The Latest Breaking News from Tower Hamlets

Sadiq Khan has announced £69m a year to create more “school streets” across London – as one borough mayor infuriated parents by ripping out a scheme protecting primary school children. Lutfur Rahman, the mayor of Tower Hamlets, ordered workmen to remove the traffic restrictions around Chisenhale school in Bow on…

Protest comes after London mayor Sadiq Khan announced £69m a year for borough schemes, including more school streets

A London borough mayor committed to “reopening the roads” ripped out a popular traffic-calming measure after receiving only six complaints.

Campaigners have claimed an early victory in a battle to prevent a mayor from ripping out traffic-calming measures across an east London borough.

Officers rushed to Lichfield Road at around midnight on Sunday following reports of a fight involving a large group of people

Enquiries are ongoing to trace the driver of the car that failed to stop at the scene

Kicked out at the local elections, Tower Hamlets Labour left a legacy of ‘managed decline’ and a disliked plan for Brick Lane, says Hettie O’Brien, assistant Opinion editor at the Guardian

The Met Police has released footage of a man they wish to speak in connection with a robbery in east London.

A crackdown to prevent voting malpractice is being proposed in Parliament after controversy over the town hall election in Tower Hamlets.