Day: July 22, 2017

    There has been a 27 per cent increase in rough sleepers across Tower Hamlets since 2013. Homelessness across the capital has doubled since 2010, with 8,768 sleeping rough in London in the past year. Tower Hamlets also finished in the top half of the 32 boroughs with an increase of 27pc placing it 15th. Topping the list was Barking and Dagenham, with a 71pc increase in rough sleepers. The borough, which has a 12pc average unemployment rate, topped the list after research by Sellhousefast.uk, which used Mayor of London figures to put neighbouring borough Havering in second place, with a 65pc increase in rough sleepers since 2013. Redbridge also made the top five, with a 62pc increase placing it in fourth place and Newham was sixth place with an increase of 49pc. With the mos...

    Thousands of pounds in cash has seized by police during a raid on the home of a suspected gang member in Tower Hamlets. Some notes were found in bubble wrap. The money, all in £50 notes, was found inside a white envelope and cocooned in bubblewrap at the address in the E14 area. Tower Hamlets Police upload images of their find on social networking site Twitter today.

 • 14 new police officers to work in a new anti-social behaviour unit with Tower Hamlets Homes • Action responds to residents' concerns on crime and drugs John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, has announced funding for fourteen new police officers to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour on council estates. They will be joining Tower Hamlets Homes staff in a ground-breaking joint anti-social behaviour team – the first of its kind in the borough. The new officers will bring the total number funded by the borough up to twenty and comes in response both to resident concerns about safety and significant cuts to the UK's police budget in recent years. The announcement was made at Wednesday evening's Council meeting where the Mayor also revealed funding for additional mobile security patrols to p...