Four teens guilty of killing Shea Gordon in Tower Hamlets

Four teens guilty of killing Shea Gordon in Tower Hamlets

Four teenagers have been convicted of killing 17-year-old Shea Gordon after a birthday party. Kavian Vaughans, 18, of Blaydon Close in Tottenham and Abdul Yaro, 19, of Chesnut Road, were found guilty... Read more »
Writer of Grenfell play says people must be jailed for what happened | Grenfell Tower fire

Writer of Grenfell play says people must be jailed for what happened | Grenfell Tower fire

People must be jailed for what happened at Grenfell Tower, the award-winning author Gillian Slovo has said, as her play about the disaster prepares to open at the National Theatre in London.... Read more »
Man stabbed multiple times and found in Tower Hamlets road

Man stabbed multiple times and found in Tower Hamlets road

A man has been taken to hospital after he was found with multiple stab wounds in a major Tower Hamlets road. Police were called at around 3.30pm on Sunday, June 18 to... Read more »
Tower Hamlets pub fire sees investigation launched

Tower Hamlets pub fire sees investigation launched

An investigation has been launched after a pub fire in Tower Hamlets damaged the ground floor of a building. London Fire Brigade was called at 7.37pm on Wednesday (June 14) to the... Read more »
Car stolen in Tower Hamlets crashed and abandoned in Ilford

Car stolen in Tower Hamlets crashed and abandoned in Ilford

Police were called to reports of a damaged car near the Redbridge roundabout in Ilford at 12.18 am. The car was found on the verge of the slip road off the A406 at the junction with... Read more »
Tower Hamlets man jailed for murder of Paulius Karalius

Tower Hamlets man jailed for murder of Paulius Karalius

A man with a string of convictions for violence who stabbed another man to death over a row in a restaurant has been jailed. Aturas Kurpis, 39, of St Anne’s Row, Limehouse,... Read more »
Which Tower Hamlets schools are closed due to the snow?

Which Tower Hamlets schools are closed due to the snow?

Schools across Tower Hamlets have made alternative provisions today (December 12), following yesterday’s heavy snowfall. Icy conditions are expected to continue into tomorrow morning. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning... Read more »
Reopening of Poplar Boys and Girls Club in Tower Hamlets

Reopening of Poplar Boys and Girls Club in Tower Hamlets

A youth club where “the doors are open to every child” has reopened in Tower Hamlets following its temporary closure in 2021. Dudley John Willoughby, who joined the club in 1966 when he... Read more »
Tower Hamlets dog attack leaves girl, 11, traumatised in hospital

Tower Hamlets dog attack leaves girl, 11, traumatised in hospital

An 11-year-old girl has been left “traumatised” after a dog attack left her in hospital with broken bones. Police are appealing for information to identify the owner of the dog. The girl was... Read more »
Tower Hamlets pensioners unable to get parking permits

Tower Hamlets pensioners unable to get parking permits

Pensioners in East London have been unable to access parking permits for the past three years due to the council’s “disastrous” customer service, a councillor said. At a Tower Hamlets overview and... Read more »