The police watchdog is investigating the incident in which the black schoolgirl was strip-searched after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis at school.

Four Met officers investigated for gross misconduct after Child Q strip-search

Lutfur Rahman speaks at the Tower Hamlets election count in London, after was elected mayor of Tower Hamlets on the second round, defeating incumbent John Biggs of Labour, in the local government elections. Picture date: Friday May 6, 2022.


Voters chose the controversial former Tower Hamlets mayor to reprise the role, despite an election court finding him guilty of corrupt and illegal practices.

'We trust him and know he is an honest man': How Lutfur Rahman made a comeback

He was running again after being forced to step down when an election court found him guilty of corrupt and illegal practices.

Lutfur Rahman elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets after scandal

0305 Teenager jailed for driving wrong way through Blackwall Tunnel (c) MET POL

The footage captures the moment Johal Rathour, 18, from Grays in Essex undertakes what police later described as an "incredibly dangerous piece of driving".

Teen filmed driving wrong way through Blackwall Tunnel and crashing stolen car

Prior permission from a police inspector will be needed in two London boroughs before any child can be strip-searched, according to new measures.

Child Q strip search prompts Met Police policy change

Four people were rescued by firefighters and one person was taken to hospital.

Tower Hamlets flats evacuated after fire breaks out on eighth floor

Ranjith "Roy" Kankanamalage. Police are offering a £20,000 reward for information as they continue to investigate a suspected homophobic murder in a historic east London cemetery.

Police are investigating the murder of Ranjith “Roy” Kankanamalage in Tower Hamlets as a homophobic hate crime.

£20k reward to find 'homophobic killer' after London cemetery death

The Metropolitan Police said they were called to Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park early on Monday morning.

Man found with fatal head injury in cemetery park in east London

An image of the man police want to speak to in connection with the incident


Officers are searching through CCTV images and have stepped up patrols in the area particularly around times when schools start and finish

CCTV appeal after child, 5, 'grabbed on way home from school'

A 24-year-old man has been convicted of terrorism offences following an investigation by the Met Police Counter Terrorism Command.

Mohammed Chowdhury (07.07.1996) of Bethnal Green, east London, pleaded guilty on 18 November to four counts of possessing documents likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, under section 58 of the Terrorism Act (TACT) 2000.

At the time of the offences, Chowdhury had been in breach of a suspended sentence for waving an axe at a man outside a Tube station.

Man guilty of trying to buy hand grenade 'to blow up police station'

The council says it is responding to changing needs and cuts to local government budgets leaving parents and children facing an uncertain future.

Families fear cuts to services for deaf children in Tower Hamlets

Undated handout photo issued by Metropolitan Police of 72 year old Peter McCombie who suffered serious head injuries when he was struck by a bike in Tower Hamlets, east London, and died in hospital eight days later (PA)

Peter McCombie, 72, was left with serious head injuries when he was hit by the bike in Tower Hamlets, east London, on July 3. He died in hospital eight days later.

Family of pensioner killed in crash urges cyclist to come forward

Police are releasing an image of a man they want to speak to following a fatal collision in Tower Hamlets. Officers were called at approximately 17:05hrs on Friday, 3 July to Bow Road, E3, near Thames Magistrates' Court, to reports of a collision involving a cyclist and a pedestrian. London Ambulance Service attended the scene and the pedestrian, 72-year-old Peter McCombie, was taken to hospital in a critical condition with serious head injuries.

Peter McCombie suffered serious head injuries when he was struck by a bike in Tower Hamlets, east London, on July 3, He died in hospital eight days later.

CCTV released in hunt for cyclist after pensioner dies in crash

A revolutionary method of creating recycled roads has been utilised for the first time in Bethnal Green.


Tower Hamlets lay road made of old tyres

A 26-year-old woman was taken to hospital with life-changing burn injuries after she was attacked, police said.

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