Rabina Khan – known to us in Tower Hamlets as Cllr Khan, Member for Shadwell and Cabinet Member for Housing and Development – was named Hero of the Year at the European Diversity Awards on 2nd October. The award was ...

Tower Hamlets Council has been working with partners in the health service and the community to help people join the national “Stopober” initiative and stop smoking. Smoking accounts for over 100,000 deaths in the UK each year and it is ...

The World Land Trust (WLT), the international conservation charity, is putting the spotlight on big cats during Big Cat Big Match Fortnight in October. During the first two weeks of October, donations to WLT’s Big Cat Appeal will be matched ...

East India Youth isn’t actually from East India – he’s only borrowed the name, as that is where he lives now and where he makes his music.  Nonetheless it’s great to get a local name check in the Mercury prize ...

Pale tell us that they have just taken nine months off to write music. ELN’s music reviewer is away this week, so we had to get the old curmudgeon in the office to listen to their new tracks – who ...

Emdad Rahman The English Cricket Board has announced the shortlist for the twelfth annual NatWest Outstanding Service to Cricket Awards. BBC Commentator Jonathan Agnew will host an esteemed event of 400 guests next week, which will see eight OSCAs presented. ...

Several months ago we published the link (http://eastlondonnews.co.uk/having-a-wales-of-a-time/) to a Guardian video showing Robin Wales discussing housing issues with one of his constituents.  We speculated that Sir Robin had probably just come back from a customer care course. Now it seems ...

Police in Barking and Dagenham are keen to identify a man who is wanted for questioning in connection with a shoplifting incident at commercial premises on Merrielands Crescent, Dagenham. The suspect entered the location on Monday, 4th August and stole a ...

On Friday, 3rd October around 500 experts from London tech and business industries are expected to bed down for the night in Potters Fields Park. They will be joined by staff from hundreds of similar companies who will sleep rough ...

Drinking and driving will often lead to tragedy, with devastating consequences for the driver or an innocent victim. Behind the tragedy will be an insurance company picking up the pieces, paid for by the mass of motorists who do not ...