Hackney scientist Lucy Ahern is preparing to run the Manchester Marathon to help fund medical research in memory of her best friend from school, who died aged just 23 from brain cancer.
Mums and dads have been rolling their sleeves up to turn a dilapidated annex building at their children’s school into a new community hub after getting £70,000 from the stalled HS2 high-speed national rail project.
Youngsters showed off their business skills when they pitched ideas to Havering’s own ‘Dragons' Den’ to help solve social and environment issues.
Up-and-coming athletes are getting help with their training as part of a sports development programme, with help from Team GB members competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The iconic Thames Barrier has marked four decades of protecting London from the perils of flooding, but may become obsolete by the end of the century, climate experts are warning.
Nurses working on the front line during the height of the Covid crisis have been documented in a new book by a children’s hospital matron and keen photographer.
Plumbing apprentice Daisy Turner has secured a double win in two national competitions for student plumbers.
A public appeal for memories and artefacts is has been launched by the London Zoo to bring its 200-year history to life.
A taste of real Cornish cuisine has arrived in Hackney Wick for a month with top chef Tom Brown turning his restaurant into a West Country farm outlet.
Musicians who have both lost loved ones to brain tumour are staging a special fundraising concert in Upminster for cancer research.
