The Latest Breaking News from Newham

The London Fire Brigade says one of its 64-metre turntable ladders helped to combat the blaze in a 15-storey block of flats.

Hundreds of families in the building are forced to share just eight washing machines in the tower block - which is used as temporary housing by Newham Council

Londoners headed to the polls for the local elections on May 5. Josh Salisbury has the lowdown on the vote in Newham

May 5 sees a big set of elections across the UK. In England, there are contests across 146 councils. In London, every council seat is up for election across all 32 boroughs. Elsewhere where there are elections, at least one-third of the council seats are being contested, with some authorities…

Police are appealing for information about the whereabouts of a man from Newham who has been missing for one week.

Police have urged anyone in the Newham area with information to come forward

Demi who lives in Newham with her two daughters - including one that is disabled - has said that her current housing conditions have caused her "anxiety, depression and panic attacks" over the last three years

Murder detectives have named the victim of a fatal stabbing in Newham as 80-year-old Shotera Bibi.

Woman in her 80s pronounced dead at scene after emergency services were called to address in Newham