MA18Menteth-Wheelwright Archive

My rental nightmare: Charged £1K for a door handle

Luke’s story highlights the lack of protection for young renters in London  faced with unreasonable bills for household repairs. Click …

by Thames Menteth-Wheelwright/ April 26, 2019/ Features, Lewisham, Local News/

My rental nightmare: My landlord disappeared

What happens when a tenant is unable to contact their landlord? Click here to read the other stories in or …

by Thames Menteth-Wheelwright/ April 26, 2019/ Features, General Features, Local News, Tower Hamlets/

Complaints rise as landlords shun new scheme to improve standards

Complaints from tenants living in multiple occupation houses in three Eastlondonlines boroughs have increased rapidly over the past seven years, …

by Thames Menteth-Wheelwright/ April 26, 2019/ Data, General Features, Housing, Lead Stories/

“On the twelfth day of Christmas the fatberg gave to me…”

The East End’s notorious fatberg has now been honoured with its own Christmas carol, sung by the London Gay Men’s …

by Thames Menteth-Wheelwright/ December 21, 2018/ Christmas, Features, Uncategorized/

The housing crisis: As homelessness soars to record levels, how one East End charity helps

In the final part of our series on housing, Thames Menteth-Wheelwright reports on how one East End charity is helping …

by Thames Menteth-Wheelwright/ December 20, 2018/ Features, General Features, Local News, Society, Videos/

BT suspends free calls from new wi-fi hubs after drug dealers dominate use

British Telecom has suspended calls from all of its futuristic InLink phone kiosks in Tower Hamlets after it emerged that …

by Thames Menteth-Wheelwright/ December 17, 2018/ Crime, Tower Hamlets/

Community split as opponents condemn ‘elitist’ proposals to create new Spitalfields Town Council

  Spitalfields residents are bitterly divided over revised proposals to create a town council  which would devolve some local government …

by Thames Menteth-Wheelwright/ December 11, 2018/ Features, General Features/

Confusion over rights of EU citizens leads to discrimination, Brexit commission told

Public confusion about residents’ “settled status” and the rights of EU citizens during the Brexit transition period is leading to …

by Thames Menteth-Wheelwright/ November 30, 2018/ EU Referendum, Politics, Tower Hamlets/

Tower Hamlets council rejects plea to amend IHRA anti-semitism definition

Palestinian solidarity groups staged a demonstration outside Tower Hamlets Town Hall, before disrupting a council meeting, after the Labour majority …

by Thames Menteth-Wheelwright/ November 28, 2018/ Local News, Politics, Tower Hamlets/

Private flats with ‘high risk’ Grenfell cladding facing huge bills for removal

Occupants of private flats in Tower Hamlets, whose homes are clad in the same hazardous material as Grenfell Tower, are …

by Thames Menteth-Wheelwright/ November 27, 2018/ Housing, Lead Stories, Tower Hamlets/

Council brings waste collection in-house after ‘rubbish’ service

Waste and recycling services in Tower Hamlets will be returned to council control when private provider Veolia’s contract ends in …

by Thames Menteth-Wheelwright/ November 22, 2018/ Data, Environment, Tower Hamlets/

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by Thames Menteth-Wheelwright/ November 16, 2018/ What's On This Week/

New ‘low-rise’ skyscraper plan for Bishopsgate development

Developers behind the Bishopsgate Goodsyard scheme have unveiled a dramatically altered, low-rise redesign for the 10-acre site. Following criticism by …

by Thames Menteth-Wheelwright/ November 14, 2018/ Environment, Housing, News, Society, Tower Hamlets/