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Speed to be cut on major roads in five London boroughs this week

The speed limit will be reduced to 20mph on main roads in five London boroughs this week in a bid to improve road safety. Transport for London will cut the speed limit on 17 miles of “red routes” under its control in Camden, Islington, Hackney, Haringey and Tower Hamlets from…

Evening Standard

Dozens of east London businesses targeted in wave of hammer attacks

One business is suffering thousands of pounds of damage after its windows were smashed three times in six months

Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets stripped of £1m funding amid pro-car agenda

A London borough whose mayor is pursuing a pro-car agenda has been stripped of more than £1 million in transport funding — and faces losing a similar amount next year.

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Police horse attacked by dog ‘inundated with apples and treats’

Footage circulated on social media showed a brown dog savaging Urbane while two mounted officers patrolled in Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets.

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Homophobic man with extreme violence obsession beat man to death with claw hammer in cemetery

Erik Feld killed Ranjith Kankanamalage in Tower Hamlets in August 2021

The Independent UK

Man found guilty of east London hammer attack murder

Erik Feld killed Ranjith Kankanamalage in Tower Hamlets in August 2021

Evening Standard

Homophobic man with extreme violence obsession beat man to death with a claw hammer in cemetery

Erik Feld killed Ranjith Kankanamalage in Tower Hamlets in August 2021.

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In the London borough with the widest wealth gap, the Budget leaves many confused

Views ranged from ‘thrilled’ to ‘disappointed’ in this polarised area

The Independent UK

East Londoners want Cockney recognised as official language

A group of east Londoners have called for Cockney to be recognised as an official language.

Evening Standard

Residents demand independent inquiry into council’s role before fatal fire

Residents’ association claims Tower Hamlets officials and councillors knew about overcrowding at Maddocks House

The Guardian - UK

Man with ‘deep interest’ in extreme violence accused over cemetery hammer murder

Ranjith Kankanamalage, 50, was found by a member of the public on a path in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park on the morning of August 16 2021

Evening Standard

Criminal investigation launched into fatal east London flat fire

One man died in fire on 5 March in two-bedroom flat where at least 18 people were living

The Guardian - UK

London council first in country to offer free school meals up to 16

Tower Hamlets is to fund free school meals for all primary and secondary children no matter what their parents earn

Evening Standard

Residents warned council landlord about overcrowded flat before fatal fire

Tower Hamlets council’s failure to stop overcrowding prompts allegation by residents’ association of ‘negligence’

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TfL withholding £1m from Tower Hamlets mayor because he may axe LTN road safety schemes

Transport for London is withholding more than £1m from a borough mayor who is considering axing road schemes designed to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists.

The Guardian - UK

Tower Hamlets mayor accused of ‘culture war’ against low-traffic schemes

Campaigners criticise Lutfur Rahman as he consults for second time on London borough’s LTNs

Evening Standard

Man sentenced for killing roommate with pair of scissors in Tower Hamlets flat

David Cheres launched a brutal attack on Tiparat Argatu in January 2021

Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets schools urge Mayor Lutfur Rahman not to bin road safety schemes

Five heads have written to the Tower Hamlets mayor urging him to retain and improve the traffic-calming measures in and around Old Bethnal Green Road and Columbia Road

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London house prices: only three boroughs saw asking prices rise in January

Only Tower Hamlets, Hammersmith and Camden saw any increase in asking prices this month, while other parts of the UK enjoyed the “green shoots of growth”.

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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

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

Daily Mirror

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

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