The Latest Breaking News from Newham Council

Series of Thames Wharf raves 'still have no planning permission'

Saturday will see the first of five raves planned at the riverside venue throughout October

Evening Standard · Sep 28

London Stadium demands restrictions on concerts relaxed after missing out on Harry Styles and Bad Bunny

Firm running stadium asks for noise and capacity rules to be relaxed and to increase the number of non-sports events it can hold

Evening Standard · Aug 28

Parents of boy who died in tower block fall were ‘terrified’ about windows

Five-year-old Aalim Ahmed died instantly when he fell from a kitchen window, which could tilt and turn, at Jacobs House in Plaistow, east London.

Evening Standard · Aug 26

East London councillor appears in court charged with sexual assault

Syed Hussain Ahmed of Newham Council was arrested on March 4 in relation to an alleged incident in the City of London in October last year

Evening Standard · Jul 19

East London Muslim centre ordered to shut down after running without planning permission

Newham Council said the headquarters of the East Africa Muslim Cultural Group was ‘in use as an unauthorised community centre, including as a place of worship’

Evening Standard · May 21

Longest-serving London Labour mayor Sir Robin Wales joins Reform UK

Sir Robin Wales accuses the Labour Government of ‘losing its moral compass’ as he joins Reform UK

Evening Standard · Mar 4

Primary school in Newham to close due to lack of pupils as London's school closures crisis grows

Newham Council says falling pupil numbers and a £1.1million budget deficit means it can’t afford to keep Calverton Primary School open

Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2025

£31m of tax goes uncollected by east London council

A report presented to councillors says Newham Council has consistently had one of the worst tax collection rates in London

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2025

Admin blunders cost cash-strapped east London council up to £200,000 in lost income

Some businesses went years without being billed for waste collections due to system and oversight failures

Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2025

'Serious housing fraud' uncovered at London council as dozens of homes 'given to people who weren't eligible'

Council worker who 'fraudulently gave houses to people not eligible for them' faces criminal investigation

Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025