Teen charged with murder of boy in east London park

Teen charged with murder of boy in east London park

A teenager has been charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of another boy in a park. The teenager, 16, is due to appear at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court today (July 14) after he was... Read more »
Junior doctors strike: 2,000 added to east London hospitals wait list

Junior doctors strike: 2,000 added to east London hospitals wait list

Almost 2,000 appointments at east London hospitals have had to be moved amidst the junior doctors strike, set to be the longest period of industrial action in NHS history. Junior doctors in Havering... Read more »
New RIBA commission debuts to boost social life in large East London housing development | News

New RIBA commission debuts to boost social life in large East London housing development | News

A pair of new interventions commissioned for East London’s Becontree Estate by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and Create London have debuted this summer as an artistic effort to provide... Read more »
Huge fire rips through East London just metres from busy street festival

Huge fire rips through East London just metres from busy street festival

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A massive fire broke out in East London just metres... Read more »
Moment bus drives through east London supermarket fire in Forest Gate

Moment bus drives through east London supermarket fire in Forest Gate

T his is the moment a London bus disappears from view into a huge blanket of dark smoke as a huge fire raged on an east London high street. The 25 bus... Read more »
Lewisham has highest homelessness rates in south east London

Lewisham has highest homelessness rates in south east London

The number of people homeless has risen in the past year in what has been branded a “tragic reflection” of both the cost-of-living crisis and a lack of affordable housing. New research... Read more »
Top doctor visits east London hospitals to see work to cut wait times

Top doctor visits east London hospitals to see work to cut wait times

The country’s leading tumour treatment specialist whose research helped set up fast-track diagnostic centres has been on a fact-finding mission to see how two east London hospitals are cutting waiting lists. Consultant... Read more »
East London doctor ‘in adult sons’ ages lie to get them into school’

East London doctor ‘in adult sons’ ages lie to get them into school’

An east London doctor has been suspended after a misconduct panel heard he provided false information for his children’s visa applications. Dr Mohammad Abdul Gaffar lied about two of his adult sons’ ages in the applications... Read more »
Treasury reveals the unclaimed estates in south east London

Treasury reveals the unclaimed estates in south east London

There are currently more than 100 estates across Dartford, Lewisham, Greenwich, Bromley and Bexley which have passed to the Crown as ‘ownerless property’. This happens when a person dies without leaving a will and... Read more »
The east London companies that didn’t pay the minimum wage

The east London companies that didn’t pay the minimum wage

A market research firm is one of many businesses named and shamed on a government list of employers failing to pay the minimum wage. There have been 202 employers listed nationally who... Read more »