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5kg of cocaine and £400k cash seized, two men arrested

Two men have been arrested and a large quantity of class A drugs and cash seized following an investigation by the Met’s Specialist Crime Command. The specialist officers stopped a minicab near Aldgate East Underground Station on Thursday and searched the passenger. They found a rucksack which contained two and a half kilograms of cocaine and approximately £50,000 in cash. …

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Seven arrested in Mile End raid with cash, drugs and gun seized

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Officers from the Central East Gangs Taskforce team executed a dawn raid at an address in Eric Street, E3. Seven people were detained including a 15-year-old girl. Several hundred grams of drugs were thrown from the balcony in an attempt to dispose of the evidence as four of the suspects attempted to make a run for it. Officers thoroughly searched …

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Man wanted after robbery in shop off Brick Lane

Detectives are appealing for the public’s help in identifying a man in connection with a robbery in Whitechapel. Police were called to MS Express, a newsagents, on Osborn Street E1 at 3am on 16 November 2019 to a report of a robbery. Officers attended and the victim, a man in his 30s, reported being assaulted and robbed of his phone …

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Police appeal after teenager robbed at Crossharbour DLR

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British Transport Police have released CCTV images following a robbery at Crossharbour DLR station, Tower Hamlets. The incident happened at around 6.45pm on Thursday 16 January. A group is reported to have shoved a teenage boy and demanded his coat on the stairs at the station. Pic: British Transport Police During the robbery, one of the suspects showed the victim …

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Council forced into delay on sacking 4,000 workers this Easter

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Tower Hamlets Council are delaying their plans to sack and rehire 4,000 workers on ‘worse’ contracts this Easter Sunday. Council staff had rightly suspended strike action against the move in order to support the community during the Covid-19 crisis, but the council had been pushing ahead until it announced a delay to the plans yesterday, the Morning Star reported. Social …

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Seven residents at Stepney care home die with suspected coronavirus

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Seven residents have died with suspected coronavirus infections at a care home near Spider Park in Stepney and another 21 others are ill with possible symptoms, the Evening Standard reported. A dozen staff from the Hawthorn Green home are also off work, either self-isolating or shielding. The care home has around 50 residents. The Government’s Chief Medical Officer, Chris Whitty …

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Tower Hamlets man charged with murder after woman stabbed to death in Newham

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A Tower Hamlets man has been charged with murder after a woman was fatally stabbed in an east London street. Adelani Bepo, 28, of Three Colt Street, E14, was charged on Sunday with the murder of 40-year-old Shadika Mohsin Patel. Ms Patel was found with multiple knife wounds in Altmore Avenue, near the junction with Barking Road, East Ham, on …

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Man wanted for stabbing 16-year-old near Chrisp St

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Police investigating the stabbing of a 16-year-old boy in a bakery in Tower Hamlets are appealing for the public‘s help in identifying a man. Officers were called to a bakery in Market Square, E14, at around 3pm on Saturday, 25 January. A 16-year-old boy was approached by an unknown man who engaged him in conversation and then slashed at his …

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Idea Store workers force library closures

The Idea Store, Whitechapel

Idea Store workers across seven branches in the borough said they wouldn’t come back to work because bosses were ignoring health advice according to the Socialist Worker. An Idea Store worker named Matt who is also a union rep said that workers felt “absolute anger and hatred at the bosses. There’s a complete and utter contempt that they kept opening …

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Coronavirus: ‘You must stay at home’ UK public TOLD!

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has just announced a major ramping up of coronavirus measures. Speaking to the nation, Prime Minister Johnson said the coronavirus is “the biggest threat this country has faced for decades”. He said “without a huge national effort” there will come a time when “no health service in the world could possibly cope; because there won’t be …

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Binman strike called off, backlog to be cleared ‘soon’

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Veolia, the company contracted to collected waste in Tower Hamlets has reached an agreement with their staff meaning all future waste collection and street cleaning industrial action has been called off. The disruption in recent weeks to waste collection has been frustrating for residents, with many of them taking to social media to show their anger and disappointment especially due …

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Council to shut SOME markets, remaining markets limited

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Following discussions the council has had with organisers and operators, a number of markets in Tower Hamlets will close until further notice. The markets to be closed are: Brick Lane, Columbia Road, Petticoat Lane, Scatler Street and Victoria Park. The council are limiting the number of stalls at remaining markets which are: Bethnal Green, Chrisp Street, Roman Road Square, Watney …

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Coronavirus: 10 new confirmed cases in Tower Hamlets

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The official total coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Tower Hamlets rose by 10 to 43 which is nearly a 30% jump from the previous day. On Thursday there was 33 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Tower Hamlets, out of a local population of 317,705. On Monday there was there were just 12 confirmed cases but on Tuesday there were 25. Coronavirus …

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Coronavirus: Bow Road and Stepney Green to be closed

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Up to 40 stations on the London Underground network are to be shut as the London attempts to reduce the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. The stations affected in Tower Hamlets are Bow Road and Stepney Green. Transport for London said there would be a partial shutdown of the network from Thursday morning. There will be no night Tube and …

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IoD: £3m worth of class A drugs found after van driver pulled over

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A man has been sent to prison for nine years after around £3million worth of cocaine and MDMA were found in his car. Dean Garland, 46 of Sunnyside Road, Epping, was driving when he was stopped by police on Thursday, 24 October. He was sentenced on Thursday, 12 March at Snaresbrook Crown Court. Garland previously pleaded guilty at a hearing …

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