Former shadow chancellor John McDonnell has appeared in court as a character witness for Poplar and Limehouse MP Apsana Begum, who is on trial accused of housing fraud. Begum, 31, has appeared in... Read more »
The Poplar and Limehouse MP on trial for alleged council housing fraud wept in court as she described the moment she called police and fled home.Apsana Begum recalled running out of the house when police arrived... Read more »
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Poplar and Limehouse MP Apsana Begum, who is on trial for alleged housing fraud, reported her ex-husband to police for harassing her, she claimed on the third day of her trial today. The 31-year-old... Read more »
The trial of Poplar and Limehouse MP Apsana Begum on charges of “dishonestly obtaining council housing” has opened. She faces three indictments of fraud, and is accused of failing to disclose information to... Read more »
More children have been given their own laptops in the East End to help them get online and close the “digital gap” between rich and poor. Some 30 pupils at Poplar’s Manorfield Primary — with half... Read more »
Photos present smoke rising excessive into the air throughout Poplar, east London, and drifting throughout the town. Emergency companies dashed to Providence Wharf, an upmarket condominium advanced beside River Thames, at round... Read more »
A teenage boy has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed in East London Thankfully his accidents usually are not thought to be life threatening. He was attacked on East India Dock... Read more »
An “extraordinary citizen” organising food packs to 6,000 people in east London during the pandemic has won the coveted British Citizen Award. Rofikul Islam, of Poplar, is one of 27 “ordinary people” around the country who’ve been named in the awards.... Read more »
