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Last Thursday, the police launched a large operation which was apparently drugs related. Watch the video here.

Officers from British Transport Police are today releasing images of a man they wish to speak to in connection with an assault on an 84-year-old woman.  The incident happened shortly after 2.20pm yesterday (06/09) at Shoreditch High Street Train Station.  Whilst the woman was waiting for a train she was involved in an altercation with a man. During the altercation …

In December 2014 Shiraz Food & Wine on Hackney Road was raided by Trading Standards, HMRC and the police, who found 351 bottles of illegal alcohol. This was the largest seizure of illegal booze in Tower Hamlets for many years and led to the store’s licence being revoked by the council. This caused a significant reduction in Shiraz Food & …

Tower Hamlets Council is to issue £20 fines to drivers who leave their engine running when they are parked. The penalty will go up to £40 if the fine isn’t paid in 28 days. The new policy which aims to reduce air pollution across the borough is part of the council’s campaign, #BreatheClean. The campaign will focus on drivers who …

Hundreds packed the Atrium venue for the public launch of the People’s Alliance at the Atrium venue in Bethnal Green last night. Khan is running for mayor as well as re-election as ward member for Shadwell where she is popular with residents. Mayoral candidate Rabina Khan promised a referendum to decide if Tower Hamlets should have an executive mayor if she …

On Wednesday, 16 August, the two men were seen apparently placing stickers and posters at the Bevis Marks Synagogue and Sandys Row Synagogue. Officers from Tower Hamlets are working closely with colleagues from the City of London Police and are providing crime prevention and safety advice to the synagogues. Suspect One [ref: 261157] is described as white and of medium …

Two men who killed a man in his own home have been sentenced. Keith Sinclair, 60, died after being repeatedly stabbed in the chest at his Tower Hamlets home. Patrick Dunn, 25 (06.07.92), of no fixed address and Peter Tutton, 19 (03.02.98), also of no fixed address were convicted on Thursday, 16 November, of manslaughter and wounding with intent after …

Three men who beat and threatened a man after forcing him into a car and kidnapping him have been jailed for a combined total of twelve and a half years.   All three were sentenced at Inner London Crown Court on Friday, 1 December, having earlier been found guilty of kidnap and actual bodily harm following a trial at Snaresbrook …

Tower Hamlets Mayor, John Biggs, has announced a multi-million pound investment in community safety to increase the number of council funded police officers in the borough to thirty-nine (39). There were concerns that cuts to the police’s budget has reduced the number of police in Tower Hamlets. Mayor Biggs said:“Community safety is an absolute priority. I want to make sure …

The Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR) based at Cambridge University has revealed that Tower Hamlets has 1.56 takeaways per 1,000 people. Out of the 1,728 food outlets in Tower Hamlets, 397 are takeaways. Three years ago there were 371 takeaways meaning an increase of 7pc. Dr Thomas Burgoine, CEDAR research associate, said: “This is concerning, as research increasingly …

A five-year-old girl was fined £150 by a Tower Hamlets Council for selling 50p cups of lemonade to festival goers. The girl’s father Professor Andre Spicer helped his daughter set up the stall in Mile End, while thousands of music fans were on their way to the Lovebox Festival at the weekend. Cups of lemonade were priced at 50p for …

Former Tower Hamlets FC and Crystal Palace winger Randell Williams has confirmed he’s set to sign a deal with Watford who play in the Premier League. The youngster who transferred to the Eagles in 2015 was released this summer and had been a free agent. Williams played 45 minutes for Watford’s U23 side in a pre-season friendly at Woking on …

A mini-cab driver who sexually assaulted female passengers while they were sleeping, including cutting off one woman’s clothing and raping her in the back of his car, has been jailed for 12 years. Jahir Hussain, 37 from E14 had previously pleaded guilty, on 15 May after one day of his trial at the same court, to two counts of rape, …

Data collected by the British Pest Control Association (BPCA) has awarded the unenvious title bedbug capital to Tower Hamlets. Tower Hamlets was found to have the highest ratio of bedbug call-outs made per 1,000 people with a rate of 2.80, representing a 21% decrease compared to the previous year (from 3.53 to 2.80). The figures were released in response to …

A 17-year-old girl was pronounced dead at the scene after falling from the window of a block of flats on St Paul’s Way near Mile End after a fire had broken out early on Monday morning. According to the Evening Standard a team of 21 firefighters were called to St Paul’s Way at just before 6am after the blaze started …