The Latest Breaking News from Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green's iconic Blue House for sale for first time for £3 million

Architect Sean Griffiths designed the house in 2002 as a home and workspace for himself and his family

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2025

The Libertines' Pete Doherty and Carl Barât's legendary east London party flat on sale for £850k

The band held guerrilla gigs in the flat’s front room, and nicknamed the property ‘the Albion Rooms’

Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2025

Image released after Tube sex attack on 11-year-old girls in Bethnal Green

Detectives say man in a ‘I Love London’ T-shirt may have information about Central line incident

Evening Standard · Aug 12, 2024

Seoul crowd crush: history suggests authorities may try to blame the victims

The tragedy in South Korea on Halloween, in which at least 154 people were crushed to death in an alleyway, has a grim historic precedent nearly 80 years before, in wartime London.

The Conversation · Nov 15, 2022

Why I live in Bethnal Green: Richard Malone on his buzzy, queer corner of east London

Designer Richard Malone has a reputation for his striking and sustainable clothes. He tells Amira Hashish how his local area offers the perfect blend of city and nature.

Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2022

Met strip-searches of two 16-year-old boys to be investigated by IOPC

Boys understood to have been searched in Ilford and Bethnal Green without appropriate adult present

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2022

Metropolitan Police officers could be sacked for posting offensive messages

The officers worked in a unit at Bethnal Green police station and posted inappropriate, highly offensive and discriminatory content on WhatsApp.

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2022

Met officers accused of sharing racist WhatsApp message about Meghan

The three Bethnal Green police officers also allegedly shared homophobic, sexist, ableist and Islamophobic content

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2022

Yasmin Begum: Man, 40, charged with murder after death of mother in Bethnal Green

Detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of Yasmin Begum in Bethnal Green have charged a man with her murder.

Evening Standard · Mar 28, 2022

Pictured: Mother stabbed to death in Bethnal Green while her children were at school

A 40-year-old man has been arrested after a mother-of-two was stabbed to death in Bethnal Green while her children were at school, Scotland Yard has said.

Evening Standard · Mar 27, 2022