Immigration has transformed the population of the east London borough of Newham to such an extent that 73 per cent of the people living there are classified as being black or ethnic minority, a BBC documentary has claimed.

According to the film, “The Last Whites of the East End”, there are now 147 languages spoken in the borough which traditionally provided workers for the docks.

The film claims that more than half the white population has left the borough in the last 15 years, in many case moving east into Essex.