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The marathon is here again – and Tower Hamlets residents need to prepare for a day of being under siege as we surrender our streets to runners and spectators. Sunday (24th April) is the big day, as over 30,000 competitors ...

It was a proud moment as Nadia’s brightly coloured, three tiered birthday cake stood waiting for the Queen. It was not just that it was (by the look of it) a jolly good cake. It was also that Nadia’s presence ...

The battle to remove images and videos of child abuse from the internet has had a successful year, according to a report issued today (21st April) by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). Often men who are charged with watching abuse on ...

The death has been announced of comedienne Victoria Wood. She had recently been diagnosed with cancer. No further details have yet been revealed. Victoria Wood had her first break on the Esther Rantzen show – a popular Saturday night light ...

The newspapers are full of royal news today – the eve of Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday. Tucked alongside coverage of the sovereign’s longevity is material on the next generations: unusually, the monarch and her next three direct heirs are ...

Activists from environmental pressure group Greenpeace are scaling key monuments across London to place over-sized surgical masks on them to protect them from pollution in the air. Police, ambulance and fire crews attended the various scenes and cordoned off areas ...

Parents will today find out which primary school their children have been given places at. The general public has today found out that the allocation system favours pupils from wealthier families. And we all stand on the brink of a ...

The Government is trying to impose a new contract on junior hospital doctors which will do away with the current system of paying doctors extra to work in the evenings, overnight and on Saturdays. The Government says this will help ...

Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, has delayed taking a decision on the planning application put in by Bishopsgate Goodsyard Regeneration Ltd, the developers who are attempting to build on the Bishopsgate Goodsyard site. The site, just to the north west ...

The death has been announced of Mildred Gordon, former MP of Bow & Poplar. Mildred died last Friday, aged 92. Her funeral will be held next Friday, 22nd April. Mildred was elected MP for Bow & Poplar in 1987 and ...