Go-ahead for plans to move historic food markets to Dagenham
Plans to move three historic London food markets to Dagenham have been given the green light.
Puppy smuggler from East Ham banned from owning dogs
A man who trafficked puppies worth almost £70,000 into the UK and then advertised them for sale online has been banned from owning dogs.
'We all caught it': Living in 'hotspot' Newham during the Covid crisis
When the pandemic struck, Sadia Yasmin found herself without a job.
Older black and Asian people in Newham 'hesitant' over vaccine
Public health chiefs in east London are upping their campaign to combat coronavirus vaccine hesitancy after figures show large disparities in uptake among different communities.
Shisha bar in Plaistow forced to close for flouting Covid rules
A Plaistow shisha bar, which repeatedly refused to close during lockdown, has been forced to shut, Newham Council has said.
Plans for new West Ham Park playground approved
Plans for a new £773,000 playground in Newham’s largest park have been approved.
Council rents offices to ambulance service to save money
Newham has agreed to rent a large part of its Dockside council offices to London Ambulance Service (LAS) in a bid to save almost £700,000 a year.
Streets around proposed Chinese embassy building could be renamed after persecuted Muslims
Streets around China’s new proposed embassy could be renamed after the Muslim population being persecuted in the country, as the row over the plans intensifies.
Pressure on government to provide laptops for lockdown learning
Tower Hamlets Council has warned it is short of 10,000 laptops for children who cannot attend school during lockdown as the row over access to online learning intensified.
That's so raven: Everything you need to know about the guardians of the Tower
Yesterday, the Tower of London reported that its raven “Queen” Merlina had been missing for several weeks and was feared dead.
