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Boy, 5, who fell to death from 15th-floor flat ‘could have been trying to reach biscuits’

Aalim Ahmed died after falling from a kitchen window at the residential block in Plaistow, east London in 2024

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Mother blames London council after son, 5, died in 'preventable' fall from 15th floor flat

‘You guys could have prevented this tragic thing from happening. If you had done your job, he could have been here’, heartbroken mother tells inquest

Evening Standard

East London councillor appears in court charged with sexual assault

Syed Hussain Ahmed of Newham Council was arrested on March 4 in relation to an alleged incident in the City of London in October last year

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East London Muslim centre ordered to shut down after running without planning permission

Newham Council said the headquarters of the East Africa Muslim Cultural Group was ‘in use as an unauthorised community centre, including as a place of worship’

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Longest-serving London Labour mayor Sir Robin Wales joins Reform UK

Sir Robin Wales accuses the Labour Government of ‘losing its moral compass’ as he joins Reform UK

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Primary school in Newham to close due to lack of pupils as London's school closures crisis grows

Newham Council says falling pupil numbers and a £1.1million budget deficit means it can’t afford to keep Calverton Primary School open

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£31m of tax goes uncollected by east London council

A report presented to councillors says Newham Council has consistently had one of the worst tax collection rates in London

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Admin blunders cost cash-strapped east London council up to £200,000 in lost income

Some businesses went years without being billed for waste collections due to system and oversight failures

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'Serious housing fraud' uncovered at London council as dozens of homes 'given to people who weren't eligible'

Council worker who 'fraudulently gave houses to people not eligible for them' faces criminal investigation

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‘It’s my only income’: Home baker battles Newham Council over cake business ban

The council ordered Fatima to stop using her home as a bakery in a planning enforcement notice issued in August

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New £10m bridge planned to connect east London boroughs

The bridge would span the borough boundary between Tower Hamlets and Newham and is a joint project between the two councils

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Revealed: London borough crowned littering capital of Britain, with 50,000 fines for dropping rubbish in just three years

The total number of littering incidents in Newham — which do not include fly-tipping — was significantly more than any British city, with Manchester taking second place

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'Frightening' haul of illegal fireworks worth thousands seized in east London raid ahead of Bonfire night

Exclusive: Authorities in Newham discovered nearly 100 kilograms of rockets and sparklers that were being flogged off by unlicensed vendors to members of the public

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Ex-Labour politician spared prison after sexually assaulting woman at wife's party

Former Newham Labour councillor Daniel Lee-Phakoe was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman at bar in City of London

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Thousands of civil servant passwords leaked online as experts warn of ‘serious risk’

A cyber security expert warned that the data could be exploited for phishing attacks and ‘pose significant risks’

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Labour loses another by-election to pro-Gaza party in Newham

The Newham Independent party achieved a crushing victory to win the Plaistow South seat on Newham Council

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Man with mental health needs 'left without basic facilities' by east London council for a year

Newham Council was ordered to pay the man £1,000 for the ‘distress and uncertainty’ caused

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London children among 13 killed after falling out of windows, shocking NHS study finds

Family of Aalim Makial Jibril, five, complained to Newham Council before his death

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Minister urges council not to revoke licence of Indian restaurant facing closure after hiring illegal workers

Sir Stephen Timms issued a letter in support of Udaya, which received a £180,000 Home Office fine for employing four illegal workers

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Parents and teachers battle to keep outstanding east London school open

Teachers and parents have been battling to keep Calverton Primary School open

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Council in crisis: Bankrupt London borough signs off £230k payment to chief exec in secret meeting

Councillors were told Abi Gbago had resigned after less than two years in the job and were asked to vote on her ‘substantial’ payout

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Hundreds of east London homes 'went without basic fire safety checks', claims whistleblower

A former employee of Populo Living claims a string of safety checks being missed was potentially putting people’s lives at risk

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Camden's Jazz Cafe to transform former east London theatre into new venue

Jazz Cafe has been given permission to redevelop the art deco Rex Theatre on Stratford High Street

Evening Standard

London council writes off £12.6m in parking fine debt

Newham Council is still actively pursuing some £44.5 million in debt

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Girl, two, drowned in garden bin after Newham Council failed to arrange foster care while mother in hospital

A coroner has accused Newham Council and those who were supposed to be looking after Mazeedat Adeoye of ‘gross failure’

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