Ten UK artists have come together for the launch of a free open-air art installation in Shoreditch this weekend The event will take place at Boxpark and will see one-of-a-kind pieces of artwork transformed... Read more »
Adult students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) at New City College have been given an internet connection, data, and a digital device thanks to charity funding. Money from the Good Things... Read more »
A riverside development in Poplar including 900 homes, a school and shop space has been given the go-ahead. Tower Hamlets councillors approved the plans for Blackwall Yard. The scheme will include five buildings... Read more »
Plans to improve the capital’s hospitals mean that two entire new hospitals will be built, two hospitals will be rebuilt, and many more London hospitals will have facilities improved or new equipment... Read more »
Former MP Jacqui Smith has been appointed to a new role created as part of the growing partnership between two east London NHS trusts. Right Honourable Ms Smith – also the first female... Read more »
Police have given an update on a triple stabbing that happened on Monday (July 19) in Canary Wharf. Three men were rushed to hospital when police were called just before 6pm to... Read more »
Families who had to claim Universal Credit in the East End since the first lockdown began are now in danger of sinking below the poverty line, social researchers have found. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a £20 weekly top-up at... Read more »
Now, having pineapple on pizza is probably one of the most controversial and divisive food combinations of our time. So imagine my surprise when I stumbled upon a pop-up pizza place that... Read more »
More children have been given their own laptops in the East End to help them get online and close the “digital gap” between rich and poor. Some 30 pupils at Poplar’s Manorfield Primary — with half... Read more »
Shoreditch is one of London’s trendiest and most iconic areas, but this status has come at the cost of increased ‘gentrification’ in the area. The district overlaps the boroughs of Hackney and... Read more »
