The Latest Breaking News from Mile End

Families moved out of Mile End tower block due to sewage water in lift shafts

Council officials have warned that significant investment will be needed to fix the underlying cause of the issue

Evening Standard · Oct 12, 2025

Inside the Mile End homes flooded by disastrous air space project part-funded by Mayor of London office

A project to add two storeys to existing residential blocks in Mile End began in 2022. Three years on, the disastrous project has brought only ill health, distress, and disruption to residents

Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025

Welcome to Midburbia: Meet the Londoners rejecting the suburbs in favour of staying close to the action

Priced out of inner London but not content to retreat to the suburbs? These are the meet-in-the-middle places to know

Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2024

How one first-time buyer searched along Crossrail to find a new home — and cheaper monthly bills than a flatshare in Mile End

A speedy commute was high on Rob Johnson’s list of priorities when buying a home.

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2022

Mile End fire: Man rushed to hospital after blaze breaks out in flats

Six fire engines and around 40 firefighters attended the scene

Evening Standard · Sep 13, 2022

Leaving London: ‘I was scared to leave my Mile End ‘forever home’ for Oxford but I don’t miss it at all’

Committed Londoner Allana Clear loved her ‘forever home’ in the east, but then an opportunity presented itself that she simply couldn’t turn down.

Evening Standard · May 30, 2022

Mother of woman killed by falling bricks on Mile End street demands justice nearly four years later

Michaela Boor was on her way to her son Kieran’s nursery when the masonry fell five storeys from a building site

Evening Standard · Feb 26, 2022

Tower Hamlets stabbing: Two men jailed after man, 23, knifed to death

Alimuz Zaman, 23, died after a ‘brutal’ attack in Mile End in 2019

Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2022