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Family-of-six trapped in mouldy studio flat told they must wait 13 YEARS for bigger home

Mohamed Abubakar, his wife Rasha Al-Buriahi and their four children of whom the youngest is one-year-old, have to eat and sleep in the same room of their overcrowded home in east London

Daily Mirror

Census 2021: Key statistics for housing by local area in England and Wales

The areas with the highest proportion of mortgages are all in the south or east of England.

The Independent UK

Tower Hamlets: Man charged following incident at east London mosque

A man has been charged following reports of a person armed with a knife at a mosque in east London, the Met Police has said.

Evening Standard

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Police called in over ‘irregularities’ on vote about future of Brick Lane and Spitalfields

Tower Hamlets council called a referendum last year on the future of the Spitalfields neighbourhood

Evening Standard

Children suffer from ‘dire’ mental health due to poor diets says British Medical Assocation boss

A leading GP warns mental health disorders amongst children and low-income families is on the rise as new project launches to encourage healthy eating

Evening Standard

Police release CCTV to hunt down owner after 11-year-old girl attacked and mauled by dog

The victim, who was rescued by a passing taxi driver, was treated in hospital for several days after being bitten on her hand and arm while walking to school in Tower Hamlets in September

Daily Mirror

London council rejects new Chinese embassy amid residents’ safety fears

People living near Tower of London site said largest diplomatic base in UK would put lives at risk

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Chinese bid for ‘super embassy’ rejected by Tower Hamlets council

China bought the 700,000 sq ft complex for £255 million in 2018 and had hoped to redevelop it

Evening Standard

Four men charged in crackdown on drug operations in Tower Hamlets

Officers from Met’s Gangs Task Force executed warrants at five Tower Hamlets properties and on in Peckham

Evening Standard

London ‘school street’ at centre of dispute dismantled by council

Tower Hamlets removes play space in long-running row with parents over traffic near primary school

The Guardian - UK

School street battle: Tower Hamlets council contractors ‘arrive in dead of night’ to axe child safety scheme

Council contractors arrived in the dead of night to move barriers and a play area that formed part of a “school street” in Tower Hamlets.

Evening Standard

Just 1% of bike thefts in London result in a charge or a caution, Met Police figures show

The boroughs of Hackney, Southwark and Tower Hamlets recorded the most thefts

Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets: Man arrested for attempted rape in east London after members of the public intervene

A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault and attempted rape in east London after members of the public intervened in an assault.

Evening Standard

Fruit and veg prescribed to low-income families in bid to tackle food poverty

Prescribing fruit and veg to people struggling with food affordability could prevent premature death and significantly reduce healthcare costs, experts said

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Fresh fruit and veg prescribed to low-income families in UK trial

Project aims to tackle poverty-related health inequalities caused by cost of living crisis

Evening Standard

How to claim the Tower Hamlets emergency energy fund

The Energy Fund will supplement the newly implemented £2.7 million cost-of-living package

Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets: Children lie down in front of council workers trying to rip up school street blockade

Children celebrated after their action prevented traffic calming measures being removed at the order of mayor Lutfur Rahman

Daily Mirror

Students to be paid £400 to stay in school - is your child due payment?

Mayor of Tower Hamlets Lutfur Rahman has reintroduced the Educational Maintenance Allowance for students from lower income backgrounds, a Blair policy that was scrapped by the coalition in 2010

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Children protest against Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman's decision to axe school street

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…

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Children and parents take to the barriers in bid to stop Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman axing school street

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

Evening Standard

Shea Gorden: Four teens charged with murder following fatal stabbing in Tower Hamlets

Shea Gordon was killed on September 4

Evening Standard

Shea Gordon murder: Detectives arrest four teenagers in Tower Hamlets killing probe

Shea Gordon was fatally stabbed on September 4

Daily Mirror

Urgent manhunt after thug stabs man, 57, 'at random', leaving him fighting for life

Emergency services rushed to the scene in Tower Hamlets, London, earlier today following reports a man was attacked at random, leaving him with life-threatening injuries

Daily Mirror

Moment 7 men brawl with machetes and bats in street fight as armed police swoop

Three men were arrested but later released with no further action after a violent brawl broke out during the middle of the day in Tower Hamlets, East London last week

Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman ‘ripped out LTN enforcement camera after six people complained’

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

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