Whitechapel's community newspaper

Whitechapel LDN is a news and culture magazine for Whitechapel in East London. Discover the best-kept secrets about your neighbourhood, including what’s on, places to visit, new shops, best restaurants, bars and coffee places, and the top attractions in Whitechapel, Banglatown, Wapping and Stepney. Whitechapel Market operates Monday to Saturday from about 9am to 5pm.

Local democracy

Protestors from local community in Tower Hamlets demonstrate outside Town Hall
LocalLocal democracyNews

Council challenged on multiple community groups being squeezed out of leases

Nick Clark, BBC Local Democracy Report

Labour councillors claim the council has ‘failed in its responsibility’ to keep up with rent reviews in a council meeting

The Shaheed Minar monument, celebrating the Bengali Language Movement in Altab Ali Park, Whitechapel, east London.
British BangladeshiLocalOut & aboutWhat's on

Roots to Routes: Highlights from Tower Hamlets’ South Asian Heritage Month 2025

Tabitha Stapely
Tower Hamlets Town Hall on a sunny day, east London.
LocalLocal democracyNews

Government welcomes council progress with envoys but calls for stronger leadership buy-in

Nick Clark, BBC Local Democracy Report
Lab workers test for nitazenes using various technologies.
LocalNewsSocial care

How inadequate nitazene testing is undermining the UK’s response to the deadly synthetic opioid crisis

Agatha Scaggiante
A bearded Dovid Katz, the Yiddish author, stands in front of a book shelf , smiling to camera.
CultureEast End JewishLocal

Dovid Katz: The last of the Yiddish writers of Whitechapel

Sophie Howarth
A woman in a waiting room, ordering fake oxycodone on the dark web.
LocalNewsSocial care

How an east London woman turned to the dark web for nitazene-laced painkillers after medical dismissal

Agatha Scaggiante

Local culture

A bearded Dovid Katz, the Yiddish author, stands in front of a book shelf , smiling to camera.
CultureEast End JewishLocal

Dovid Katz: The last of the Yiddish writers of Whitechapel

Sophie Howarth

Through the eyes of author Dovid Katz, we have a peephole into the ‘beautiful’ Whitechapel chapter of Yiddish history in

Tagine de Poulet.
Arts & artistsBritish BangladeshiCulture

A recipe for Tagine de Poulet by Nadiya Hussain

Ray Bonsall
Puff puffs
Arts & artistsBritish BangladeshiCulture

A recipe for puff puffs by Nadiya Hussain

Ray Bonsall
Maas Biran
Arts & artistsBritish BangladeshiCultureEating & drinkingLocalOut & about

A recipe for Maas Biran by Nadiya Hussain

Ray Bonsall
Jalebi at Mr Sweet.
British BangladeshiCultureLocal

Sweet memories: Exploring Bengali flavours in the East End

Ray Bonsall
Nadiya Hussain, author of cookbook Rooza smiling in a kitchen with her book next to her.
British BangladeshiCulture

TV chef Nadiya Hussain publishes Rooza, a cookbook that celebrates Ramadan food

Ray Bonsall

Out & About

The Shaheed Minar monument, celebrating the Bengali Language Movement in Altab Ali Park, Whitechapel, east London.
British BangladeshiLocalOut & aboutWhat's on

Roots to Routes: Highlights from Tower Hamlets’ South Asian Heritage Month 2025

Tabitha Stapely

This year’s Tower Hamlets South Asian Heritage Month is packed with free events, including theatre, music and dance. Tower Hamlets

Maas Biran
Arts & artistsBritish BangladeshiCultureEating & drinkingLocalOut & about

A recipe for Maas Biran by Nadiya Hussain

Ray Bonsall
High end sarees for sale inside saree shop on Whitechapel Highstreet in Tower Hamlets, East London.
LocalOut & aboutShopping

The best saree shops to visit in Whitechapel 

Alice Chapman
The entrance to Janna Cafe, the Somalian cafe on the corner of Fieldgate Street and Settles Street in Whitechapel, East London.
Eating & drinkingLocalOut & about

Janna Cafe: Cheap eats and friendly smiles at Whitechapel’s backstreet Somalian cafe

Alice Chapman
Shawarma stall at Petticoat Lane Food Court
Eating & drinkingLocalOut & about

Petticoat Lane Food Court wins Best Speciality Market Award

Imogen Garfinkel
Guy Masterson performing his solo adaptation of George Orwell's book Animal Farm at Wilton's Music Hall.
Out & aboutWhat's on

Don’t miss Guy Masterson’s Animal Farm at Wilton’s Music Hall

Felix Naylor Marlow

Your local newspaper for Whitechapel, London

Whitechapel LDN is an online community newspaper for Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, in East London. We cover news, culture and what’s on in Whitechapel, Wapping, Shadwell and Stepney.

Sign up for our FREE weekly newsletter and be the first to know about the latest local news and events. Read stories about social activism and the diverse culture and heritage of our local neighbourhood, from British Bangladeshi, Jewish East End and our famous street markets including Whitechapel Market, Watney Market and Petticoat Lane Markets.

Whitechapel Market operates on Monday to Saturday from about 9 am to 5 pm.  Find more information on opening times and how to get to Whitechapel.