a dent in our pockets. Not to mention all the money that was spent celebrating... Read more »

David Bailey visits East London Institute of Technology

World-renowned fashion and portrait photographer David Bailey visited a college photography studio that has been named after him. Mr Bailey met some of the next generation of photographers while at the East London Institute of Technology on the Barking and Dagenham... Read more »