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‘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

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Foreign Office and Home Office drop demand for security changes at new Chinese mega-embassy in London

EXCLUSIVE: Two Whitehall departments had been requesting that a planning condition be a new ‘hard perimeter’ for part of the controversial new diplomatic complex at Royal Mint Court in Tower Hamlets

Evening Standard

Met Police bans UKIP protest in Tower Hamlets over concerns of 'serious disorder'

The event is one of several planned in cities including Liverpool, Newcastle and Glasgow

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Minister ‘appalled’ at Muslim charity run in London that excluded women

Event in Victoria Park organised by East London mosque and London Muslim Centre was open to ‘men, boys of all ages and girls under 12’

The Guardian - UK

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

40% of London's Young Adults Can't Afford Even the Cheapest Homes — Here Are the Best Boroughs for Renters

Young Londoners face a housing crisis as 40% can't afford the cheapest homes, while average rents soar to £2,121 per month - Tower Hamlets and Hackney lead for renters.

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London council launches festival against far-right 'fear and hate' following Elon Musk comment about East End

Tower Hamlets Council said it will host functions celebrating east London’s diversity and rich history of migration

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Two teenagers in court charged over TfL cyber attack

Thalha Jubair, 19, from Tower Hamlets, east London, and Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, West Midlands, are due in court on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Teenagers charged with TfL cyber attack costing London millions of pounds

The two teenagers – named as Thalha Jubair, 19, from Tower Hamlets, and Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, West Midlands – were appearing on Thursday afternoon at Westminster magistrates’ court

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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’

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Tower Hamlets residents divided over St George's flags as some left ‘intimidated’ while others hit out at ‘disgraceful’ removal

Flags have been removed in Tower Hamlets after St George's flags were hung over the weekend

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Why are St George’s flags being put up and roundabouts painted and why is it controversial?

Red crosses believed to be part of ‘Operation Raise the Colours’ online movement backed by far-right figures

The Independent UK

Second council removes St George’s flags hung by locals for maintenance

Birmingham City Council and Tower Hamlets Council have removed flags to maintain council infrastructure

The Independent UK

Arrests made as protests take place outside asylum hotels across UK

More than two hundred people were protesting outside the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf on Friday evening, with rival groups separated by police.

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Arrests made during demonstrations outside Canary Wharf hotel as protests take place across UK

More than two hundred people were protesting outside the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf on Friday evening

Evening Standard

Ghost bike memorial to dead cyclist removed by 'grossly insensitive' London council

Friends of Matheus Piovesan killed in Tower Hamlets last year to reinstate memorial to mark first anniversary of Brazilian’s death

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Man killed after car ploughs into east London pub in early hours as two arrested at scene

Scotland Yard were called to the Albert Bow in Tower Hamlets at 1.30am after a vehicle swerved off at a junction

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Disabled woman 'prisoner in own home for three years' handed new home after High Court action

Tower Hamlets council had to be ordered by the High Court to find the woman a safe home

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London borough that doubled 20mph zones shoots up league table of best places in capital to walk and cycle

Newham, City of London and Islington praised - but Tower Hamlets, Lewisham and Bexley criticised

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‘Hero’ hound sniffs out erectile dysfunction pills

Skye detected suspicious smells from a locked bike box outside a shop in Whitechapel

Evening Standard

Hero hound sniffs out 'potentially dangerous' Viagra tablets in east London

The springer spaniel detected a suspicious scent coming from the back of a bike while on patrol in east London

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Man charged with murder after a woman 'known to him' stabbed to death at east London home

The victim, a woman in her 40s, was attacked at an address in Tower Hamlets on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Man in 20s arrested on suspicion of woman’s stab murder in Tower Hamlets

Detectives say victim in her 40s is known to younger male suspect and there is ‘no wider threat to public’

Evening Standard

Interactive map shows the London boroughs facing the biggest rise in population

Tower Hamlets, Islington and Camden top the list as number of Londoners approaches 10 million

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London population on course to hit 10 million over the next decade, in part due to migration

Tower Hamlets set for 20.4% rise in residents, including net increase of more than 87,000 people from abroad, says ONS

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