Snaresbrook Tube station's ticket office will be closed on May 18.

Reporters' live updates from counts across east London and west Essex throughout the night

Thousands of people have been kept on the edge of their seats by the hundreds of actors who have trodden the boards at Theatre Royal Stratford East over the years.

Strict conditions have been placed by police on a planned march in Walthamstow by the far-right English Defence League (EDL) and a counter-demonstration due to fears over serious disorder.

Activits have condemned the English Defence League (EDL) ahead of a planned march in Walthamstow, saying the event will unite the community.  

A manhunt has been launched after a teenage girl was sexually assaulted in broad daylight.

No arrests and occupants rehoused.

Polls have opened to millions of voters in the most uncertain General Election for decades, with no party on course to emerge a clear winner.