A retrospective exhibition of artist Dan Jones’s work spanning more than 40 years has opened at Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives. The exhibition features over 50 of Dan’s paintings and posters reflecting East End life and history, with ...

We’re used to driver-less trains in Tower Hamlets. Ever since the Queen came to open the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), we’ve had trains criss-crossing the Borough with only their train captains to guide them and respond to little emergencies. Some ...

In the 1980s, the then Tory Government set up the London Docklands Development Corporation, which made deals (usually discounts on their taxes) with various companies to move to the Isle of Dogs. They told us that wealth would trickle down ...

Since the Tories headed up the Coalition after the 2010 General Election, they have been making cuts in public spending and presiding over austerity measures which have made life harder for ordinary Eastenders. Government attacks such as the bedroom tax ...

It’s hard to keep a secret in Tower Hamlets – so all credit to East End Homes for keeping the outcome of their meeting last week totally under wraps. By way of context, you should know that when Labour Councillors ...

Officers are appealing for witnesses to a fatal collision on the A12 in Chadwell Heath. Police were called at 22:15hrs on Sunday, 20th July to a Vauxhall Corsa in collision with barriers on the A12 near to the Moby Dick ...

Operation Valour is a project commemorating the police officers from K Division (what is now Newham, Tower Hamlets, Redbridge and Barking & Dagenham boroughs) who enlisted in the armed forces during the First World War and were subsequently killed in ...

Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the safety of 14-year-old River Bovell-Reid who left an address where he was staying in Newham and was reported missing to police at 13:00hrs on 16th July. Police have had a reported sighting of ...

Police are becoming increasingly concerned to know the whereabouts of 14-year-old Ellie Austin who has been missing from an address where she was staying in Somerset since 16:40hrs on Sunday, 29th June. Ellie, who is originally from Romford, is a ...

Local businesses have joined with Barking and Dagenham Police to fight theft of number plates. In the last two years 935 reports of stolen vehicle number plates have been received by Barking and Dagenham Police. This means that more than ...