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Mayor of Newham Rokhsana Fiaz says her administration is on course to meet her target of 1,056 new council homes by March 2022.

On the night of June 29 last year, 28-year-old Fuadi Mohamed was stabbed to death and died in his mother's arms, in front of dozens of witnesses. Now his devastated family are calling for an inquiry into how police handled the case. Hannah Somerville reports.

Planning officers faced a grilling from Stratford residents over the proposed MSG Sphere during an impromptu Q&A last night.

About 600 people have marched through the streets in protest against a controversial new law in India.

Youth services, housing and the environment are among the areas set for Newham Council investment over the next three years.

Pensioner Charles Rumsey won't be spending Christmas in hospital after a medical response unit from the Royal London arrived at his home in East Ham following a 999 call.

A college's staff are celebrating after the business was recognised for understanding the value of workers.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and Formula E driver Sam Bird visited Salisbury Primary School to find out about the work being done to improve air quality in one of Newham's most polluted areas.

A Stratford sixth form is celebrating after 37 pupils received offers from Oxford or Cambridge.

Fifty one pupils at Brampton Manor Academy are preparing for life at Oxford or Cambridge after receiving offers from the prestigious universities - a new school record.

We speak to Ghazala Anwar, a teacher of criminology and psychology, about her thoughts on teaching and working at NewVIc College.

A-level student Noah follows in the footsteps of his grandfather, who led the Independence Motion in Nigeria, as he prepares to study journalism at university

This year we mark the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day and to celebrate we would like to share readers' memories.

A lot has happened in the past 10 years - and here are just some of the stories that made the pages of our paper since 2010.

A candle-light vigil following the anti-Semitic daubings on a synagogue in north London on the last night of the Jewish Chanukah 'festival of light' drew parallels with the 1936 Battle of Cable Street which stopped Mosley's Blackshirts marching through Whitechapel.

Tributes have been paid to West Ham United legend Martin Peters.

St Lucians have celebrated the Caribbean island's national day in a town hall flag-raising ceremony.