The area around a police station that burnt down in east London remains closed a month later. Forest Gate Police Station on Romford Road, Newham, caught alight and some of the building and all of the ...

After spending more than £110m on a new home, the occupants would perhaps be expected to stay there for a considerable time. Yet three years after the second most deprived borough in Britain did just ...

The mayor of Newham in London is on a mission to make the people of his borough, which has the lowest white population in the UK, more integrated. Sir Robin Wales has brought in a range of measures to ...

Think you know Newham? A new book finds something fresh on every page. Where can you see a clock that doubles as a drinking fountain and trebles as a horse trough? Why does Beckton sport a bridge to ...

Newham council is moving to weekly recycling collections in order to boost its recycling performance, which at 20.3% in 2019/20 is “significantly below national and regional averages”. The borough's ...

Refuse workers in Newham will begin a week-long strike over a pay dispute from Saturday unless a resolution is found, a union has warned. Drivers and loaders in the Unite union will stage a week-long ...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on Thursday issued a “Best Value Notice”, which means the local authority will be observed for the next 12 months to ensure it is ...

One woman has been stabbed to death and another injured in a knife attack in east London. A murder investigation has been launched and police are searching for a man believed to be known to the two ...

Serving fruit and veg from his store at Stratford Indoor Market yesterday, Joe Harvey is surprised to learn that the surrounding borough of Newham has just been named the greenest part of the UK.

A Newham restaurant has been handed a new two-out-of-five food hygiene rating. Xix Nineteen, a restaurant, cafe or canteen at ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Paul Sathianesan takes special pride in the citizenship ceremony in Newham, the east London borough that is the ...