Newham Council Newham opposition leaders vow to push Labour on pledges Labour lost its majority this year for the first time since the council was created in the 1960s By Nick Clark, Local Democracy Reporter / 28 Aug 2026
health Self-swab cervical screening now offered at every Newham GP surgery Rollout to all 1,100 practices in the capital is aimed at women six months or more overdue, who can now take their own sample without an internal examination By Newham Citizen / 28 Aug 2026
london-assembly, heat, housing, retrofit, sadiq-khan, gla, ldrs London Mayor warned: retrofit the capital’s overheating homes faster Three-quarters of the capital’s social housing stock is judged at high risk of overheating By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter / 26 Aug 2026
New heat law will protect Newham’s council tenants only City Hall says failing to adapt could cost London up to £36bn a year by the 2050s By Newham Citizen / 20 Aug 2026
british transport police Police launch appeal after upskirting on West Ham station escalator Detectives want to speak to a man who boarded a Jubilee line train to Stratford on Friday 24 July By Newham Citizen / 18 Aug 2026
mental health Watchdog downgrades Newham mental health crisis care over safety failures Two-thirds of crisis staff missed mandatory supervision, and a bathroom CCTV blind spot went unfixed for two years By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter / 12 Aug 2026
