Work is set to start on a controversial £85 million development in Loughborough Junction in autumn. Peabody Housing has planned 134 flats and office space on Higgs Yard, a former industrial estate.... Read more »
Seventy people evacuated when fire broke out on the 20th floor of a Canary Wharf tower block. Eight fire engines arrived at the 22-storey block in Crossharbour Plaza as flames swept through the sauna room of a private... Read more »
A 50-year-old man who was killed in a suspected homophobic attack in East London has been named and pictured for the first time. Ranjith Kakanamalage, also known as Roy, was a gay... Read more »
More children are becoming eligible for free school meals in the East End than almost anywhere in the country, latest government figures show. Percentages have risen dramatically during the Covid crisis, Department for Education (DfE) statistics for... Read more »
In my last column I wrote about my Mayor’s Covid Recovery Fund, a £3m investment that we’re putting into projects across Tower Hamlets to help kickstart our community’s recovery from the pandemic.... Read more »
The mayor of Tower Hamlets assisted street cleaners in a bid to get businesses in the East End bouncing back after months of lockdown. John Biggs was out with council sweepers and volunteers in Shoreditch... Read more »
The Carlton Tower Jumeirah, Knightsbridge, has reopened its doors following a near two-year closure for refurbishment. The most extensive transformation in the history of the property, it cost over £100 million. Aaron... Read more »
A murder investigation is underway after a man was found with a fatal head injury in Tower Hamlets. Emergency services were called to Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, in Southern Grove, at 7am... Read more »
Labour got a shock tonight as it lost a ‘safe’ seat on Tower Hamlets Council in a by-election overwhelmingly won by Aspire party activist Kabir Ahmed. He stormed home taking Bethnal Green’s Weavers ward with 1,204... Read more »
Tower Bridge’s arms, known as bastules, are stuck open due to a technical failure – leaving cars, lorries, buses and cyclists stuck unable to pass over the major London landmark Video Loading... Read more »
