A coroner will examine whether Newham Council and the Metropolitan Police failed to protect the 14-year-old, who was shot dead at a playground while with friends
Newham Council admits bill for mothballing Plaistow's shuttered Balaam Leisure Centre keeps climbing, with more than £260,000 already spent on security since 2021
With 41,223 households waiting for a home, Newham has the longest list in London — even as next-door Tower Hamlets builds more affordable homes than anywhere else
Forhad Hussain won May's mayoral election but Labour lost its commanding majority for the first time in Newham's history. He admits where the party went wrong — and how he plans to win voters back
Council research reveals sharp geographic divides, from 66 per cent in Stratford and West Ham to just 39 per cent in Forest Gate — as the borough's over-65 population is set to grow by a fifth within five years
