The District Line runs along some of East London’s most popular and touristy spots, like Whitechapel and Tower Hill. It also runs through the classic ‘East End’, of London. That is not... Read more »
A man in his 80s has died after falling from a residential building near Victoria Park in East London. Police were called at 12pm on Sunday (February 14) to reports of a... Read more »
The hopeful chefs, the brutal judging and high stake dishes of MasterChef have delighted viewers for years. But only the biggest fans of the hit BBC cooking show would likely recognise a... Read more »
Road cleaners work in the town centre of Ilford in London, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. In parts of east London, the pandemic is hitting much harder than most places in the U.K.... Read more »
A long line of students gather outside a food bank in east London (Pic: Socialist Worker) Anamparveen hasn’t got the money to buy food—but her university is still sending emails asking her... Read more »
13 arrests and seven weapons seized during police operation in East London 09 Feb 2021 9.22 am Lianna Bagley The operation was carried out across Havering, Redbridge and Barking and Dagenham (credit:... Read more »
East London now has the smallest percentage of over-80s who have received at least one dose of the Covid vaccine in the entire country. A little under a third of the area’s... Read more »
The London borough of Walford, where EastEnders is set, is an entirely fictional place. It’s postcode, E20, was fictional too when the soap started in 1985, but it has since become a... Read more »
William Dillwyn, a co-ordinator of the British abolitionist and anti-slavery campaign, was born in Pennsylvania in 1743 and lived in Walthamstow (Blackhorse Lane) from 1777 until his death in 1824. A devout... Read more »