The Latest Breaking News from Newham

May 5 sees a big set of elections across the UK. In England, there are contests across 146 councils. In London, every council seat is up for election across all 32 boroughs. Elsewhere where there are elections, at least one-third of the council seats are being contested, with some authorities…

Police are appealing for information about the whereabouts of a man from Newham who has been missing for one week.

A man has been arrested after a woman in her 80s was stabbed to death in east London.

Mr Zahawi gave a speech to staff and pupils at Monega Primary School in Newham, east London, and held a conference with journalists.

A TikTok live-stream reportedly showed the moment a boy racer crashed his car on the A13 in Newham, London, moments after saying to viewers 'this is my playground, bro'

A 14-year-old girl lost her life in Upton Park, Newham, east London after she became involved in a collision with a van on Monday afternoon, reportedly leading passersby to give her CPR

Fourteen-year-old died at the scene in Green Street, Newham, despite paramedics trying to treat her

A family friend who went to the scene to lay flowers on Tuesday said the girl ‘was just a young kid finding herself in the world’

The remains of Roy Biggs, who was 67 when last seen, were hidden in a freezer at what used to be a Simpson's Wine Bar in Newham for almost 10 years before they were found by builders renovating the site last year