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The Latest Breaking News from Tower Hamlets

London borough U-turns on plan to send homeless over 90 minutes outside capital after public outcry

Tower Hamlets had proposed housing families far outside London and the home counties

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Evacuation plans for vulnerable in London are ‘dangerous postcode lottery’

Exclusive: Firefighter, disability and Grenfell groups criticise ‘inconsistent rollout’ of emergency guidance

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Girl, 11, died on her birthday after London neighbour used bedbug poison

Jesmin Akter left aluminium phosphide around Tower Hamlets flat to deal with infestation, killing Fatiha Sabrin

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'Asbos for dogs' planned by London council in crackdown on rogue pet and owner behaviour

Any dog owner in breach of new rules in Tower Hamlets could face prosecution and fines ranging from £100 to £1,000

Evening Standard

How to avoid paying the Blackwall and Silvertown tunnel toll: all you need to know about Sadiq Khan's new £4 road charge

Motorists must register their vehicle with TfL Auto Pay to qualify for £1.50 off-peak rate - or will be charged £4 peak levy

Evening Standard

Blackwall and Silvertown tunnel tolls revealed: Motorists to be hit with £4 charge at peak times

Car drivers will pay £8 for peak hours return trip but £1.50 for off-peak journeys

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Keir Starmer 'very concerned' about fallout from Bangladesh comments made at general election event

Leaflets claiming Labour plan to ‘deport Bangladeshis’ have been dropping on doorsteps in the East End

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Prolific child sex abuser jailed for 14 years after assaulting eight-year-old girl in Tower Hamlets

Muhammad Abdu Miah Talukdar set for term behind bars after sex attack in east London

Evening Standard

Murder probe launched as woman, 21, found dead in Tower Hamlets

A woman in her 40s has been arrested in connection with the death

Evening Standard

London’s dirty secret: Why the capital is the worst place in the country at recycling

The city is the worst region in the country for recycling, with Tower Hamlets and Wandsworth bottom of the charts, and the mayor set to miss his targets. What needs to change?

Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets to pay strip club owner damages over closure after he claims councillor asked for bribe

Tower Hamlets council has launched an investigation following the claims from the owner of Club Oops in Whitechapel

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Tower Hamlets to take down Palestinian flags from its buildings

Mayor Lutfur Rahman announces move but denies the flags are ‘symbols of division’

Evening Standard

OPINION - Greetings Paul Scully, from the 'no go' area Tower Hamlets — real London life is here

One of the gifts of living in a city as potentially daunting as London is taking ownership of a corner of it. Nothing anchors you like local knowledge. The longer you stay somewhere, the more emotional it becomes, an esoteric feeling lodged somewhere warmly around the stomach, like a hot-water…

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The ‘launderette family’ fighting to save a community space in east London

Residents were shocked when Tower Hamlets council shuttered a much-loved resource in the gentrifying area

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There aren’t any ‘no-go areas’ in Tower Hamlets, only years of government neglect

Letter: Representatives of 14 organisations based in Tower Hamlets respond to comments by the Tory MP Paul Scully that it is a ‘no-go area’ for non-Muslims

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Paul Scully apologises for 'no-go areas' comment after uproar in Tower Hamlets

Former London minister ‘sorry’ for comment made amid the fallout of the Lee Anderson row

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'Tower Hamlets is brilliant': East Londoners reject Paul Scully's 'no-go areas' comments

The former London minister claimed parts of the borough were ‘no-go areas, mainly because of doctrine’

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Paul Scully 'regrets' storm after claiming parts of Tower Hamlets and Birmingham are 'no-go areas'

Former mayoral candidate says he was ‘misconstrued’ in interview after he also condemned Lee Anderson

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Tower Hamlets council facing second Government probe in a decade

There has been ‘significant churn’ of senior officers under Mayor Lutfur Rahman, Government officials say

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High Court battle looms over Lutfur Rahman's bid to axe low traffic neighbourhoods in Tower Hamlets

Government orders inspectors into council amid concerns about appointments and spending

Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets has worst recycling rate in England

In contrast Bromley had the highest household recycling rates in London

Evening Standard

Eight-month drug crackdown in Tower Hamlets sees 126 arrests

Officers have arrested 13 people for possession with intent to supply class A drugs

Evening Standard

City Hall approves plan for 1,500 new homes in Poplar after Tower Hamlets moved to block scheme

Deputy mayor Jules Pipe has overturned a decision by Tower Hamlets Council last year to refuse permission for the project

Evening Standard

City Hall told to allow over 1,500 new homes on Poplar's Aberfeldy Estate

Councillors in Tower Hamlets rejected the scheme in February 2023 - but deputy mayor could overturn that decision

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Pro-Israel lawyers demand Met investigate 'intimidating' Palestine flags in Tower Hamlets

UK Lawyers for Israel claim Palestine flags and pro-Gazan posters could spark violence against Jews

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