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Teen who died in River Thames named as ‘talented young footballer’

Banta Sillah ‘had immense potential and was dearly loved’

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Families living in 'pain and anguish' in overcrowded housing, says London borough's mayor

Council housing bosses say they’re struggling to find homes for overcrowded families due to a lack of larger properties

Evening Standard

Brick Lane data centre go-ahead: Campaigners 'deeply disappointed' as ministers approve controversial plans

Tower Hamlets Council and the Save Brick Lane campaign called the decision ‘deeply disappointing’

Evening Standard

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London councils in legal challenge over affordable housing quota cut

A High Court action has been launched by Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Lewisham councils.

Evening Standard

London councils launch legal action against Sadiq Khan over slashing of affordable housing

Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Lewisham launch High Court action against Mayor of London over plans to cut affordable housing targets

Evening Standard

Councillors in deprived London borough vote to increase own pay by over £178,000

Tower Hamlets council plans to increase the special responsibility allowances for members by between 10% and 130%, while two new paid posts will be created

Evening Standard

How an electoral fraudster became mayor of Tower Hamlets (again)

Lutfur Rahman was removed as mayor of Tower Hamlets in 2015 after being found guilty of vote-rigging and bribery — now he has just won his third term

Evening Standard

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London local elections: Which boroughs have mayors and who will win?

Residents in Newham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham and Croydon will cast their votes to appoint a mayor for their council

Evening Standard

New lido revealed for London's Victoria Park as Aspire launches Tower Hamlets local election manifesto

Independent party which runs Tower Hamlets promises new outdoor swimming pool for Victoria Park and free travel for low income university students

Evening Standard

‘A safe space to come and just be’: the radical, utopian return of Britain’s youth clubs

After a decade of austerity closed more than 1,000 centres, the government has promised £500m to renew youth services. We tour a glossy new venue in Preston – and a girls-only one in London

The Guardian - UK

Tower Hamlets councillors dodge questions after Government threatens takeover of ‘deteriorating’ borough

Councillors for Tower Hamlets’ ruling Aspire party voted down calls for a debate about Government claims the town hall’s ‘financial management and governance appears to be deteriorating’

Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets mayor acted unlawfully in attempted removal of LTN schemes

Road safety activists ‘vindicated’ after success of campaign supported by NHS trusts and headteachers

The Guardian - UK

East London residents win sensational victory in fight to save LTN low-traffic schemes

London-wide implications for LTNs as Court of Appeal rules that Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman acted unlawfully in trying to ignore Sadiq Khan’s transport masterplan

Evening Standard

London council threatened with action as ministers warn: 'Financial management is deteriorating'

Ministers formally intervened in Tower Hamlets council last year when a damning report raised concerns about a ‘toxic’ political culture under elected mayor Lutfur Rahman

Evening Standard

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The bitter battle over the future of Truman Brewery

A £500m redevelopment plan is pitting Labour’s data-centre ambitions against Brick Lane’s heritage and a desperate need for housing — it’s a political powder keg

Evening Standard

Major London council set for £19 million overspend

Borough mayor Lutfur Rahman told his cabinet: ‘you can’t live on handouts’

Evening Standard

'Save our LTNs!' £100,000 crowdfunded battle to save three low traffic neighbourhoods in east London reaches Court of Appeal

Campaigners say it would cost £2.5m for Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman to axe the schemes

Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets makes bold affordable housing pledge despite Sadiq Khan's new 20% target

EXCLUSIVE: Tower Hamlets has said it will ‘grow upward’ to deliver more affordable homes in the borough

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London borough becomes first in country to install specialist drug squad after record deaths in capital

Tower Hamlets Council’s seven officer team has seized a £50,000 haul of illegal substances from a vehicle in Blackwall Way car park

The Guardian - UK

Steve Reed convenes Tower Hamlets envoys as concerns over council persist

Exclusive: Communities secretary calls meeting over two councillors seeking electoral candidacy in Bangladesh

The Guardian - UK

‘History is repeating itself’: fight against far-right in London’s East End goes on

Eighty-nine years after residents drove Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts from Tower Hamlets, anti-far right coalition is still vital in borough

Evening Standard

Muslim Women’s Network says charity run could have been more inclusive

But the organisation said it was also ‘concerned about the disproportionate media attention given to the event’.

Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets mayor backs 'inclusive sport' following row over ban on women taking part in Muslim charity run

The website claimed the event was ‘family friendly’ and ‘inclusive’, despite not being open to women and girls over the age of 12

Evening Standard

Housing in east London borough hit by 'shoddy workmanship' from repair firms, mayor says

Lutfur Rahman said he believed Tower Hamlets Council’s housing repair service was ‘not fit for purpose’

Evening Standard

London council forced to spend £8.5m to 'plug the gap' from Government's disability cuts

The leader of Tower Hamlets has called for the Government to reverse ‘the entirely avoidable suffering’

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