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City Hall told to allow over 1,500 new homes on Poplar's Aberfeldy Estate

Councillors in Tower Hamlets rejected the scheme in February 2023 - but deputy mayor could overturn that decision

Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2024

Man, 29, dies following collision with car in Poplar

Detectives appeal for witnesses after man arrested at the scene

Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2023

Anaesthetist facing jail for stealing drugs from hospital ‘for sexual activity’

Jonathon Dean, of Poplar, east London, stole the drugs from Whipps Cross Hospital in Leytonstone, east London

The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2023

Why I live in Poplar: designer Lola Lely on life in her ‘diverse, community-focused’ corner of east London

After moving three times in a year, the artist and maker had all but given up on feeling settled. Here’s why Poplar proved to be the answer

Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2023

Poplar: Man falls from flyover onto dual carriageway after east London police chase

‘He was taken to hospital after suffering head and facial injuries, though his condition is not thought to be life-threatening’ - Met police

Evening Standard · Jan 13, 2023

In Rural California, Farmworkers Fend for Themselves for Health Care

Where government and health care institutions are absent, some communities turn to grassroots action.

Capital & Main · Dec 8, 2022

First-time buyers: How one family used Help to Buy to swap their tiny east London rental for a bigger home of their own

Help to Buy scheme allowed this couple who work for the NHS to give their family space to grow

Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2022

Labour failed in its duty of care towards me, says MP Apsana Begum

The member for Poplar and Limehouse in London has been off work since June.

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022

‘The council tenants weren’t going to be allowed back’: how Britain’s ‘ugliest building’ was gentrified

The east London brutalist landmark Balfron Tower was conceived as the perfect neighbourhood in the sky by its Marxist architect. Now its flats are being sold as ‘trophy properties’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2022

Poplar stabbings: Armed police called after triple stabbing in east London chicken shop

Three men were set upon by attackers with knives

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2022