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Police arrested 15 people and one man taken to hospital after violence erupted in east London over the weekend.

The incident, which took place in Whitechapel at about 5pm on Saturday afternoon, is believed to have been between local youths and members of the English Defence League.

A rally calling for the Home Secretary to ban the English Defence League marching through Tower Hamlets is being held in the borough this evening.

Mayor of Tower Hamlets Lutfur Rahman is assembling a coalition of residents from every faith and non-faith background, community activists and trade unionists to meet in Whitechapel.

A pensioner who had just withdrawn several thousand pounds to pay for his wife's funeral was robbed by a couple police believe followed him from the bank.

The 77-year-old man was walking away from the Whitechapel Road branch of Barclays bank at the junction with Sidney Street, Whitechapel on June 27 when he was attacked from behind and forced to drop the cash.

By the lift on the top floor of the Royal London hospital, consultant Dr Gareth Davies points out a homemade poster featuring photos of a young girl called Alana.

"I think it was her first day of school," said Gareth. "She fell and fractured her skull causing a blood clot. She was dying when we got there and if we didn't have the air ambulance she wouldn't be alive today."

The East London line replacement bus service is to be scaled back from Friday as it "no longer represents value for money".

Buses were introduced when the line closed in December 2007 as part of a £10billion investment programme, allowing commuters to continue to travel to destinations such as Wapping, Shadwell and Shoreditch.