The Latest Breaking News from Tower Hamlets

Deputy mayor Jules Pipe has overturned a decision by Tower Hamlets Council last year to refuse permission for the project

Councillors in Tower Hamlets rejected the scheme in February 2023 - but deputy mayor could overturn that decision

UK Lawyers for Israel claim Palestine flags and pro-Gazan posters could spark violence against Jews

In March 2023, a fire in Tower Hamlets, east London, claimed the life of Mizanur Rahman, a 41-year-old father-of-two from Bangladesh. Five fire engines and 35 firefighters attended the call to the two-bedroom flat in Maddocks House, on the Tarling West housing estate, in the early hours of the morning.

Almost 700 people have already pledged £37,000 to the legal fighting fund – though another £45,000 is needed to fund the case

Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman said the town hall had 'to squeeze as much as we can' from its assets

Thursday's march forms part of Friday's "National School Strike for Palestine" initiative

Last-ditch plea to prevent Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman ditching walking and cycling schemes

Club says players were left ‘distraught’ after a three year deal was scrapped

As mountains of rubbish built up in Tower Hamlets and elsewhere, authorities were forced to listen, says Polly Smythe, labour movement correspondent at Novara Media

The Evening Standard takes out the trash. Barely hours after publishing our front page illustrating the festering piles of rubbish (and only hinting at the smell) in London’s East End, Tower Hamlets council reached a deal with striking refuse collectors.