Barred: prison play asks if art and education can rehabilitate offenders
Writer and ex-offender Dean Stalham bases his plays on searching questions that interrogate the prison experience
Read MoreThree men jailed for stealing ‘life-saving equipment’ from fire stations
Thieves stole £100k worth of fire-fighting kit in London crime spree
Read MoreObituary – Colin O’Brien
Acclaimed photographer who chronicled the life of ordinary East Londoners since the 1940s has died suddenly aged 76
Read MoreMayor vows to track down ‘fraudsters’ targeting Tower Hamlets residents in housing scam
Bogus ‘Overcrowding Aid’ claims to represent local authority and asks for £29.99 fee to help residents find a more spacious home
Read More20mph speed limit in Tower Hamlets makes roads ‘more dangerous’
Speed limit trial has caused more overtaking and increased risk, says Cllr Andrew Wood
Read MoreMuslims join Christians in solidarity at Bethnal Green church service for murdered French priest
Two religions ‘can support one another in mutual respect’ says rector following brutal killing of Father Jacques Hamel by radical Islamists in Normandy
Read MoreSadiq Khan appoints Shirley Rodrigues as deputy mayor for environment and energy
‘The perfect person to deliver my agenda to make London a cleaner and greener city’
Read MoreWhitechapel extremist Mohammed Rahman and hate cleric Anjem Choudary convicted of supporting Isis
The pair were found guilty at the Old Bailey of pledging allegiance to Isis and urging their followers to join the group
Read MoreGlobe Town Mural: the end of an era
Iconic mural that was painted by the local community 24 years ago is to be plastered over this month
Read MoreEric Pickles slams police for ‘astonishing inaction’ over electoral fraud in Tower Hamlets
Anti-corruption guru Eric Pickles blames ‘political correctness’ for failure to prevent vote-rigging scandal
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