On 6th December, the far right Front National (FN) came first in half the regions in mainland France in the first round of the regional elections. Tonight, a week later, as the polls close at the end of the second ...

Two Muslim men sit on a train, minding their own business. A white fellow passenger starts abusing them. “I’ll defeat you,” he says, “whatever it takes.” He goes on. “Jihad bastards” – and a few more similar phrases. “Bring it ...

The Crow’s Egg shows us a slice of life – literally! – from India today, but that slice has a theme which will be recognised wherever poor people are exploited by the rich. In other words, it is universal. The ...

Silence is complicity: so today it is time for you to take a few minutes to help save lives and make the world a safer place. In the coming week, the Government seems certain to ask the House of Commons ...

Serafino is set to change football Emdad Rahman A number of footballing icons attended the European Launch of The Serafino 4th Edge boot which is set to revolutionise football. As the stars descended on the capital to support the innovative new footwear, it was ...

This new play tells the story of a family dealing with the grief of losing their mother. Tree and Ree Etienne are laying their mother to rest when an unwelcome arrival at the graveside intrudes on their grief. It’s Bo, their ...

Olympic star returns to Stratford Emdad Rahman Team GB Olympian and gold medal swimming star Rebecca Adlington paid a visit to the former Athletes’ Village, now East Village, three years on from London 2012. Adlington spent a day visiting and meeting ...

Sophie McCallum, 25, from Lewisham, is putting on her war paint and appealing to mums, daughters, grans, friends and colleagues to unite and form a “pink army” at the Race for Life events taking place across the capital this year. ...

ELN  is back in the Excel aircraft-hangar. There’s two counts today: the Stepney Green Ward by-election and the Mayor of Tower Hamlets by-election. We’ll update this story with news as it occurs: keep checking back. We are hoping to have ...

  [Adverts] Please switch over to Part 3: https://eastlondonnews.co.uk/almost-live-from-the-count-part-3/   02.15  Meanwhile the TV in the press pen announces that Cathy Jamieson (a former left wing Labour MP) has suffered a massive swing against her and lost her seat – Jim ...