It’s 40 years since 10cc released their fourth album – the last with the original line up all working together. Rock ‘n’ roll lullaby is a number you catch yourself humming days later. The lyrics tell it like it is ...

We have a fantastic National Health Service which helps ill people get better. It is underfunded. We also have a Public Health Service, run by Councils, which helps people not get ill in the first place. That is also underfunded ...

Detective Inspector Glenn Butler said: “I need to hear from anyone who saw anything suspicious in the Plaistow area on Thursday night, or from anyone who has information about the shooting. Shootings on the streets of London are rare, and the ...

Boris Johnson defends smoking, downplays the risks of passive smoking and says it was OK for him to break the law and use cannabis but no one else should. Who would follow that advice? So why would anyone take his suggestions ...

Hackney South MP Meg Hillier has accused the Government of taking too little responsibility for ensuring that schools have enough trained teachers. Ms Hillier was speaking as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, which has released a report identifying that ...

Muhammad Ismael East London News writer Emdad Rahman has been rewarded for his voluntary work with recognition from the Barking & Dagenham Volunteer Bureau as part of The Big Celebration – Volunteers’ Week 2016. Volunteers’ Week is an annual celebration of ...

Shampan Restaurant Limited, the company which runs the Shampan restaurant on Brick Lane, has been fined £3,757.50 – and one of its directors, Rukeya Haque, has been fined £1,220. The penalties arise out of a charge of “exposing and selling ...

Islamic Relief UK is adding a little extra spice to its mailings during Ramadan: one envelope will contain a golden ticket entitling the lucky recipient to a free Umrah trip for two people. The Umrah trip has been provided by ...

Uncertainty over the UK’s economic future is suspected to be the reason for a recent drop in house prices in London and the South-East, claim surveyors – who predict that prices are likely to start falling in the South-West and ...

Muiddin Mire has been found guilty of attempted murder following an incident which took place at the end of last year. Mire staged a frenzied attack in the Tube station’s ticket hall, during which two passengers were injured and a ...