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HOUSING HAS always been one of Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s priorities. He has spoken in public a number of times about the scandal of overcrowding in the borough, and how this makes residents miserable and holds them back. The Mayor made ...

THAMES WATER is the latest water company to put a hosepipe ban in place. The ban starts on Thursday. The ban means that if Thames Water supplies your drinking water, you cannot use a hosepipe to water your garden; clean ...

THE NEW Leader of the Labour Party today became Prime Minister of the UK. He took over after two years of the Starmer Government had brought Labour to an all-time low in the polls and at the ballot box. Surely ...

LONDON’S LABOUR Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has been given a seat in the House of Lords by Keir Starmer – but he is not receiving awards for good behaviour from London boroughs. A few weeks ago Khan came out with another ...

London: Global financial technology company LemFi has appointed British Bangladeshi fintech professional, business consultant and media entrepreneur Shah Yousuf to lead the Bangladesh corridor across its international markets, reinforcing the company’s commitment to one of the world’s largest remittance markets. ...

POLICE HAVE discovered an alleged plot to attack two mosques in South London – an attack motivated by “extreme right-wing terrorism”. The discovery comes after police arrested a 14 year old boy at an address in South London on suspicion ...

AFTER DAYS of heavy rainfall, flash floods have swept through parts of Bangladesh, causing landslides and leaving families cut off by large swathes of standing flood water. Early reports confirm that 51 people have died, but the number is expected ...

TRUMP’S WAR on Iran is leading to ever more trouble. The Memorandum of Understanding – which Trump claimed was a ceasefire – is over, and the world faces more economic downturn and warmongering. This is not so much a war ...

TOWER HAMLETS Council has opened a fund to help some residents on low incomes pay their rent and not fall into arrears. Rents in Tower Hamlets rose by 4.8% in Tower Hamlets this year – starting from 6th April, which ...

THERE’S MORE to tackling Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) than having a week of action. Two important things are having a good reporting system and working in partnership with residents. Tower Hamlets Council has done the week: now it must do the ...