OCTOBER IS Black History Month, and Tower Hamlets Council has put together a programme of free events and activities to celebrate, learn and enjoy – but has the Council been proactive, or is it just compiling listings? Some events are ...
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A POPULAR duo of Christmas treats have been withdrawn from sale for an unusual reason: the allergens they contain are not listed on the label in English. They have been on sale in Home Bargain stores. The presence of an ...
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LINKS BETWEEN Tower Hamlets and Malaysia took another step forward this week, as H.E. Dato’ Indera Dr Azfar Mohamad Mustafar, High Commissioner of Malaysia, came to visit the Borough. Malaysia is made up of 879 islands – rather more than ...
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WELFARE NOT WARFARE is the slogan adopted by the Stop The War Coalition to cover a short tour of meetings to build an international movement against war. The meetings will provide an opportunity to hear first hand accounts from a ...
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THE MAYOR’S Football Cup is the highlight of the local football season. The September matches close the summer of amateur games and bring in the new season of competition locally and nationally. It’s a fitting time for Mayor Lutfur Rahman ...
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A FAVOURITE pot noodle – Piri Piri Chicken Flavour – has been withdrawn from sale by Unilever as it contains milk, which is not declared is the list of ingredients. Milk can cause serious reactions in those who are allergic ...
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IT PRESENTED as a Lemon & Lime flavoured vape, and the shop sold it to a 17 year old customer. However, that vape contained nicotine – and it’s illegal to sell vapes containing nicotine to under-18s. The shop that sold ...
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WHEN 39 phone calls came into the London Fire Brigade Control Centre, it was clear that the fire was serious. A fire in a flat in a block on Loddiges Road, Hackney, was the problem. Firefighters came from Homerton, Bethnal ...
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IT IS 90 years since trade union and anti-fascist activists chased members of the British Union of Fascists off the streets of Shadwell – uniting under the slogan “They shall not pass”. Mayor Lutfur Rahman marked the day by joining ...
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A MASSIVE power cut is taking place across a large part of the capital. UK Power Networks say that this is because “A fault has occurred on an underground electricity cable in the local area.” The power cut his thousands ...
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