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Tower Hamlets' Mayor Lutfur Rahman is to allow corporate and commercial events in three Isle of Dogs parks sparking fears that local communities will find their access restricted.

Millwall Park, Sir John McDougal Gardens and Island Gardens are among a number of parks in the borough to be hired out, raising up to £200,000 a year for the Council.

Tower Hamlets Council faces criticism over proposals to actively encourage companies and individuals to hire out public parks on the Isle of Dogs for private events.

Millwall Park, Sir John McDougal Gardens, Island Gardens and St John's Park have all been earmarked for hire for events such as corporate sports days and weddings to boost Council coffers.

An asylum seeker who escaped life as a child soldier in war-torn Angola was sent to prison after breaking into the flat of a woman and sexually assaulting her.

Joao Da Silva earlier pleaded guilty to the charges in the incident in December last year, in which he attacked a female who had helped him on his journey across London.

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A commuter who asked a group of teenagers to stop spitting at fellow passengers was followed down the road and attacked.

The victim, a 51-year-old man, was at Greenwich DLR on Monday June 22, when he confronted the group on the platform.

Blazing sunlight hit my eyes as I walked out of Island Gardens DLR.

I slipped my sunglasses on, checked my watch and lent back against one of the station's cool grey walls.

A breeze stirred the leaves on the trees to my left. I was waiting for the package to arrive.

Council workers may have flushed away up to £2,000 by leaving the lights on in a disused toilet for almost a year.

Tower Hamlets Council closed the Isle of Dogs’ only public conveniences last April in a bid to save £50,000 a year on maintenance – but forgot to turn off the power before it padlocked the doors.