Emdad Rahman: The Tower of London has just welcomed the latest Yeoman Warder or ‘Beefeater.’ Yeoman Warder Lawrence Watts recently started at the Tower in this iconic role. He becomes the newest Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London, taking up the unique role after 23 years of distinguished service in the Army and is also the first black Beefeater ...

The Queen will be celebrating her 90th birthday in April with festivities taking place until June and residents in Tower Hamlets are invited to join in! The council is offering grants of up to £250 to community groups to organise a series of events to mark the milestone in June. Celebrations will be staged up and down the country to ...

A record 12 candidates are in the running to be the next Mayor of London, it has been confirmed. Nine men and three women will vie for the public’s vote to succeed Boris Johnson in the May 5 election, officials at London Elects said on Friday. In 2012, when Labour’s Ken Livingstone was defeated by Mr Johnson, only seven candidates ...

More than 100 London business  figures today came out to back Sadiq Khan as Mayor, saying he would be a “business friend at City Hall”. Labour’s candidate sought to paint himself as the most business-friendly contender by publishing a list of 101 endorsements including a sheaf of directors and entrepreneurs. Laura Tenison, founder of children’s boutique JoJo Maman Bébé, said ...

Dame Zaha Hadid, the world-renowned architect, whose designs include the London Olympic aquatic centre, has died aged 65. The British designer, who was born in Iraq, had a heart attack on Thursday while in hospital in Miami, where she was being treated for bronchitis. Hadid’s buildings have been commissioned around the world and she was the first woman to receive ...

Greek authorities recorded 766 new arrivals between Tuesday morning and Wednesday morning, up from 192 the previous day. Most arrived on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos. Italy reported an even larger jump in arrivals on Tuesday, when officials there said 1,350 people – mostly from Africa – were rescued from small boats taking the longer migration route over the ...

An overpass under construction in the bustling Indian city of Kolkata collapsed on to moving traffic below, killing at least 14 people with as many as 150 people feared trapped, police said. Residents were using their bare hands to try to rescue people pinned under a 100-metre (110-yard) length of metal and cement that snapped off at one end and ...

The Cypriot ex-wife of an Egyptian man who authorities say admitted to hijacking a domestic EgyptAir flight and threatened to blow it up with a fake suicide belt says her former husband is an “extremely dangerous man” who used drugs, terrorised his family and beat her and their children. Marina Paraschou rejected media reports that 59-year-old Seif Eldin Mustafa hijacked ...

More than 100 young people from the borough picked up their certificates at an awards ceremony to celebrate their achievements for undertaking the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. The awards ceremony took place at Central Foundation Girls’ School in Bow on 22 March and was hosted by the Young Mayor of Tower Hamets Deng Yan San and Deputy Young Mayor ...

An apprentice has been awarded a top prize at an industry awards ceremony for her outstanding contribution to the council. Alima Khatun has worked for the council for the past year and was handed the Best Social Media for Business Apprentice of the Year title by Just IT. The award ceremony took place on Friday 18 March during National Apprenticeship ...