TOWER HAMLETS Independent Group of Councillors has marked the Queen’s Speech by sending an Open Letter to the two Labour MPs in Tower Hamlets – Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar & Limehouse) and Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green & Bow), The Letter deals ...

LONDON’S SMALL BUSINESSES are increasingly being targeted by online criminals who are trying to exploit weaknesses in their IT systems. Now the Metropolitan Police are trying to help those businesses protect themselves. The London Mayor and Metropolitan Police set up ...

ISLE OF DOGS Independent Councillor Maium Miah has spent the last few days chasing landlords to provide answers on tower block safety – starting with One Housing Group, the controversial landlord which owns and manages a number of tower blocks  the ...

THERESA MAY is still facing a barrage of criticism for the Government’s failure to act promptly as the fire broke out and in its immediate aftermath – and for its role in causing it. On Saturday, as estimates of the ...

THE LATEST estimate of the number of fatalities in the Grenfell Tower fire is between 58 and 70. Londoners will feel that even 58 deaths is 58 too many – but there must be some relief that the eventual figure ...

LONDON HAS returned a swathe of Labour MPs – with all the seats in East London staying red. Bethnal Green & Bow (Tower Hamlets) saw a high turnout by local standards, with Rushanara Ali netting an enormous 42,969 votes. The Tories ...

Many words have been spoken about the terrible events at London Bridge. Here’s a collage of news and quotes from across East London. Police investigations after the attack have focussed on Barking. The first raid came on a flat in ...

There are surprisingly few statements about the Manchester attack being made in Tower Hamlets. Here we print a statement from the East London Mosque and then such comments from prominent party political leaders as we have been able to find. ...

CORONER MARY HASSELL has found that if staff at Bow School had administered an emergency EpiPen, there was a “possibility but not a probability” that Nasar may have been saved. The Coroner was speaking at the end of an inquest ...

A CONSULTANT WHO specialises in respiratory conditions in children has called for a change in practice in schools over the use of EpiPens. These devices deliver a shot of adrenaline and are used as emergency treatment when a patient has gone ...