Mayor Lutfur Rahman gave his report to the Council (the Council voted, after he was elected, that he should have five minutes to report to each Council meeting).  Mayor Rahman went briefly through the “Pickles process”, pointing out that the ...

21.16  Kathy McTasney said there had been many rumours and fingers being pointed: which organisations receive mainstream funding, and is it just Bengladeshi and Somali groups?  Cllr Chowdhury said that funding was given out in response to need.  Most funding ...

20.10  Let’s start a new page.  The Council has just voted to take a petition from “Save our Nurseries” – an extra one.  Why they feel they should take a second petition on nurseries, given that they previously cut the ...

8.00  This is unexpected. The third, and last, petition is being presented by two residents who are deploring what they describe as a party politically motivated attack on Mayor Rahman which is dragging the borough’s name through the mud. They ...

Tragedy hit the East End on Monday night when a cyclist was killed as a car collided with his bicycle. Eye witnesses saw the car being driven fast and carelessly, possibly in a race with anther vehicle, just before the ...

Cyclist murdered by hit and run driver Tragedy hit the East End on Monday night when a cyclist was killed as a car collided with his bicycle. Eye witnesses saw the car being driven fast and carelessly, possibly in a ...

Tower Hamlets Labour Party and Tower Hamlets Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Joint Meeting Debate on Labour’s Defence Policy: Should Trident have a future? 7.30pm, 1st December Kingsley Hall, E3 3HJ (corner of Powis Road and Bruce Road) nearest Tube stations: ...

Emdad Rahman interviews poet Kai Coggin “The best way to inspire creative young minds is to tell them that their voice is important, that it is unique in the world and there is no other voice like it.” Kai Coggin ...

The witch-hunt against Muslims in general, and in Tower Hamlets in particular, took an ugly turn on Thursday this week when an Ofsted Report into Sir John Cass & Redcoat secondary school was leaked to the press.  This led to ...

Matt Dean: “I’m confident that England will put on a good show at the World Cup” Interview by Emdad Rahman Matt Dean is in a confident mood. The right handed batsman has been playing blind cricket for over a decade ...