http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-31701-east-london/topic-rss.do East London RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/restaurants/review-23643413-friendly-vibe-at-ja-cafe.do The J&A Cafe felt friendly, local and very cosy with that villagey atmosphere London does so well. 2009-02-16T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23643412-forget-mega-projects---now-is-the-time-to-improve-local-london.do Crossrail, the Olympic park, the East London line extension: London's grands projets would appear to have come into their own in the new era of Keynesian spending on public projects 2009-02-16T08:43:15Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23640118-east-london-railway-extension-to-clapham-is-given-the-go-ahead.do The planned extension of the East London rail line has been given the go-ahead by Boris Johnson and Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon 2009-02-12T08:49:32Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23637367-dozens-of-bean-counters-but-nobody-in-charge-of-snow-chaos.do The list of top jobs provided to the Standard includes many with apparently overlapping job titles and descriptions 2009-02-09T10:25:19Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23611355-mayor-london-can-benefit-from-recession.do The Mayor has urged Londoners to see past the gloomy economic outlook for this year 2009-01-05T09:34:39Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23606403-ba-returns-to-fray-at-city-airport-with-11-jets.do British Airways takes the dogfight over East London to new levels after announcing the £240 million acquisition of 11 new state-of-the-art jets for City Airport 2008-12-22T09:44:47Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23594988-loud-suit-for-nick-cave.do Nick Cave's fad for noise before beauty will surely pass. Flaws, warts and all, he remains a master. 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23592628-thames-gateway-will-miss-target-for-160000-homes.do The Thames Gateway project will fail to meet Labour's target of 160,000 new homes by 2016, the Government's own regeneration chief predicted 2008-11-26T08:32:40Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23589160-boris-begs-for-cash-to-rescue-south-london-rail-link.do A crucial extension of a major rail link through south London is facing the axe in a dispute over funding 2008-11-19T09:11:39Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23588993-now-for-the-east-london-line.do Judging from the Prime Minister's rhetoric after the G20 summit, governments should be spending their way out of recession 2008-11-19T09:02:17Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23586253-migrant-builders-threat-to-olympic-skills-legacy.do Promises of a "skills legacy" from the London Olympics were in doubt as it emerged that 20,000 migrant workers had registered for jobs in the main 2012 borough in th past year 2008-11-13T09:17:44Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23583018-boris-scraps-3billion-of-kens-transport-projects-for-london.do Plans for £3billion worth of new transport links across London have been scrapped because of a lack of funding, the Evening Standard has learned 2008-11-06T10:15:49Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23573064-capital-projects-for-recession.do UNEMPLOYMENT is on the rise again. Today's figures from the Office of National Statistics are likely to show an increase to 1.75 million; some economists think that by Christmas it may rise to the psychologically significant figure of two million. This is not just a short-term result of the crisis in the banks but the result of a slowdown in manufacturing and services too. 2008-10-15T08:41:12Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23572381-nhs-champions-dedicated-support-gives-hope-to-those-losing-their-sight.do Jo Driscoll works with visually impaired patients who need special help and practical advice 2008-10-14T07:36:24Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23531306-crossrail-bill-set-to-soar-by-4billion-say-experts.do Fresh fears over the future of Crossrail emerged as building costs threatened to soar by up to £4 billion 2008-08-12T14:38:19Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23530726-torture-of-olympic-addiction-is-bringing-tears-of-joy-to-my-eyes.do 2008-08-11T08:24:43Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23517429-pete-doherty-faces-arrest-after-he-misses-court-date-again.do Magistrates have issued a warrant for the arrest of troubled rocker Pete Doherty today after he failed to attend a court hearing on criminal damage charges - for the second time. 2008-07-17T14:20:31Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23516663-helen-mirren-the-bikini-queen-reigns-supreme-at-63.do Dame Helen looked fabulous as she holidayed in Puglia, on the southern tip of Italy, with her film director husband Taylor Hackford, 63. 2008-07-15T22:54:32Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23516394-laing-orourke-shakes-off-uk-gloom-with-gulf-jewels.do Laing O'Rourke says it is seeing off the current slump in the British and European construction industries through contracts to work on some of the most opulent residential developments in the Gulf 2008-07-15T08:44:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23493246-not-ready-for-my-close-up-tipsy-agyness-deyn-legs-it-home-after-a-night-on-the-tiles.do Model of the moment Agyness Deyn can pull off almost any look, but worse for wear isn't one of them. 2008-06-10T09:13:08Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23492815-amys-husband-faces-jail-as-he-admits-to-attack-on-pub-landlord-and-perverting-course-of-justice.do The husband of Amy Winehouse is facing a lengthy prison sentence after admitting brutally beating a pub landlord and trying to pervert the course of justice 2008-06-09T12:52:32Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23488232-a-bridge-too-complicated.do This was not the first time that Bridge GE19 - to give it its official title - has caused trouble 2008-05-29T08:53:27Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23487984-100-gp-sites-facing-axe-under-polyclinic-plans.do Londoners are being conned into accepting hospital closures under plans to develop "polyclinics", an NHS expert claims 2008-05-28T09:41:30Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23486532-commuter-rail-franchise-to-go-to-safest-bidder.do One of London's biggest rail franchises went out to tender with train bosses told to come up with dramatic improvements in order to win the right to run services from Victoria 2008-05-22T08:04:39Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23477789-from-dr-nikki-to-emilia-foxy---the-silent-witness-star-talks-about-her-strip-club-lessons.do It is the sort of look that might stir even the corpses she normally presides over. This is Silent Witness star Emilia Fox, wearing nothing more than leather boots and skimpy lingerie, in a raunchy scene from her new film Cashback, to be released on May 9 2008-04-13T01:31:05Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23475690-curbishley-in-limbo-as-owner-calls-for-wage-cut.do Alan Curbishley faces a major headache following decision to cut wage bill at West Ham 2008-04-08T09:25:14Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23474183-hammers-in-talks-over-training-hq.do West Ham are close to deciding on the site of a new training ground 2008-04-04T08:47:07Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23453966-comment-architects-of-ppp-prosper-and-we-face-17bn-bill.do To say that Metronet is a disgrace is an understatement, yet like so many fiascos that beset our public life, those who were instrumental in the spectacular foul-up have not suffered a jot 2008-03-13T09:51:42Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23447906-we-dont-need-this-olympics-mosque.do A leading Muslim figure has spoken out against plans for a 12,000-seat mosque next to the Olympic site 2008-03-04T08:45:49Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23440738-stations-shut-each-week-because-of-tube-crush.do London Underground was forced to close and evacuate at least one Tube station every week last year as it struggled to cope with overcrowding 2008-02-22T08:32:53Z