An unloved industrial stretch of one of the capital’s major rivers is becoming the focus for intensive new housebuilding in east London. The Poplar section of the River Lea, which winds through ...

More than 100 firefighters and 20 fire engines were called to tackle a blaze at a 19-storey block of flats in east London. Fire engulfed parts of New Providence Wharf in Poplar, London Fire Brigade ...

A City businessman was battered to death by a gang of teenagers on BMXs after a “trivial” row in a takeaway as he walked home from a drinks party, witnesses said today. Detectives were today hunting ...

Two men have been arrrested on suspicion of murder, after a man was stabbed to death in Poplar last night. Police were called out to Simpsons Road at around 22:10, to reports that a man had been ...

RSPCA officers have been called out to east London to rescue a snake native to the United States that was caught in a mousetrap. The orange and white corn snake was spotted by a passer-by in Station ...

IT WAS grey. It was damp. It was November. It was east London. It was Bob Gilbert’s new book, Ghost Trees, that had drawn me here. Specifically, it was his thesis that wildlife can be found and ...

Firefighters have been trying to control a blaze at a 19-storey block of flats in Poplar, east London. Dozens of fire engines are at the scene, with several floors affected. Mobile phones connected to ...

20:32, Mon, Jul 27, 2020 Updated: 22:48, Mon, Jul 27, 2020 Police have been called to East India Dock Road, in Tower Hamlets, after reports of a young child falling from a block of flats. The child ...

Some households in east London are still without power after a fire at an electricity substation initially caused 28,000 homes to be cut off. Engineering teams worked through the night at the site, on ...

Firefighters have been trying to control a blaze at a 19-storey block of flats in Poplar, east London. Dozens of fire engines are at the scene, with several floors affected. In 1949, BBC cameras ...