Nitazenes: Tower Hamlets rough sleepers report panic about new synthetic opioids hidden in drugs
A climate of fear has taken over Tower Hamlets’ community of rough sleepers, with nearly everyone saying they’ve lost friends
![Orange silhouettes of a rough sleeper, disabled person and party-goer are shown over archive images of opioid dens in the Victorian times. Text overlay reads: "'There is a dark side behind the exotic colours, sounds and smells' 'The daughter of two heroin addicts [.] spoke a bizare form of pidgin jamaican-English' BBC, 2011."](https://whitechapellondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/04/nitazene-crisis-tower-hamlets-victorian-opium-dens-drug-user-types-800x445.jpg "Nitazenes: History hasn’t prepared us for synthetic opioids")
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![Orange silhouettes of a rough sleeper, disabled person and party-goer are shown over archive images of opioid dens in the Victorian times. Text overlay reads: "'There is a dark side behind the exotic colours, sounds and smells' 'The daughter of two heroin addicts [.] spoke a bizare form of pidgin jamaican-English' BBC, 2011."](https://whitechapellondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/04/nitazene-crisis-tower-hamlets-victorian-opium-dens-drug-user-types-130x90.jpg "Nitazenes: History hasn’t prepared us for synthetic opioids")
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A recipe for Tagine de Poulet by Nadiya Hussain
This Ramadan we share recipes from Nadiya Hussain’s cookbook, Rooza, including this delicious chicken tagine served with rice, onion and
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A recipe for Maas Biran by Nadiya Hussain
Nadiya Hussain’s new cookbook celebrates the cuisines of Islamic cultures across the world and includes a delicious recipe for the
