“OH NO – not a second one.” That was the immediate reaction of thousands of East Enders on hearing that another little boy has died at school after suffering an allergic reaction to dairy food. It was bad enough that ...

Hanna-Mariam Chowdhury BBC Radio 4 will be commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India in 1947. This will include an exciting dramatic revival of Salman Rushdie’s award-winning Midnight’s Children, which is due to be broadcast on the birthday of Partition ...

Many words have been spoken about the terrible events at London Bridge. Here’s a collage of news and quotes from across East London. Police investigations after the attack have focussed on Barking. The first raid came on a flat in ...

JEREMY CORBYN has announced that he will be appearing in person on the TV General Election debate to be held this evening. Corbyn had initially indicated that he would not appear on the TV debates, as Theresa May had refused ...

THERESA MAY goes into the General Election able to confirm that since she has become Prime Minister, net immigration has begun to fall. It didn’t fall while she was the Home Secretary responsible – but she may not want to ...

CORONER MARY HASSELL has found that if staff at Bow School had administered an emergency EpiPen, there was a “possibility but not a probability” that Nasar may have been saved. The Coroner was speaking at the end of an inquest ...

Labour’s John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, has commented on the death of Bow School pupil Nasar Ali. Nasar was taken ill at school on Thursday, 10th November and passed away in the Royal London Hospital on Monday, 14th November. ...

This evening, the sad news was released that Nasar Ahmed lost his fight for life and passed away at 5.30pm today in the Royal London Hospital. We send our condolences to his family and friends. •To read our original story ...

Six hundred workers at Travis Perkins – 2% of its workforce – have been told that they have lost their jobs after the UK’s largest builders merchant closed 30 stores. The news comes as news broke that unemployment in the ...

UK taxpayers are to fund the erection of a “keep the refugees out” wall in Calais, Home Office Minister Robert Godwill has confirmed. Building will begin any day. The wall, which will be 4 metres high, will seal the last ...