2 h. ago Man charged with murder after pensioner, 73, dead from head injury at east London home

Mizanur Rahman, known to the victim, has been arrested and remains in custody over ‘isolated’ incident in Bethnal Green

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5 h. ago Murder probe as pensioner, 73, dies from head injury at her home in east London

A 45-year-old man, known to the victim, has been arrested and remains in custody over ‘isolated’ incident in Bethnal Green

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6 h. ago Daughter 'tried to storm migrant hotel with a meat cleaver' after she found asylum seeker from there in her blind mother's flat 'moving his hand over his groin', court hears

Channay Augustus, 22, was part of a group of around 20 people who tried to barge into the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf, east London , on Wednesday evening, it is alleged.

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8 h. ago News | London and South East industrial looking for better take

News | London and South East industrial looking for better take-up in second half of year  CoStar

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10 h. ago Murder probe as pensioner, 73, is battered to death at her home in east London

A 45-year-old man, known to the victim, has been arrested and remains in custody over ‘isolated’ incident in Bethnal Green

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11 h. ago Heatwave causes surge in vehicle breakdowns because of hot tyres

The RAC said it received 10% more callouts between Monday and Thursday compared with the same period last week.

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11 h. ago Suspended London Labour councillor found not guilty after calling for far

Jones, 58, addressed crowds on Hoe Street in Walthamstow, east London, on August 7 last year

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13 h. ago What festivals are taking place in London this weekend and where?

There are lots of events and happenings this weekend in the capital

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14 h. ago 'Migrant from Canary Wharf hotel' is arrested on suspicion of common assault after allegedly entering a blind woman's flat

The migrant, aged in his 20s, was held in Hackney, east London, in the early hours of this morning.

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18 h. ago Canary Wharf office values rise for first time in three years

Rebound offers some green shoots for east London financial district

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21 h. ago Boy, 12, whose skin tears at the slightest touch given hope after groundbreaking trial

Gabrielius Misurenkovas, 12, from east London, was diagnosed with an inflammatory disease called recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) when he was a baby

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28 h. ago Blind woman was 'terrified' when migrant living just metres away in Canary Wharf hotel burst into her home, family reveal

The man is said to have gone to the house after being followed by a group of men on the street and told to 'go back to the hotel'.

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33 h. ago Person dies after being hit by train at Old Street station prompting huge emergency services response

The death at the east London station is not being treated as suspicious

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34 h. ago Labour councillor's cutting throats comment at east London rally 'out of character', says friend

Ricky Jones, 58, is on trial accused of one count of encouraging violent disorder at the Walthamstow rally, which he denies

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36 h. ago A Level results day: Over 250 students achieve straight As at top east London academy

Brampton Manor Academy in East Ham celebrates its best A-Level results as over 250 students secure straight As or higher

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39 h. ago Boy with fragile skin disorder given hope after new treatment

Gabrielius Misurenkovas, 12, from east London, was diagnosed with an inflammatory disease called recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) when he was a baby.

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40 h. ago Thunderstorms and 30C heat forecast for London as fourth heatwave of the summer continues

Heat health alerts, in place for much of the last week, have also been extended into next week

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47 h. ago Warnings issued for thunderstorms and high temperatures as heatwave continues

Flood alerts have also been issued.

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50 h. ago ‘Petty or racist’: Ex White House photographer rips Trump for ‘hiding’ Obama portrait and bucking tradition

Pete Souza, who served under Obama and former president Ronald Reagan, said that breaking a longstanding tradition of where presidential portraits are hung was ‘pretty petty’

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50 h. ago Brit tourist, 61, dies in Turkey after being run over by 'drunk driver' TWICE

Lisa Di Palma, from east London, died after she was hit twice by a car in Turkey

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