The future of Brick Lane hung in the balance this week, as Tory Mayor of London Boris Johnson agreed to take direct control of planning decisions concerning the Bishopsgate Goods Yard, removing the Planning Committees of Hackney and Tower Hamlets ...

Budding writers and illustrators need to get cracking, as entries for the Community Literature Festival must be in this week – by 11th October. The categories are short story, poetic narrations and illustration, and there are great prizes to be ...

Film-makers Close and Remote have been working with Dagenham-based builders Oakleafe ltd to create the Castle of Trades: a unique cross between a castle, a cinema and a van. And this month it’s offering the public a unique film experience – ...

Jane Weaver Oslo Hackney, Thursday, 22nd October (Venue access details awaited.) Jane Weaver has had an amazing Summer of brilliant festival performances. She is performing this headline show at Oslo with support from Tender Prey. To download your free ticket ...

Lucky souls attending the Bronze Final of the Rugby World Cup on 30th October will be to sample a “breakfast of champions” at Signorelli’s in East Village. The artisan bakery/coffee shop has teamed up with elite rugby nutritionist Matt Lovell ...

Here are the results from Week 3 of the Inner London Football League (ILFL) Winter League 2015/16 Premier Division Stepney retain the meanest defence out of all three divisions as they continued their 100% start to their title defence with ...

Emdad Rahman Young journalist Ibrahim Rahman has been shortlisted as a finalist in the “Regional Journalist of the Year” category at this year’s Asian Media Awards. Ibrahim is the first ever nominee of Bangladeshi origin to be shortlisted in this ...

Classical music? That’s just the boring bits of music lessons at school, isn’t it? Well, possibly it is – but what do you do if you want to check out whether your prejudices are true? Where do you put your ...

The National Youth Parliament debate will be held at the House of Commons on 13th November – and young people must vote to set the agenda by this Friday, 9th October. The Young Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Deng Yan San, ...

Emdad Rahman A group of volunteers from Eden Care end of life support have successfully climbed Mount Snowdon. The group took part in the climb to help raise awareness about the group burials fund, gifts for orphans project and the ...