The campaign to halt Nazi Nick Griffin’s ambition of winning a seat in the general election took off last Sunday. The BNP leader plans to stand in Barking, east London.
Unite union members at East London Bus Group’s (ELBG) garage in Upton Park have voted by 182 to six in an indicative ballot to say they would strike if drivers on routes 300 and 325 are transferred to other companies.
A man who died in police custody in south east London shouted "I can’t breathe, you’re killing me" as officers detained him before his death, a coroner’s court heard last week.
Two young women who took part in protests in solidarity with Gaza in January last year have been sentenced to 15 months in prison for "vandalising a branch of Starbucks".