FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 5 - The Untold Story

More London bus stops fitted with CCTV in bid to improve safety for women and girls

New locations include Brent, Croydon, Hackney, Lambeth, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest and Westminster

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2024

'Don't introduce stricter controls for dog owners,' Tower Hamlets council told by protest group

Campaigners from East London Dog Community have demanded the council either completely reject or significantly reduce plans to introduce a Public Spaces Protection Order

Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2024

Legal challenge against mayor Lutfur Rahman's bid to axe Tower Hamlets LTNs begins at High Court

Campaigners argue that removing low traffic schemes from Bethnal Green is ‘putting lives in jeopardy’

Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2024

‘Toxic culture’ around mayor at Tower Hamlets council criticised by inspectors

East London council found to have a ‘suspicious and defensive’ culture centred on Lutfur Rahman and his allies

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2024

Tower Hamlets 'toxic' culture warning: Government intervenes in running of London council

Decisions made by the east London town hall will be monitored by a Government-appointed envoy following a series of complaints under the borough’s controversial mayor

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024

Rogue London letting agents who conned vulnerable workers and students convicted

Five people have been convicted of 15 housing related offences after an investigation by Tower Hamlets council

Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2024

London council to fund winter fuel allowance for pensioners set to lose it under Government plans

Elderly Tower Hamlets residents will receive £175 from the council if they will miss out on the benefit

Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2024

Fifth man charged with murder after Joshua McLean gunned down in Tower Hamlets park

Shanoor Ahmed will appear at Willesden Magistrates’ Court

Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2024

Drug gang leader who boasted he was 'Pablo Escobar of east London' is jailed

Shahen Ahmed styled his operation running the streets of Tower Hamlets on Colombian drug Lord Pablo Escobar

Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2024

Three charged with murder of Joshua McLean, 31, shot dead in Tower Hamlets park

Eight males aged 17 to 56 were arrested on suspicion of murder, with five released on bail

Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2024