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The people of Tower Hamlets have decided they do want to have a directly elected mayor running the borough.

In a referendum on Thursday, residents voted 60,758 to 39,857 in favour of the change to the way Tower Hamlets Council is run.

Isle of Dogs councillors are among the Tower Hamlets politicians calling for urgent talks over the "suspension" of chief executive Martin Smith.

Peter Golds, Tim Archer and Phil Briscoe want an extraordinary meeting of full council to discuss claims the CEO was sent home from duty on Wednesday.