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East Londoners want Cockney recognised as official language

A group of east Londoners have called for Cockney to be recognised as an official language.

Evening Standard

Residents demand independent inquiry into council’s role before fatal fire

Residents’ association claims Tower Hamlets officials and councillors knew about overcrowding at Maddocks House

The Guardian - UK

Man with ‘deep interest’ in extreme violence accused over cemetery hammer murder

Ranjith Kankanamalage, 50, was found by a member of the public on a path in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park on the morning of August 16 2021

Evening Standard

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Criminal investigation launched into fatal east London flat fire

One man died in fire on 5 March in two-bedroom flat where at least 18 people were living

The Guardian - UK

London council first in country to offer free school meals up to 16

Tower Hamlets is to fund free school meals for all primary and secondary children no matter what their parents earn

Evening Standard

Residents warned council landlord about overcrowded flat before fatal fire

Tower Hamlets council’s failure to stop overcrowding prompts allegation by residents’ association of ‘negligence’

The Guardian - UK

TfL withholding £1m from Tower Hamlets mayor because he may axe LTN road safety schemes

Transport for London is withholding more than £1m from a borough mayor who is considering axing road schemes designed to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists.

Evening Standard

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Tower Hamlets mayor accused of ‘culture war’ against low-traffic schemes

Campaigners criticise Lutfur Rahman as he consults for second time on London borough’s LTNs

The Guardian - UK

Man sentenced for killing roommate with pair of scissors in Tower Hamlets flat

David Cheres launched a brutal attack on Tiparat Argatu in January 2021

Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets schools urge Mayor Lutfur Rahman not to bin road safety schemes

Five heads have written to the Tower Hamlets mayor urging him to retain and improve the traffic-calming measures in and around Old Bethnal Green Road and Columbia Road

Evening Standard

London house prices: only three boroughs saw asking prices rise in January

Only Tower Hamlets, Hammersmith and Camden saw any increase in asking prices this month, while other parts of the UK enjoyed the “green shoots of growth”.

Evening Standard

Family-of-six trapped in mouldy studio flat told they must wait 13 YEARS for bigger home

Mohamed Abubakar, his wife Rasha Al-Buriahi and their four children of whom the youngest is one-year-old, have to eat and sleep in the same room of their overcrowded home in east London

Daily Mirror

Census 2021: Key statistics for housing by local area in England and Wales

The areas with the highest proportion of mortgages are all in the south or east of England.

The Independent UK

Tower Hamlets: Man charged following incident at east London mosque

A man has been charged following reports of a person armed with a knife at a mosque in east London, the Met Police has said.

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Police called in over ‘irregularities’ on vote about future of Brick Lane and Spitalfields

Tower Hamlets council called a referendum last year on the future of the Spitalfields neighbourhood

Evening Standard

Children suffer from ‘dire’ mental health due to poor diets says British Medical Assocation boss

A leading GP warns mental health disorders amongst children and low-income families is on the rise as new project launches to encourage healthy eating

Daily Mirror

Police release CCTV to hunt down owner after 11-year-old girl attacked and mauled by dog

The victim, who was rescued by a passing taxi driver, was treated in hospital for several days after being bitten on her hand and arm while walking to school in Tower Hamlets in September

The Guardian - UK

London council rejects new Chinese embassy amid residents’ safety fears

People living near Tower of London site said largest diplomatic base in UK would put lives at risk

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Chinese bid for ‘super embassy’ rejected by Tower Hamlets council

China bought the 700,000 sq ft complex for £255 million in 2018 and had hoped to redevelop it

Evening Standard

Four men charged in crackdown on drug operations in Tower Hamlets

Officers from Met’s Gangs Task Force executed warrants at five Tower Hamlets properties and on in Peckham

The Guardian - UK

London ‘school street’ at centre of dispute dismantled by council

Tower Hamlets removes play space in long-running row with parents over traffic near primary school

Evening Standard

School street battle: Tower Hamlets council contractors ‘arrive in dead of night’ to axe child safety scheme

Council contractors arrived in the dead of night to move barriers and a play area that formed part of a “school street” in Tower Hamlets.

Evening Standard

Just 1% of bike thefts in London result in a charge or a caution, Met Police figures show

The boroughs of Hackney, Southwark and Tower Hamlets recorded the most thefts

Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets: Man arrested for attempted rape in east London after members of the public intervene

A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault and attempted rape in east London after members of the public intervened in an assault.

Daily Mirror

Fruit and veg prescribed to low-income families in bid to tackle food poverty

Prescribing fruit and veg to people struggling with food affordability could prevent premature death and significantly reduce healthcare costs, experts said

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