As Socialist Worker went to press, workers at Ambala Foods in Stratford, east London, seemed close to reaching a settlement in their seven-week long battle for decent pay.
Janet Alder’s civil case against police officers involved in the death of her brother Christopher has been adjourned until December, following a short hearing in London last week. A similar case brought by Christopher’s two sons has also been put back to that date.
Two hundred students at Cardinal Wiseman High School, west London, walked around their local shopping area in Greenford before half term with placards and banners in support of the Make Poverty History campaign.
Growing up in a working class area in South London, 22 year old Swiss began his musical career as an MC in a group called 2 Hype 2 Young with Sef, Mr Shabz, Megaman and Kaish.
Babar Ahmad, the south London IT worker who faces extradition to the US on trumped up "terrorism" charges, has hit out at the court decision last month to proceed with his extradition.
Fight to save fire engine
Firefighters and their supporters will flood the streets in east London next Tuesday in protest at life-threatening cuts to the service.