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This bleakly beautiful trail along the east London stretch of the Thames takes you to the liminal world between past

Lutfur Rahman says anti-immigration protests ‘spreading fear and hate’

Lutfur Rahman said recent anti-immigration protests reminded him of a time when ‘racist abuse was part of our daily life’.

Seamus Jennings is a political cartoonist and illustrator who most recently illustrated our Billingsgate Fish Market feature. Jennings has been

As protests outside the Britannia Hotel reignited debate over immigration, the St. George’s Cross has become a contested symbol in

Councillors voted unanimously to approve building 1,352 student rooms and 208 homes, despite objections that family housing should be prioritised.

After getting the whip withdrawn within just eighteen days of the election, Poplar and Limehouse Labour MP Apsana Begum is

Protests sparked outside a hotel in Canary Wharf after claims it will house asylum seekers, prompting Councillor Bienfait’s counter-protest Tower

Mudchute Farm is seeking a 30-year lease at peppercorn rent, but says council policy only provides leases up to 15

Fifty-eight-year-old grandmother and breast cancer survivor from Bromley-by-Bow, Kate Smith-Coules, is paddling for gold with Team GB at the World

The Teviot Estate will be demolished and replaced with a new development, which could create almost 2,000 homes. Property developer