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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Plaistow - The Untold Story

Parents of boy who died in tower block fall were ‘terrified’ about windows

Five-year-old Aalim Ahmed died instantly when he fell from a kitchen window, which could tilt and turn, at Jacobs House in Plaistow, east London.

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Autistic boy, five, died after jumping from ‘compromised’ window in 15th-floor flat, coroner says

Aalim Ahmed died instantly when he fell from a kitchen window, which could tilt and turn, at a residential block in Plaistow, east London

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Boy, five, died after jumping from ‘compromised’ tower block window

Aalim Ahmed died instantly when he fell from a kitchen window, which could tilt and turn, at Jacobs House in Plaistow, east London.

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Boy, 5, who fell to death from 15th-floor flat ‘could have been trying to reach biscuits’

Aalim Ahmed died after falling from a kitchen window at the residential block in Plaistow, east London in 2024

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10-year-old London schoolboy found after search

The Metropolitan Police said the boy had been found following an earlier appeal

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Labour loses another by-election to pro-Gaza party in Newham

The Newham Independent party achieved a crushing victory to win the Plaistow South seat on Newham Council

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East Ham: 40 firefighters tackle blaze at east London home

Fire crews from Stratford, Poplar, Plaistow, East Ham and Barking rushed to the scene of the blaze

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Plaistow fire: Lithium battery caused east London tower block blaze that sparked evacuations

70 firefighters tackled a blaze at the fifteen-storey block on Plaistow’s Queen’s Road West

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‘We are all concerned’ Locals say mother who abandoned three babies needs support

Plaistow locals react in shock as baby siblings abandoned over a half-mile stretch of east London seven years apart turn out to be related

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Tower block tragedy: Boy, 5, falls to death from 15th floor of Newham high-rise 'after mother complained about unsafe windows'

The child fell out of a window on the 15th floor of Jacobs House on New City Road, Plaistow shortly before 6am

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Man stabbed five times after gang demand phone in horror Plaistow robbery

Victim had run away from attackers before they caught him in east London

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Man dies after fire tears through Plaistow flat

A man has died after a fire ripped through a flat in east London early on Monday.

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Family forced to sleep in single room on blow-up beds as mould and rats destroy home

The Ali family has spent years trying to get the mould and rodent issue in their Plaistow, East London, home sorted but say the problem is now so bad they are living in one room

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Man in court following drag queen story event protest at Tate Britain

Lance O’Connor, 58, of Plaistow, east London, is accused of using threatening words or behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.

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Why I live in Plaistow: theatre director Holly Race Roughan on her international, community-minded east London area

Theatre director Holly Race Roughan had never visited Plaistow before she chose it as a place to live. Here’s why she’s a convert

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Man, 35, charged after 12-year-old boy stabbed in Plaistow

A 35-year-old man has been charged after a 12-year-old boy was stabbed in Plaistow.

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Plaistow: 12-year-old boy stabbed after ‘gang terrorises shop staff’

Detectives have arrested two men after trouble flared at the Red Mini Market

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Where to buy a home: the best-value neighbourhoods for flats and houses in each inner London Tube zone

From Peckham to Plaistow, we’ve scoured the data to pinpoint the neighbourhoods where buyers looking for a flat or a house can find the best value in London’s inner travel zones

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Plaistow: Man charged with murder of Elliot Francique

A man has been charged with the murder of Elliot Francique in east London, the Met Police have confirmed.

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Man arrested in connection with murder of Elliot Francique in Plaistow

Elliot Francique was found stabbed to death inside his bedroom

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Victim of fatal stabbing in Plaistow named as Elliott Francique

Police have urged anyone in the Newham area with information to come forward

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Plaistow: Manhunt continues for ‘brutal’ east London killer

Police are hunting a man in connection with the murder of a 20-year-old who was fatally stabbed in east London.

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Man, 20, found stabbed to death at home in Plaistow

A 20-year-old man has been found knifed to death in a “brutal attack” at a home in east London.

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Plaistow fire: Seven rescued after restaurant set alight

Seven people have been rescued after a fire broke out at a restaurant below a flat in Plaistow, east London.

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