Tower Hamlets Council could scrap its weekly East End Life publication which has previously come under fire for its high cost to tax payers.

Menacing gangs backing President Hosni Mubarak attacked journalists and human rights activists as Egypt's crisis took an ugly turn.

LR: As a long term resident of Tower Hamlets I have seen the debilitating affect poor housing has on residents.

The biggest teachers meeting in Tower Hamlets for more than 35 years last week unanimously voted to ballot all NUT union members in the east London borough for strikes against cuts.