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In the busy Kitchen Table Cafe on the Barking Road sits a man tapping away on his iPad.

This is Stephen Timms and the handheld gadget, a present from the British Computer Society after he was stabbed last year, has already made headlines when the Labour MP for East Ham was one of the very first to use the technology in the House of Commons.

Workers, police and politicians are beginning to tackle the mess left by a third night of rioting across the capital.

Town centres such as Woolwich, East Ham and Lewisham saw major clashes as looters took advantage of stretched police numbers while smaller scale criminal activity broke out in Canning Town and Stratford.

The East End was originally considered to be the district outside the medieval walled City of London, north of the river.

Today such an area would consist of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets with some of the southern part of Hackney.

The woman who was convicted of attempting to murder East Ham MP Stephen Timms has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 15 years.

Roshonara Choudhry, 21, pictured here moments before attacking Mr Timms at constituency surgery at the Beckton Globe, had been found guilty by a jury at the Old Bailey on Tuesday.

Aspiring female entrepreneurs need not feel daunted when looking for advice thanks to The Women's Business Centre in Newham.

Gill Fennings-Monkman who was recently made an MBE, runs the UK's first dedicated women's business centre, providing training and coaching for women who are starting or growing their businesses.

Stephen Timms has left hospital as he continues his recovery following last week's attack.

The East Ham MP was discharged from the Royal London on Wedesday afternoon. He is now resting at his family home in Norfolk but said to be keen to "resume his constituency duties".

Party leaders have joined forces to speak of their shock after last week's stabbing of Labour MP Stephen Timms.

The MP for East Ham is still in hospital after he was attacked at a constituency meeting last Friday.

The MP for East Ham is being treated in hospital after he was stabbed in the stomach at a constituency event earlier this afternoon.

Stephen Timms, whose injuries are not said to be life threatening, is receiving treatment at the Royal London Hospital.

Labour have come out second best in the national polls but residents in Docklands are still awaiting news on who will represent them for the next Parliamentary term.

The only result so far known in the local region is in Greenwich and Woolwich where Labour's Nick Raynsford held on to his seat despite a 5.1 per cent swing towards Conservative.

Live at the G20

East London MP Stephen Timms, pictured, welcomed journalists to the Excel Centre for the London Summit on Thursday morning.

The financial secretary to the treasury, who is also MP for East Ham, said it was a huge boost for the region to host an event which will see an agreement on the world's "biggest fiscal expansion".