10 h. ago Oasis hit by complaints just months before upcoming reunion tour

Liam and Noel Gallagher were hit with complaints by locals during a one of their rehearsal sessions in east London as they felt the noise levels were far too loud

Society

15 h. ago Ambulance service and NHS trust admit failures over death of musician

Ebow Graham died after falling out of a third-storey window in east London in April 2020 following a psychotic episodeAn ambulance service and an NHS trust have admitted breaching their duty of care over the death of Ebow Graham, a founding member of the hip-hop group Foreign Beggars.Graham, 40, died after falling out of a third-storey window in Clapton, east London in April 2020 following a psychotic episode. Hours earlier London ambulance paramedics had dismissed his friends’ concerns about his behaviour. And a crisis call handler from East London NHS trust also failed to properly assess his risk or arrange an urgent mental health assessment within the recommended time. Continue reading...

Events

33 h. ago ‘I like the weird and the offbeat’: the rise of the UK property guardians

Older people from more diverse backgrounds are now taking advantage of reduced rents in often unusual spacesA top-floor, open plan property in a trendy east London neighbourhood would be expected to set you back thousands of pounds a month, but Luke Williams is paying just a fraction of that.The 45-year-old programme manager is one of a growing number of professionals turning to property guardianship – a housing arrangement where people can live in vacant buildings in exchange for reduced rent. Continue reading...

Politics

53 h. ago ‘The Lord was looking out for us here’: East London church narrowly escapes major damage

‘The Lord was looking out for us here’: East London church narrowly escapes major damage  CTV News

Events

61 h. ago Police launch robbery blitz at London Tube stations after pregnant woman is punched by phone snatcher in latest shocking attack

The Standard joins British Transport Police officers on patrol at two busy stations in east London

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3 d. ago ‘Oh my God sir, you’re on Love Island!’ What happens to teachers who do reality TV?

How do you control a class of kids after the whole nation’s watched you backstabbing on The Traitors, snogging strangers on Love Island or starving half to death on Hunted? Three teachers reveal allWhen English teacher Joe Scott used to sign homework planners, it was because students were in trouble. But things changed in January, when the Southampton-based secondary schoolteacher appeared in the latest series of the BBC reality show The Traitors. Pupils started voluntarily pressing their planners into his hands – for autographs. “It felt funny,” says the 38-year-old. “It was such a juxtaposition.”Teachers have always gone on reality TV – but they haven’t always come off well. In 2001, a contestant on the second series of Big Brother was fired from her job at an east London girls’ school after her towel slipped on air. Six years later in 2007, parents complained after an American elementary school teacher missed 22 days of work to appear on The Bachelor. Just last year, a Canadian e...

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3 d. ago Terrifying moment woman is robbed at knifepoint outside her east London home is caught on her OWN Ring doorbell

Police are investigating the terrifying ordeal after a woman was ambushed by a black-clad knifeman outside her flat on Reginald Road, Deptford.

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3 d. ago Kokin: new woodfired Japanese restaurant to host dedicated bluefin tuna nights

The chef Daisuke Shimoyama has announced an enormous new project in East London

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3 d. ago Excel conference centre in east London to host 200mph Formula E 'eco Grand Prix' race for another year

50,000 spectators attended two days of racing in the Royal Docks last year

Sport

4 d. ago Baby bitten by bed bugs as young family stuck in 'house of horrors' in south east London

London family say they have had to endure widespread bed bug infestation, mould and mice in their studio flat

Society

4 d. ago The south east London schools offering FREE breakfast clubs for children

The south east London schools offering FREE breakfast clubs for children  News Shopper

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4 d. ago Widow who broke neck after husband's death to run London Marathon

Widow who broke neck after husband's death to run London Marathon  East Anglian Daily Times

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5 d. ago Running the London Marathon for Prostate Cancer. Read Phil Thomas's Blog

Running the London Marathon for Prostate Cancer. Read Phil Thomas's Blog  London South East

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6 d. ago Large fire rips through two homes in block of flats in east London

Large fire rips through two homes in block of flats in east London  London Evening Standard

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6 d. ago 100 firefighters tackle blaze at flats in Aldgate, east London

100 firefighters tackle blaze at flats in Aldgate, east London  Sky News

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6 d. ago Huge fire engulfs two flats in east London block with 100 firefighters sent to scene

Two flats on the sixth and seventh floor of the building in Leman Street in Aldgate were on fire

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6 d. ago Aldgate fire: Blaze rips through two homes in block of flats in east London

A fire at an east London flat quickly spread into the property above

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6 d. ago ‘We went on London’s roughest pub crawl – what happened left us red

EXCLUSIVE: After a YouTuber dubbed four East End boozers 'London's roughest pub crawl', it only felt fair to journey to these establishments ourselves to find out what really goes on

Politics

6 d. ago East London boroughs ranked from best to worst for how good it is to live there

East London boroughs ranked from best to worst for how good it is to live there  Romford Recorder

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7 d. ago Neighbours' fury over man's 'jungle' garden so overgrown it engulfs front of his home

Edward Sheehan has been hauled to court and fined nearly £2,000 for the state of his front and back garden in Dagenham, east London.

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