Tower Hamlets

Former police station used as ‘unauthorised HMO’

A former police station on the Isle of Dogs appears to have been converted into housing and let out without planning permission. Rooms inside the...

Tower Hamlets

Homelessness budget overspent in Tower Hamlets

The government should “intervene” over the housing crisis according to a senior councillor in Tower Hamlets, where homelessness accounted for the bulk of the...

Business & Finance

Rent to rise for East London Council tenants

An East London council has passed its budget, which includes investments in education, social care and community safety, as well as a 4.99% council...

Housing

Concerns have been raised by residents about living conditions in Grand Heights

A baby and toddler were rushed to hospital after a flat was sprayed for bedbugs, in a Slough tower block used to house people...

Crime

Girlfriend and mother convicted over failure to disclose Islamist terror plans

The mother and girlfriend of two Islamist terrorists have been convicted separately of failing to disclose plans for a terror attack in two different...

Politics

“I’ll risk threats to my life to stand as MP” vows barrister who ‘died’

A high-profile lawyer has vowed to overcome threats and challenges to fight a shadow cabinet member in the next general election. Sham Uddin – who...

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