The Government’s own figures show that homelessness in London has risen for the fourth year running – that’s since the Coalition first took office. A record 29,152 households have declared themselves homeless this year – a 10% increase on last ...

Residents are invited to come along and enjoy a season of summer evening markets in Tower Hamlets this July. The summer market sessions will take place in Whitechapel and at Watney market on Friday and Saturday evenings between 7pm and ...

Tower Hamlets Council has become one of the first local authorities in London to become an accredited London Living Wage (LLW) employer – guaranteeing that its own staff and those who work for its contractors (aged 18 and over) will ...

Students at Bow School have praised their new surroundings after moving into their £30million new building. Tower Hamlets Council partnered with developer Bouygues UK to deliver the state-of-the-art new school at Bow Lock on time and on budget. The completion ...

Roman Road will host its inaugural cultural extravaganza next week – the highest-profile activity to be supported by a new Tower Hamlets Council initiative which puts power in the hands of residents. The Roman Road Festival will showcase heritage, entertainment ...

Officers from Tower Hamlets Police are keen to know the whereabouts of 20-year-old Leonard (Leo) Sinani (28/05/1994). Albanian born Sinani is wanted in connection with an incident of GBH that took place at Mile End Road on 23/07/13 and witness ...

The police are reminding everyone that the herbal stimulant khat, mainly used by the Somali, Yemeni and Ethiopian communities, is now a class C controlled drug. Khat bundles (pictured) are about the size of a bottle of wine. Khat decays ...

Tower Hamlets Council and police are continuing the fight against drugs in the borough, this month seizing cannabis with a street value of £5,000 in a raid in Stepney. The drugs were discovered when Partnership Task Force (PTF) officers entered ...

After pleading guilty to two counts of fraud, 21 year old Shariful Alom of Iffley House, Arnold Circus, London, E2 has been sentenced to two 15 month terms of imprisonment, to run concurrently. Sentencing took place at Snaresbrook Crown Court ...

England captain Steven Gerrard may boast a £3.9m mansion but it’s a far cry from the modest home he grew up in on a tough council estate in Liverpool. Gerrards Lane in Merseyside and Gerrard Street in London may both ...