IT IS several years since the NHS decided to modernise the Royal London Hospital – triggering a wholesale redevelopment of the surrounding part of Whitechapel. But will the development bring improvements to the area? The opportunity to improve Whitechapel wasn’t ...

Emdad Rahman The launch of a new dessert parlour is proving popular amongst the sweet tooth brigade. Dolce Treatz launched amidst much fanfare and the opening day proved hugely popular in attracting large swathes of customers from the local community ...

IT WAS A slow return to normal in Aldgate this morning as firefighters dealt with the aftermath of the 17th floor fire in a tower block above Aldgate East Tube Station. Twenty fire engines had come out to deal with ...

A FIRE broke out on the 17th floor of a 21 story tower block in Whitechapel High Street late this afternoon, 7th March. The building is believed to be the Relay building, which includes flats, offices and shops and stands ...

A TEENAGER has appeared in Court after being charged with murder in connection with the death of a woman in Whitechapel. He has been named as David Cheres, 19, of Ellen Street, Whitechapel. The murder victim has been named as ...

IT BEGAN AS a simple car stop. It was mid-January, it was Whitechapel Road, E1 – and the number plate on a passing vehicle was incorrect. Officers from the Violent Crime Taskforce, out on a proactive patrol, stopped the car. ...

WHO KNEW dominoes was such a popular game that it was being played in basements around Whitechapel?  Who knew it was so addictive that players could not resist breaking Tier 4 restrictions to have a game? Whoever was in the ...

A POLICE INVESTIGATION into a theft of over £200,000 from a Whitechapel bank has ended with two men being convicted of robbery and sent to jail. The two were additionally sentenced for other robberies carried out across London. Snaresbrook Crown ...

A MAN HAS been charged with committing a robbery in Whitechapel – in a case of a public appeal providing the police with information leading to them identifying and locating a suspect. Belal Ali, 36, of Princelet Street, E1, was ...

A MAN HAS now been charged with the murder of a woman in Crowder Street, E1, last Friday (26th April). He has been named as Roderick Deakin-White, 37, of Crowder Street, E1. Deakin-White was arrested shortly after the murdered woman ...