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Comedian and wildlife presenter Bill Oddie died on July 25 (Image: PA)

Bill Oddie’s legacy offers a lesson in Humanist values and kindness

MP Uma Kumaran joined local police on speeding operations around Tredegar Square Gardens and on Grove Road (Image: Uma Kumaran)

MP Uma Kumaran joined local police on speeding operations around Tredegar Square Gardens and on Grove Road (Image: Uma Kumaran)

Tower Hamlets Council

Why council action on dangerous driving in Bow cannot wait any longer

Campaigners say more urban greenery could help cool London's streets during increasingly frequent heatwaves (Image: PA)

Campaigners say more urban greenery could help cool London's streets during increasingly frequent heatwaves (Image: PA)

Tower Hamlets Council

Why car-dominated streets are making Tower Hamlets hotter in heatwaves

Diane Abbot became the country's first Black MP in 1987 (Image: PA)

Diane Abbot became the country's first Black MP in 1987 (Image: PA)

Apsana Begum MP, Poplar and Limehouse

Why lived experience is essential to making better laws

Only 33 of Tower Hamlets 99 schools are covered by School Streets with none added since 2022

Only 33 of Tower Hamlets 99 schools are covered by School Streets with none added since 2022

School Street Scheme

Healthy Streets Scorecard raises concerns over Tower Hamlets progress

Festivals held in Victoria Park restrict access to the park by non-festival goers

Festivals held in Victoria Park restrict access to the park by non-festival goers

Unmesh Desai AM, City & East

Hotter summers put focus on east London's green spaces

The coffee trailer in the garden at the Teviot Centre in Poplar, does not sell coffee (Image: LiC)

The coffee trailer in the garden at the Teviot Centre in Poplar, does not sell coffee (Image: LiC)

Leaders in Community

Old food trailer becomes symbol of community action

Councillor Musthak Ahmed, who represents Bethnal Green West

Councillor Musthak Ahmed, who represents Bethnal Green West

Tower Hamlets confirms new speaker and key leadership roles

There is a wide financial gap between Canary Wharf and areas living in the shadows of the area's towers (Image: PA)

There is a wide financial gap between Canary Wharf and areas living in the shadows of the area's towers (Image: PA)

Apsana Begum MP, Poplar and Limehouse

How Britain’s inequality crisis is shaping east London

Keeping your child’s immunisations up to date helps protect them against serious illness (Image: NHS NEL)

Keeping your child’s immunisations up to date helps protect them against serious illness (Image: NHS NEL)

Dr Roberto Tamsanguan

Why routine childhood vaccinations remain vital for families

Women from Leaders in Community took over a space in the Young V&A (Image: LiC)

Women from Leaders in Community took over a space in the Young V&A (Image: LiC)

Leaders in Community

How local women turned the Young V&A into their own space

A demonstration opposed to the Chinese Embassy moving to the Royal Mint (Image: PA)

A demonstration opposed to the Chinese Embassy moving to the Royal Mint (Image: PA)

City Hall, London Assembly

From policing to transport, raising your concerns at City Hall

Tower Hamlets Wheelers with London Cycling Campaign, have produced a map showing the cycleways they would like to see

Tower Hamlets Wheelers with London Cycling Campaign, have produced a map showing the cycleways they would like to see

London Cycling Campaign

Mayoral hopefuls challenged to commit to Tower Hamlets cycle network

MP Apsana Begum joined others in a protest to end the housing crisis (Image: Apsana Begum)

MP Apsana Begum joined others in a protest to end the housing crisis (Image: Apsana Begum)

Apsana Begum MP, Poplar and Limehouse

Protest calls for urgent overhaul of broken housing system

Suffragette, peace activist and humanist Sylvia Pankhurst erected a memorial against aerial bombing in Woodford Green (Image: Wikimedia)

Suffragette, peace activist and humanist Sylvia Pankhurst erected a memorial against aerial bombing in Woodford Green (Image: Wikimedia)

First World War

Trump's threat to bomb Iran echoes call that inspired Lennon to write 'Imagine'

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer making a statement in the House of Commons on the situation in the Middle East (Image: PA)

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer making a statement in the House of Commons on the situation in the Middle East (Image: PA)

Cost of living crisis

UK must focus on diplomacy to prevent further Middle East escalation

Members of the Save Our Safer Streets campaign on the morning of their court of appeal hearing, 26/11/25 (Credit: LDRS)

Members of the Save Our Safer Streets campaign on the morning of their court of appeal hearing, 26/11/25 (Credit: LDRS)

Bethnal Green low-traffic neighbourhoods must stay in 'victory for local people'

A fun run has been criticised

A fun run has been criticised

Controversial fun run criticised for banning females over 12

Britannia International Hotel is being used to house asylum seekers

Britannia International Hotel is being used to house asylum seekers

Metropolitan Police

Two arrested after protests outside asylum seeker hotel in Canary Wharf

Rushanara Ali has resigned as homelessness minister

Rushanara Ali has resigned as homelessness minister

National government

East London MP resigns as homelessness minister after controversy over property

I am proud of myself, disability and all, and I think it has come from being in a community that accepts themselves, that has helped me accept myself.

I am proud of myself, disability and all, and I think it has come from being in a community that accepts themselves, that has helped me accept myself.

MPs have Disabled people's 'lives in their hands' but do they really understand?

There have been protests after news that Britannia International Hotel is being used to house asylum seekers

There have been protests after news that Britannia International Hotel is being used to house asylum seekers

Police guard Canary Wharf hotel after second protest on plans to house asylum seekers

Tower Hamlets Town Hall in Whitechapel

Tower Hamlets Town Hall in Whitechapel

Tower Hamlets Council

The 'toxic' council where staff 'feel intimidated'

The IOPC have given the latest update in their investigation into the controversial arrest

The IOPC have given the latest update in their investigation into the controversial arrest

Metropolitan Police

Police watchdog says violent arrest linked to 'assault on emergency worker'

Protesters gathered outside the Tower Hamlets Labour office in Bethnal Green

Protesters gathered outside the Tower Hamlets Labour office in Bethnal Green

'Shame on you' - Protesters chant outside Labour office after MP's vote on ceasefire

Beatty Orwell at 100 in 2017, who has died at 105

Beatty Orwell at 100 in 2017, who has died at 105

Cable Street veteran and ex-mayoress of Tower Hamlets dies aged 105

Shamima Begum 'should have been treated as child trafficking victim', court told

The latest proposed parliamentary constituency boundaries in Tower Hamlets

The latest proposed parliamentary constituency boundaries in Tower Hamlets

Boundary Commission

Latest plans for Tower Hamlets constituency boundaries revealed

Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman has announced that 1,250 pupils aged 16 and over will receive £400 to support them with their studies. Photos: PIxabay/PA

Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman has announced that 1,250 pupils aged 16 and over will receive £400 to support them with their studies. Photos: PIxabay/PA

Tower Hamlets mayor to pay children to stay at school amid cost of living crisis

Cllr Puru Miah (second right) with the banner.

Cllr Puru Miah (second right) with the banner.

'Disgusting': Antisemitic message on Brick Lane banner condemned

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed the £20 a week Universal Credit uplift will be extended until the end of September.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed the £20 a week Universal Credit uplift will be extended until the end of September.

Universal Credit uplift extension confirmed as latest claimant numbers released by DWP