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January 14 2013, 12.47PM Inside Croydon
Bridge to nowhere opens and offers a stairway to heaven
It is seven days now since the £22 million bridge at the north end of the platforms at East Croydon station was opened, at least partially. The vid...
January 11 2013, 2.36PM EastLondonLines
Budget draft proposal described as ‘scandalous’
A London Assembly Member has questioned Boris Johnson’s decision to increase overall travel fares in London above the rate of inflation. John Biggs...
January 10 2013, 2.26PM Inside Croydon
Would you risk your life reporting serious crime in a Tesco?
Crime figures are certain to fall in the next few years, according to a serving policeman. Why? Because the cross-London cuts proposed by Boris Joh...
January 9 2013, 6.34PM Inside Croydon
Boris to close all but one police station in Croydon
If you still had any lingering doubt that our elected representatives are too often taking the public for a (very expensive) ride, then a brief exc...
January 2 2013, 11.00PM Hackney Citizen
London Mayor to meet Dalston campaigners over ‘gated community’ fears
Boris Johnson to address local concerns over eight storey 'gated' development proposals
May 4 2012, 7.50AM EastLondonLines
Tories scent Mayoral victory in London as count begins
Electronic counting for the Mayoral and Greater London Assembly elections takes place today and despite the Tories taking a battering across the co...
April 27 2012, 9.15AM Greenwich.co.uk
London mayoral elections: Boris Johnson answers your questions
Boris Johnson, candidate for the London mayoralty, has answered the questions submitted to him by Greenwich.co.uk readers… What are you going...
April 10 2012, 2.27PM Democracy4Stoke
Elected city mayors: the delusions and dangers of power freak politics
A comfy consensus has been reached on the merits of elected mayors, despite an absence of any real debate on the issue
April 3 2012, 2.55PM Fitzrovia News
London mayoral candidates election debate live on LBC
By News Reporters The Mayoral candidates appeared on London radio station LBC 97.3 this morning in the first live debate of the campaign. You can s...
October 18 2011, 3.42PM EastLondonLines
Millwall FC to get new station
Millwall Football Club will finally get connected with the East London Line, as the plans for Surry Canal Road Station are back on track. For the p...
September 21 2011, 9.33PM Hackney Citizen
Ken Livingstone on riots, debt and the end of the world
Labour's London mayoral candidate has offered a group of sixth form students his recipe for reviving the capital
August 14 2011, 10.07AM EastLondonLines
Hundreds march through riot areas demanding a ‘better future’ for London’s young people
Hundreds of people marched from Dalston to Tottenham on Saturday in a gesture of community solidarity following last week’s riots. Youth work...
August 12 2011, 11.59PM Hackney Citizen
Boris Johnson says London riots “are not a simple issue.â€
London's Tory Mayor has said that the riots' "background field of causation" is "very, very, various."
July 27 2011, 10.55AM Hackney Citizen
London 2012: Olympic flame will be lit in one year’s time, but still much to do
IOC hail progress as Tom Daley dives into Aquatics Centre pool, completed on time and budget
June 5 2011, 8.38AM Hackney Citizen
Young Londoners still don’t feel police are on their side
Boris Johnson has given youth violence a high profile, but needs to ask whether stop-and-search does more harm than good
May 31 2011, 1.55PM EastLondonLines
Local children welcome Fund for Young Musicians
Boris Johnson has launched the Mayor of London’s Fund for Young Musicians. Talented young musicians will benefit from a £2 million fund for musi...
May 17 2011, 10.42PM Hackney Citizen
London Olympics’ ticketing process is peculiar, says Boris Johnson
Mayor comments come amid concerns over applicants being deducted money weeks before finding out what tickets they'll get
May 9 2011, 8.25PM Hackney Citizen
London Living Wage: a message from the Mayor of London
Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone are both trying to claim ownership of the London Living Wage campaign
April 27 2011, 11.19AM EastLondonLines
The new East London Line, its many owners and a tricky third rail
A year ago today the East London Line opened from Dalston to New Cross and ELL was there to witness it. For Goldsmiths staff and students the openi...
April 27 2011, 10.49AM EastLondonLines
London celebrates the first anniversary of the new East London Line – and the future looks bright
Today is the first birthday of the East London Line. The Overground train running from Dalston Junction to New Cross took its first journey on Apri...
April 21 2011, 12.00PM Hackney Citizen
London 2012 Games set to miss green targets
The Olympic Delivery Authority fails to honour key promises to make the Olympics as sustainable as possible
April 19 2011, 10.51AM EastLondonLines
Rhythm of London week launched underground
A week of musical fervour was kicked off on Saturday, with a young man from Tower Hamlets among the 50 young musicians performing at the Busking Un...
February 25 2011, 10.50AM Hackney Citizen
Olympic velodrome opens on time, on budget and is ‘best in the world’
Chris Hoy tips world records as velodrome is first venue in Olympic Park to open – though concerns linger over the others
February 17 2011, 2.34PM EastLondonLines
Leyton Orient stirs the Olympic Stadium debate
The future of the Olympic Stadium have put into doubt again. Leyton Orient Chairman, Barry Hearn, launched on Wednesday a last-ditch campaign to pr...
February 11 2011, 12.25PM EastLondonLines
Hopes rise for Eagles’ return to home ground
The Eagles’ hopes are high for a return to their original home, following the backing of the West Ham stadium bid. It is hoped that the club can ...
February 10 2011, 2.28PM EastLondonLines
West Ham stadium bid backed by Olympic officials
West Ham football club has reportedly won the backing of Olympic officials in the battle for the Olympic stadium after London 2012. Reports said th...
January 25 2011, 5.08PM EastLondonLines
Boris Johnson points to alternatives for ‘super sewer’ site at King’s Stairs Gardens
Boris Johnson has joined a chorus of disapproval on the use of King’s Stairs Gardens as the main shaft site for a ‘super sewer’ under the Tha...
January 19 2011, 4.07PM EastLondonLines
Crime rate on the rise again in Tower Hamlets
Crime in Tower Hamlets is up 3.5% from last year, despite a London-wide reduction, Scotland Yard has reported. The sharp rise marks the end of six ...
January 12 2011, 1.25AM Lurking about SE11
The controversial closure of Offley Works and Starlight Academy's move to Peckham
In March 2009, the Guardian's Dave Hill published a piece on the potential closure of Offley Works, an LDA building in Oval. Offley Works is ...
January 10 2011, 11.33AM Hackney Citizen
An interview with Ken Livingstone
Labour candidate for London mayor talks budgets, students, crime and the Olympics
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