How two East London flatmates banished Covid lockdown boredom by racing to buy alcohol for a hit YouTube show

How two East London flatmates banished Covid lockdown boredom by racing to buy alcohol for a hit YouTube show

Two flatmates from East London have become an internet sensation after turning their regular trip to the local Off Licence into a competitive sport, with its own Youtube show. Luke Robson, 26,... Read more »

Landlords profit in east London renting during pandemic

One of the very few areas for landlords to make profits renting out their properties during the pandemic has been revealed as east London, according to insurers.  Three east London boroughs are among only six proving to show good returns... Read more »
East London teacher banned after living with a sex offender and shoplifting from Tesco

East London teacher banned after living with a sex offender and shoplifting from Tesco

A Tower Hamlets teacher has been banned from working with children in the classroom. Fahmida Aziz, who taught pupils at Bigland Green Primary School, in Shadwell, did not tell her employers that... Read more »
Brockwell Park stabbing: Live updates as police descend on South London park after daylight knife attack

London crime: Man in 20s stabbed in East Ham rushed to hospital

A young man is in hospital after being stabbed in East Ham. London Ambulance Service (LAS) paramedic called police to the scene of the knife attack on High Street South, in the... Read more »
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South East London records nation’s slowest vaccine uptake

South East London has the slowest vaccination rate in the country, and has given jabs to the lowest percentage of over 80s for any region in England. London remains lagging behind the... Read more »
London house prices: The cheapest places to live in East London along the London Underground's District Line

London house prices: The cheapest places to live in East London along the London Underground’s District Line

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 »
Victoria Park: Man in 80s dies after falling from height near Tower Hamlets park

Victoria Park: Man in 80s dies after falling from height near Tower Hamlets park

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 East London street that only the biggest fans of MasterChef will recognise

The East London street that only the biggest fans of MasterChef will recognise

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 »
'Eye of the storm': Diverse east London grapples with virus

Diverse east London grapples with virus

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

Overseas university students starved by racist rules during coronavirus pandemic

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 »