It’s election night in 1979 and in an east London police station DS Karn and DC Wilby are eagerly awaiting the "new dawn" that will accompany Margaret Thatcher’s victory.
The latest battle against cuts in higher education kicked off last week when management at Middlesex University in north London announced plans to shut down the university's philosophy department.
Campaigners for the Whittington hospital in north London were holding a day of action today in jubilant mood today as health secretary Andy Burnham was forced to confirm that vital services there would not be axed.
Hundreds of construction workers from the Olympic site joined a Workers' Memorial Day lunchtime rally in Stratford, east London today. It was one of a series of protests around the country.