London Tower Hamlets stabbing sees murder investigation launched by Met Police | UK News

London Tower Hamlets stabbing sees murder investigation launched by Met Police | UK News

Police guard a cordon at Corfield Street in Bethnal Green (Picture: Marcin Nowak/LNP) A man has died after he was stabbed during a ‘fight’ on a residential street in east London. Police... Read more »
Poplar Riverside housing scheme visit by Tower Hamlets mayor

Poplar Riverside housing scheme visit by Tower Hamlets mayor

Lutfur Rahman went on a walkabout to see the new Poplar Riverside development where 2,800 families will eventually be rehoused by 2028, helping to tackle the East End’s housing and overcrowding crisis. One... Read more »
Tower Hamlets: Prolific paedophile Muhammad Talukdar jailed

Tower Hamlets: Prolific paedophile Muhammad Talukdar jailed

Muhammad Talukdar, 51, began sexually abusing a girl in 1998, when she was just eight years old. Police launched an investigation into Talukdar, of Balance Street in Bath, in 2020. Despite the... Read more »
Met Police and Tower Hamlets Council knife crime op results

Met Police and Tower Hamlets Council knife crime op results

A joint operation between the Met Police and Tower Hamlets Council using ‘amnesty bins’ has seen 767 knives and 150 other weapons being put into them. The bins installed by the Words4Weapons charity... Read more »
Tower Hamlets Council ‘didn’t help family evicted during Covid’

Tower Hamlets Council ‘didn’t help family evicted during Covid’

The local authority “did not do enough” for the family being evicted, a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman investigation has found. The landlord served the notice in November 2021, when the... Read more »
Tower Hamlets woman held guilty under Terrorism Act 2000

Tower Hamlets woman held guilty under Terrorism Act 2000

Tasnia Ahmed, 21, of Tower Hamlets, was first identified by Counter Terrorism detectives while they were investigating a man suspected of being involved in terror-related activities.   The man, Al Arfat Hassan,... Read more »
Police investigation after flat fire in Tower Hamlets

Police investigation after flat fire in Tower Hamlets

Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters were scrambled to Hanbury Street, between Whitechapel and Spitalfields, on Saturday (March 16).  A first floor flat, in a block of two floors, was extensively damaged... Read more »
Tower Hamlets rated as the unhappiest borough in east London

Tower Hamlets rated as the unhappiest borough in east London

Neighbouring Newham, however, has seen the biggest rise in overall wellbeing over the past decade. The figures come from mental health technology firm Paranimo, which conducted an analysis of Office for National Statistics (ONS)... Read more »
Tower Hamlets Council faces DLUHC government probe

Tower Hamlets Council faces DLUHC government probe

A letter to Tower Hamlets Council sent last week (February 22) by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) details a number of issues which are said to be cause... Read more »
Man found dead in Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets petrol garage

Man found dead in Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets petrol garage

The vehicle was first discovered on Saturday (February 17) at around 2.12pm at a petrol garage in Cambridge Heath Road near Young V&A museum. The Mirror had earlier reported that the van... Read more »