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LATEST EAST LONDON & TOWER HAMLETS NEWS Local news headlines for Canary Wharf, Docklands, Bethnal Green and the surrounding London Borough of Tower Hamlets area. POLICE SEARCH PARK IN POPLAR AFTER REPORT OF STABBING Police search park in Poplar after report of stabbing. Police are searching an area of Bartlett Park along the Limehouse Cut after getting a 999 call about a stabbing. Officers are combing the SUBSCRIBE TO THE E-EDITION View all our East London Advertiser online editions, giving you full access to the latest news on your mobile, tablet or computer. LIMEHOUSE LINK TUNNEL CLOSURE CAUSING TRAFFIC AND A13 The Limehouse Link Tunnel and Butcher Row junction at 9.11am today. - Credit: TfL. A burst water main has closed the Limehouse Link Tunnel, causing peak hour traffic chaos in east London WARTIME ‘RIPPLE’ LED TO 600 EAST LONDON DEATHS The little-known tragedy of a wartime bomb that never exploded—yet had a “ripple affect” causing 600 deaths in an east London school—is being uncovered by BBC investigators. 500 YEARS OF HISTORIC EAST END ARCHIVES AT TOWER HAMLETS Historic archives of London’s East End tracing back 500 years have now gone online for the 21st century enthusiast or student of history.

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TWO BROTHERS ACQUITTED OF RUSSELL BROWN MURDER IN BETHNAL Two brothers charged with the east London murder of 26-year-old Russell Brown—who had volunteered to donate a kidney for a sick relative—have been acquitted at the Old Bailey. Grant Carpenter SCOTLAND YARD 'KNEW JACK THE RIPPER IDENTITY' The mystery of Jack the Ripper’s identity was solved by the Metropolitan Police immediately after his rampage of killings in the East End in 1888, latest research claims. NEW POLICE COMMANDER MARCUS BARNETT TAKES UP JOINT POST Police are to continue their tough stand on stop and search in the fight against drugs and knife crime on the streets, the Met’s new joint borough commander for Tower Hamlets and Hackney has SUMMER IN ALDGATE FAIR IN JUNE 2021 AS LOCKDOWN EASES 3 hours ago · A summer fair is set to be put on at 25 locations around Aldgate and Whitechapel to bring the community out in the sun after months of lockdown. The APPEAL AFTER MEN ENTER CANARY WHARF RESTAURANT WITH GUN 6 hours ago · Police are appealing for witnesses after a man allegedly brandished a gun in a busy restaurant in Canary Wharf. At around 11:10pm on Saturday (June 5), three men entered a EURO 2020 ENGLAND FOOTBALL BIG SCREEN EVENT IN EAST LONDON East London venue to host big-screen Euro 2020 football fanzone. After a year's postponement due to the Covid pandemic, the Uefa Euro 2020 football tournament is set to CONTACT US | EAST LONDON ADVERTISER Reporter Mike Brooke mike.brooke@archant.co.uk 07584 503047. Acting Chief Reporter Michael Cox michael.cox@archant.co.uk 07557 748042.

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