The besieged East End Gay Pride march has been cancelled. To many watching the unfolding events over the past weeks, it came as no surprise.  Yesterday, one of its lead organisers, Raymond Berry resigned after it was revealed he was a founding member of the English Defense League (EDL) and still had ties with far [...]

Raymond Berry lead organiser of East End Gay Pride (EEGP) resigned yesterday after he could no longer deny his  English Defence League affiliation. Following homophobic posters showing up in the East End, the group was formed by a group of friends and promptly began organising a march set for next month, to combat homophobia and [...]

An exciting and ambitious project is under way in East London, in time for the 2012 Olympics and Paraplegic Games as well as the cultural and entertainment activities leading up to and surrounding the events. It will be developed by artists Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie (known collectively as Somewhere), and designed by Hackney based [...]

A murder investigation has began, after two teenagers were found shot at approximately 3:20 am this morning in Chesterton Road E13. A boy believed to be 16 years old was pronounced dead at the scene, while a 15 year old boy  was taken to an East London hospital where he is listed as critical. No [...]

The 2012 Olympics are being promoted under the slogan ‘everyone’s games’, but if plans to change the route of the marathon go ahead, residents of East London will be entitled to feel a little left out. The Evening Standard reported last week that LOCOG, the Olympic organisers, intend to replace the original course (which finished [...]

A 22 year old man was stabbed during the robbery of his car, on station road, outside Manor Park Station last night. Police and ambulance service were called at 10pm and found the man with stab wounds. He was taken to an East London hospital where his condition has been described as serious but not [...]

Just In A 36 year old man has been shot dead on Katherine Road in Forest Gate, E7.  Police were called at 6:20pm after reports of gunshots. They confirmed one man was dead at the scene and two men  injured, who were been transported to an East London hospital. Officers from Operation Trident are investigating  [...]

Labour MP Stephen Timms was stabbed yesterday evening at a community centre in his East London constituency. The former Treasury minister, was holding a his first political surgery, at the Beckton Globe Library, in his Newham constituency, when he was attacked. He is being treated for non life threatening injuries at a hospital.  A 21 [...]

Detectives are treating the death of inpatient Prodip Debnath, 31, at Mile End Hospital as murder. At about 8:00 pm Friday 9 April, police and ambulance service were called to the mental health unit of Mile End Hospital in Bancroft Road E1, after a patient was reported injured. He was taken to nearby Royal London [...]

Detectives are investigating the death of a man at a mental health unit at Mile End Hospital. Police and London Ambulance Service were called at 7:59 pm on Friday, 9 April, to the death of a man at the Mile End Hospital in Bancroft Road, E1. The man is yet to be formally identified, but [...]