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Plans to build flats at the Hartley Centre's former site have been approved by Newham Council despite objections.

Newham is raising council tax by five per cent. - Credit: PA Council tax is rising by five per cent from next month. The town hall's budget spending plan, which includes the hike, was given the thumbs-up by members of Newham Council at a meeting on Monday, March 1. Three per cent of the rise is ringfenced for adult social care. A Band C property council tax bill will see an £3.89 increase per month. Cllr Terry Paul, who is in charge of the council's coffers, hailed it as a budget for residents which will provide help for the vulnerable and show Newham cares.

London City Airport's most recent performance report has been considered by councillors. - Credit: Andrew Baker London City Airport received more than 700 complaints in 2019, figures show. Out of 722 gripes about the Royal Docks hub, 535 were about aircraft noise - 63 concerning flight paths. Of the total, 124 complaints were made by one person. Ninety-two were made from within Newham. In 2018, a total of 405 were made, according to the airport's latest annual performance report. The report's key issues - including noise, air quality and jobs - were discussed by members of Newham Council's s...

The Crystal covers more than 6,300 square metres. - Credit: Rosalind Butt Newham has approved plans for City Hall to move to The Crystal in a step expected to save £61million. But members of the council's strategic development committee clashed with the team behind the move which insisted the mayor of London needed two parking spaces at the venue in Royal Victoria Dock. A bid to remove the controversial bays put forward by Cllr Rachel Tripp was voted down by four out of seven committee members. It followed a heated exchange over the example the spaces set to developers who are expected to...

An artist's impression of how the 2016 scheme looked. - Credit: Stratford Hall Ltd Plans to build a hotel rising up to 14 storeys in Stratford have been given the green light by councillors. The revised scheme at the junction of Angel Lane and Windmill Road was backed unanimously by members of Newham's strategic development committee in a vote on Tuesday, December 8. Members vote for plans to build a hotel net door to The Railway Tavern in Stratford. - Credit: LBN Among its plans, developer Stratford Hall Ltd intends to refurbish the outside of locally listed pub The Railway Tavern. The si...