11 h. ago Boy, 16, charged with attempted murder following arson attack in east London

Three 16-year-old boys have been arrested in connection with the suspected arson attack

Events

12 h. ago Boy, 16, accused of attempted murder over ‘arson attack’ on Indian restaurant

Emergency services were called to Indian Aroma in Woodford Avenue, Gants Hill, at about 9pm on August 22.

Events

27 h. ago 'Cash for council houses scam' busted: Two 'corrupt housing officers' at Labour authority are arrested after 'taking bungs to allocating hundreds of properties'

The corrupt housing officers allegedly demanded cash for properties before wrongly issuing hundreds of social homes in the east London borough of Barking and Dagenham.

Society

38 h. ago Almost 900 arrested at Palestine Action demonstration in London, police say

Almost 900 arrested at Palestine Action demonstration in London, police say  Middle East Eye

Events

58 h. ago Global Day of Action: Over 300,000 march in London to demand justice for Gaza

Global Day of Action: Over 300,000 march in London to demand justice for Gaza  Middle East Monitor

Politics

58 h. ago Arrests made at demonstration against Palestine Action proscription in London

Arrests made at demonstration against Palestine Action proscription in London  Middle East Eye

Events

64 h. ago The astonishing story of the aristocrat who hid her Jewish lover in a sofa bed – and other German rebels who defied the Nazis

From a diplomat who embraced the exiled Albert Einstein to a schoolteacher who helped ‘non-Aryan’ students flee, these remarkable individuals refused to bend the knee to Hitler – only to be dramatically betrayed. What made them risk it all?I grew up in a house where nothing German was allowed. No Siemens dishwasher or Krups coffee machine in the kitchen, no Volkswagen, Audi or Mercedes in the driveway. The edict came from my mother. She was not a Holocaust survivor, though she had felt the breath of the Shoah on her neck. She was just eight years old on 27 March 1945, when her own mother was killed by the last German V-2 rocket of the war to fall on London, a bomb that flattened a corner of the East End, killing 134 people, almost all of them Jews. One way or another, the blast radius of that explosion would encompass the rest of my mother’s life and much of mine.Of course, she knew that the bomb that fell on Hughes Mansions had not picked out that particular building deliberat...

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66 h. ago ‘Corrupt' housing officers suspected of fraudulently allocating hundreds of east London council homes for cash

Police make arrests amid investigation into four-year east London housing 'scam'

Society

3 d. ago Two arrests after 'several hundred' council homes fraudulently allocated at East London council

Two arrests after 'several hundred' council homes fraudulently allocated at East London council  My London

Society

3 d. ago Murder arrest after two women die five months apart in London

The 40-year-old was first arrested on suspicion of murder on April 1 after Carmenza Trujillo, 53, died in the Aylesbury Estate, south-east London.

Events

3 d. ago Elementary teacher accused of sexually assaulting student at east

Elementary teacher accused of sexually assaulting student at east-London school  CBC

Society

3 d. ago 'Corrupt' housing officers suspected of huge east London council homes scam

'Corrupt' housing officers suspected of huge east London council homes scam  London Evening Standard

Society

3 d. ago Revealed: 'Corrupt' housing officers suspected of allocating hundreds of east London council homes for cash

Police make arrests amid investigation into four-year east London housing 'scam'

Society

3 d. ago Justin Bieber drops SWAG II album after teasing project in east London

The Sorry singer released his eighth studio album on Thursday as a follow-up to SWAG, the LP he dropped in July

Politics

3 d. ago Moment woman suspected of racking up £3k in unpaid train fares snared in east London

Moment woman suspected of racking up £3k in unpaid train fares snared in east London  London Evening Standard

Economics

3 d. ago Moment woman suspected of racking up £3,000 in unpaid train fares over 400 journeys is snared in east London

The woman allegedly used a card to dodge paying for a ticket in London more than 400 times

Economics

3 d. ago David Bowie's final project unearthed as notes from '18th century musical' to go on show in east London

Bowie’s notes have been donated to the V&A Museum along with the rest of Bowie’s archive

Culture

3 d. ago ‘Our songs last three minutes but they feel like an hour’: the return of Spinal Tap – an exclusive that goes up to 11!

Over 40 years since This is Spinal Tap was mistaken for a comedy, its hard-rocking subjects are back in a legally obligated sequel. Our writer heads to smell the gloveSpinal Tap are remembering the old days. It was 1966, and the young beat group from Squatney in east London – still, at that point, the Thamesmen – were honing their act in the tough clubs of the Benelux circuit. A young band from Britain could learn a lot, facing up to riotous crowds of Dutch, Flemings, Walloons and Luxembourgers. What lessons did Tap take from that year?“If you speak really loudly, it’s all right if you don’t have any of the local language,” says David St Hubbins, Tap’s leonine lead singer. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago A Charming New Pub Brings Indian and East African Flavors From London to Santa Monica

A Charming New Pub Brings Indian and East African Flavors From London to Santa Monica  Eater Los Angeles

Politics

4 d. ago Justin Bieber teases another album as 'SWAG II' billboards appear across London

Following the release of Justin Bieber's new album SWAG and its success, bright pink billboards have appeared across East London and fans believe part two could be on its way

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