Quiet destruction: Everything our investigation has uncovered about the nitazenes crisis
Beneath the surface of east London, a new synthetic opioid crisis is emerging – our six-month investigation has traced the
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Council overspends on homelessness budget amid housing crisis
A senior councillor says there should be government intervention over the housing crisis The government should ‘intervene’ over the housing
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Will The Truman Brewery Become Homes Or Offices?
Next week, on 31st July, Tower Hamlets Council decides upon the future of the Truman Brewery and therefore on the
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Mapping a crisis: As synthetic opioid deaths rise, UK drug data is full of blind spots
Nitazenes are evolving, but without reliable data on drug deaths, consumption or supply routes, how can local authorities respond? The
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Council challenged on multiple community groups being squeezed out of leases
Labour councillors claim the council has ‘failed in its responsibility’ to keep up with rent reviews in a council meeting
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Roots to Routes: Highlights from Tower Hamlets’ South Asian Heritage Month 2025
This year’s Tower Hamlets South Asian Heritage Month is packed with free events, including theatre, music and dance. Tower Hamlets
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Government welcomes council progress with envoys but calls for stronger leadership buy-in
Commissioners could still be sent to take over Tower Hamlets Council, a minister has warned – despite reports the authority
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How inadequate nitazene testing is undermining the UK’s response to the deadly synthetic opioid crisis
Delays in better drug checking and toxicology are preventing life-saving interventions, especially in areas with the highest need. Since June
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Dovid Katz: The last of the Yiddish writers of Whitechapel
Through the eyes of author Dovid Katz, we have a peephole into the ‘beautiful’ Whitechapel chapter of Yiddish history in
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How an east London woman turned to the dark web for nitazene-laced painkillers after medical dismissal
As GPs face growing pressure to cut long-term opioid prescriptions, patients like Dalia – cut off without warning – are
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The £8.5m promised by Lutfur Rahman to ‘plug the gap’ left by national disability cuts will remain despite government U-turn
Despite the government’s climbdown on disability benefit cuts, Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman pledges to keep £8.5m support package amid
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England’s first drug overdose prevention site could be hosted in Tower Hamlets
A pop-up drug consumption site near Brick Lane this week could become the first facility of its kind in the
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