8 h. ago Uber has revealed plans to run trains to Europe from Stratford in east London

Uber has revealed plans to run trains to Europe from Stratford in east London  Time Out

Politics

9 h. ago This east London borough is officially the city’s worst place for bicycle thefts

This east London borough is officially the city’s worst place for bicycle thefts  Time Out

Politics

12 h. ago UK's richest street outside of London where homes cost a staggering £8million

The UK's most expensive street outside of London has been revealed as East Road in Weybridge, Surrey, where houses cost an eye-watering £8 million on average

Economics

35 h. ago Serial killer's 'death bath' where six victims' bodies were brutally dismembered

John Childs, who called himself the 'East London Butcher', would shoot his victims before dismembering them in the bathtub of his flat in Poplar, with one victim being just 10 years old

Events

36 h. ago Thousands of east London families to receive school uniform grant

Tower Hamlets has set aside £3million over the next three years for the grants

Politics

39 h. ago East London man wins back ownership of farm after long legal battle

East London man wins back ownership of farm after long legal battle  Daily Maverick

Events

42 h. ago The hilarious results if south east London’s busiest roads had a personality

The hilarious results if south east London’s busiest roads had a personality  This Is Local London

Transport

54 h. ago East London gangsters sent drug addict into police station in hopeless ruse to get Nokia burner phone back

East London gangsters sent drug addict into police station in hopeless ruse to get Nokia burner phone back  MyLondon

Events

68 h. ago They knock on the door, claim to be cleaners then snatch jewellery worth thousands. Inside the Romanian gangs targeting London's most desirable homes

In a terraced street in the suburbs of East London a young couple were locked in a heated discussion. To those who overheard them, it would have sounded like a familiar argument.

Events

3 d. ago East London council unveils major changes to housing service saying 'we know we got this wrong'

East London council unveils major changes to housing service saying 'we know we got this wrong'  MyLondon

Politics

3 d. ago ‘We trusted them’: East End fishmongers take on the City to save ancient markets

Campaigners say permanent closure of Smithfield and Billingsgate will affect livelihoods and limit access to quality produceIt is a mismatched contest: a handful of east London fishmongers taking on the phenomenally wealthy City of London Corporation.But the market traders and a food poverty charity have teamed up to battle City of London Corporation over its plans to close the capital’s ancient fish and meat markets for good. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Your favourite podcast is now a video – but are vodcasts the future, or just ‘crap telly’?

Successful podcasters are filming their shows, putting traditional platforms under pressure. Does it add value or reflect YouTube’s increasing might?It is four in the afternoon at Pellicci’s, a family-run cafe on Bethnal Green Road in London that has been an East End institution for 125 years. Its famously loudmouthed owners, British-Italian siblings Nevio and Anna, have been serving fry-ups, soups, pasta and jam roly-polies since eight this morning. The cafe is now closed, but Anna and Nevio are just getting started on their second job as hosts of the podcast series Down the Caff, in which they interview people about food and life over a meal of the guest’s choosing. The conversations are sweary, chaotic and an absolute hoot.Their guests so far include actor and Pellicci’s regular Ray Winstone, Dexys’ Kevin Rowland, rapper Hak Baker and 86-year-old YouTuber Marge Keefe, AKA Grime Gran. Today’s interviewees are TikTok star John Fisher, AKA Big John, and his son, the boxer Johnny Fis...

Politics

5 d. ago East London 'master forgers' who made £1 million supplying fake IDs to criminals jailed for six years

Bilal Iqbal and Ummad Ahmed sold more than 40,000 fake documents over an eight-year period

Economics

5 d. ago Pete Townshend remakes Quadrophenia for a new generation: ‘The world is a dangerous place at the moment’

It may be set 60 years ago, but a new ballet version of The Who’s rock opera asks questions about youth, society and masculinity that still resonate – and it brought its original creator to tearsDeckchairs fly, arms clash, bodies launch into the air as mods and rockers engage in a fierce Brighton seafront battle. But in this east London dance studio – with Zaha Hadid’s Olympic swimming pool visible through the window – young performers in sports socks, joggers and baggy T-shirts are reimagining the Who’s seminal document of the mid-60s Quadrophenia as ballet.Isn’t this 1973 album an unlikely subject for dance? We’ve recently had Black Sabbath: The Ballet, and Message in a Bottle set to Sting, so why not? After all, Quadrophenia is theatrical at its roots. “The closest thing to a grand opera I’ll ever write,” says the Who’s guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend. Set in 1965, the story of disaffected young mod Jimmy looking for meaning in life via music, amphetamines ...

Politics

5 d. ago The south east London pie and mash shop making noise with legendary food challenge

The south east London pie and mash shop making noise with legendary food challenge  News Shopper

Politics

6 d. ago Boys aged 14 and 15 deny launching chair 50 feet off top floor of Westfield Stratford shopping centre in internet prank

The boys, aged 14 and 15, were arrested after a viral video showed the incident at Westfield, east London , on March 1, where a chair was thrown and narrowly missed shoppers walking below.

Economics

6 d. ago Could Stratford replace St Pancras as the gateway to Europe?

Exclusive: ’We think it's a bit of a jewel in the crown’ says Gemini Trains CEO Adrian Quine

Politics

6 d. ago Hackney Half marathon in pictures as 25,000 people race through iconic streets

The Hackney Moves festival took place in east London at the weekend, with more than 60,000 people enjoying the event

Sport

6 d. ago Residents 'trapped in flats' for week after lifts at iconic East London towerblock breaks down

Tenants in Balfron Tower, including those with disabilities, have claimed they are living in a ‘death trap’

Politics

6 d. ago Warning over chicken salad sold by major supermarket after woman finds COCKROACH

After tucking into her chicken ceasar salad meal, 23-year-old Amberleigh Webb from east London, said she saw the bug and 'screamed'.

Events