Mike Brooke

The wartime spirit came alive over the weekend at the former RAF Hornchurch air base for two rival Battle of Britain public exhibitions - one of which told the story of performer Max Bygraves.

The 'riot photographer's riot photographer' is staging a six-month exhibition in Shoreditch about the East End’s changing social scene - a story of protest and tragedy.

Anyone fancying a coffee and cake can pop into the Co-op’s funeral parlour in Romford and help raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Andria Lawrence was a TV star in her day from On The Buses as Reg Varney’s “bit on the side”— one of many comic roles she was cast in as well as dramas like Coronation Street and a string of films.

The story of hero fighter pilot Jack Stokoe, who was shot down in his burning Spitfire during the 1940 Battle of Britain, is being told at an exhibition on the site of the former RAF Hornchurch base this weekend.

Open days are being set up at four Newham schools to give parents and children a chance to explore the education facilities.

A profoundly deaf woman who dedicated her life to caring for her father who was dying of brain cancer swam two miles in the Serpentine in his memory to help find a cure.

A public health programme tackling inequalities that started in Brent during the Covid crisis has delivered "stunning" results, according to a new report.

A training course on magnetic resonance equipment to record brain activity of patients at King George Hospital has won national recognition.