The Latest Breaking News from East London

In Hackney, the London borough where I live, “hipster” is an essential bit of anthropological vocabulary. For they are everywhere, and come in various subclassifications. But where does this term-of-art, associated closely with East London and the trendier bits of many cities, actually come from? The poppy fields of India,…

The scheme at Winns Primary School in Walthamstow was hailed a success

Sadiq Khan has vetoed plans for a Sphere venue in East London after studies showed it would have an unacceptable negative impact on local residents

East London’s Vicky Park Rangers under-13s are mounting a legal challenge after being turfed out

The 56-year-old from east London has been charged with directing a terrorist organisation

Two East London students choose MIT's fully funded scholarship of £250,000 over Oxford and Cambridge

Back after three years away, the east Londoner is polarised between feelgood summer tracks and bleak reportage – but he makes it all cohere, despite some terrible sex puns

Emergency services raced to the collision in Beckton, East London, and took six people to hospital for their injuries, which were assessed as not life-threatening

Around 100 firefighters battled the blaze which reduced 19 homes to ashes, scorched the earth and left burned-out wrecks of cars in East London last year