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Grenfell should have been a wake-up call – but the UK still doesn't take fire safety seriously because of who is most at risk

In March 2023, a fire in Tower Hamlets, east London, claimed the life of Mizanur Rahman, a 41-year-old father-of-two from Bangladesh. Five fire engines and 35 firefighters attended the call to the two-bedroom flat in Maddocks House, on the Tarling West housing estate, in the early hours of the morning.

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Crowd-funded legal bid launched to block Tower Hamlets mayor ripping out traffic-calming measures

Almost 700 people have already pledged £37,000 to the legal fighting fund – though another £45,000 is needed to fund the case

Evening Standard

Victoria Park 'privatisation' row erupts as council increases festival days

Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman said the town hall had 'to squeeze as much as we can' from its assets

Evening Standard

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'Hundreds' of schoolchildren join pro-Palestine protest in Tower Hamlets

Thursday's march forms part of Friday's "National School Strike for Palestine" initiative

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan urged to use legal powers to prevent East End LTNs being axed

Last-ditch plea to prevent Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman ditching walking and cycling schemes

Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets Council faces backlash after girls’ football pitch awarded to male team

Club says players were left ‘distraught’ after a three year deal was scrapped

Evening Standard

How British refuse collectors won their strikes and became a model for successful trade unionism

As mountains of rubbish built up in Tower Hamlets and elsewhere, authorities were forced to listen, says Polly Smythe, labour movement correspondent at Novara Media

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OPINION - The Standard View: A reminder that rubbish collection is as vital to a city as transport and policing

The Evening Standard takes out the trash. Barely hours after publishing our front page illustrating the festering piles of rubbish (and only hinting at the smell) in London’s East End, Tower Hamlets council reached a deal with striking refuse collectors.

Evening Standard

London refuse workers’ strike ends as pay deal with council reached

Unite says extra £750 secured for Tower Hamlets striking workers after rubbish left on streets for nearly two weeks

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Why is there so much rubbish on the streets in London?

The people who collect the bins in Tower Hamlets are on strike. Reportedly not so in Camden, though they might as well be. For three years now, I have rented an apartment in NW6 – formerly of Dusty Springfield fame, now just of dust and dirt.

Evening Standard

Piles of rubbish to be cleared as Tower Hamlets strike ends with pay deal

Tower Hamlets Council and Unite the Union negotiated an end to a pay dispute involving waste service workers and street cleaners.

The Independent UK

Tower Hamlets: Piles of rubbish to be cleared as refuse collection workers strike called off

Festering piles of rotting rubbish have been piling up in the streets of Tower Hamlets since refuse workers launched strike action over a week ago

Evening Standard

Up to 1.5 million households could be hit by bin strikes as rubbish piles up on London’s streets

The first wave of bin strikes hit London last week causing widespread disruption in Tower Hamlets

The Independent UK

OPINION - The Standard View: Refuse strike leaves a bad smell across the East End

The rubbish may be piling up in the streets of Tower Hamlets but this is not the Winter of Discontent. Back in 1978-79, the refuse collectors had the good grace to go on strike when the weather had turned cold, sparing residents of the smell currently pervading the East End.

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What a load of rubbish! Thousands of bin bags litter London streets as strike extended for two weeks

6ft high piles of rubbish in echoes of the winter of discontent

Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets set to rip out majority of popular low traffic neighbourhoods

Mayor Lutfur Rahman was re-elected on a pro-motorist platform but consultations have found the traffic calming schemes are liked by residents

Evening Standard

Man who sexually assaulted woman as she slept at home in Tower Hamlets jailed

Darrel Phillips assaulted the woman while she was asleep in her own bed

The Independent UK

China's plans to build a new embassy near the Tower of London stall amid local opposition

China’s plans to build a new embassy near the Tower of London have stalled following local opposition to what would be the biggest diplomatic compound in Britain

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Evening Standard

Row breaks out over Tower Hamlets plan to spend thousands on ‘lavish’ office for mayor Lutfur Rahman

A row has broken out over “lavish” upgrades to Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s office in Tower Hamlets’ new town hall

The Guardian - UK

‘Chaos’: Tower Hamlets housing service ‘near collapse’ with families housed in B&Bs

Staff working for the London borough claim inexperienced recruits are encouraged to put people off seeking council help

The Independent UK

Population jumped in towns and cities after peak of Covid pandemic, figures suggest

Tower Hamlets and Westminster had the biggest increase, while South Staffordshire saw the largest drop.

Daily Mirror

'Fixers' offer to help women jump the council housing queue - for £5,000

During a two-month investigation, the Mirror spoke to a number of women from a Somali community in London, including a mum-of-five who has been in temporary accommodation for 12 years

Evening Standard

Man jailed for brutal hammer murder in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

Erik Feld was obsessed with ‘horrific violence’ and ‘fuelled by homophobia’, police said

Evening Standard

Revealed: London’s best and worst boroughs for promoting cycling and walking

London Cycling Campaign report analyses progress on measures like protected cycle lanes and safer junctions

Evening Standard

Man charged with murder as police search for missing woman in Tower Hamlets

A man is due to appear in court charged with murder following the disappearance of a woman in east London.

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