The Latest Breaking News from Whitechapel

Civil Servant Five Jobs Fraud Trial: UK worker allegedly held 5 govt roles

TOI correspondent from London: A British Bangladeshi civil servant is on trial in the UK accused of fraudulently taking on five full-time govt jobs at the same time which he juggled by taking sick leave and working remotely without switching his camera on.Kashim Chowdhury (55) of Whitechapel, East London, is…

The Times of India · Oct 16

London travel news LIVE: District line hit by signal fault failure as swan halts Elizabeth line trains

Elizabeth line was suspended between Whitechapel and Stratford due to a swan on the track

Evening Standard · Oct 12

Solar eclipse frenzy sweeps London as thousands scramble for glasses

Londoners queue for hours to get their hands on a pair of specialised glasses ahead of this evening’s solar eclipse

Evening Standard · Aug 12

Two arrested over arson attack at former synagogue in east London

Man, 45, and 52-year-old woman held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson after blaze in Whitechapel

The Guardian - UK · May 10

Suspected arson attack at former synagogue in east London

Counter-terrorism police are investigating the incident after a number of attacks on Jewish sites.

Evening Standard · May 5

Former synagogue in Whitechapel targeted in latest suspected arson attack on Jewish site in London

Counter-terrorism police investigating deliberate fire in east London

Evening Standard · May 5

'This is a Muslim area': Moment Met Police officer confronted in Whitechapel as she defends free speech of Christian preacher

The video shows a female officer upholding the preacher’s freedom of speech during a tense confrontation in east London

Evening Standard · Feb 23

Met Police block UKIP Whitechapel march as protestors banned from whole of Tower Hamlets

A planned march in Whitechapel on January 31 was deemed too ‘provocative’ by Scotland Yard

Evening Standard · Jan 22

Fatberg weighing 100 tonnes discovered in east London sewer

Mass of congealed fat, oil and grease 100 metres in length found blocking sewers in Whitechapel area of capital

The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2025

New police probe into ‘murder’ of Cambridge graduate who fell to death at Pete Doherty party

Mark Blanco’s grieving mother Sheila believes her son was beaten up and thrown off a balcony in Whitechapel, east London

Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2025