Married couple Mohammed Rehman, aged 25, and Sana Ahmed Khan, 24, have been found guilty of planning to mount a terrorist explosion in London, intended to mark the tenth anniversary of the “7/7” bombings. They will be sentenced later this ...
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Free fun for Tower Hamlets youngsters
As we head towards the end of the holidays, make the most of the mild spell to make sure your junior citizens get out and about instead of sitting indoors moping about. All young people in the borough aged 8-19 ...
Read More »Biggs backs Lutfur Rahman’s footie comp
Thanks to Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s initiative to introduce a “Mayor’s Cup” football competition, grants to community football groups are now available. And just before Xmas John “two jobs” Biggs found time in his busy schedule holding down two full-time jobs ...
Read More »Cameron dithers over Corbyn challenge
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has called on David Cameron to agree to an annual “state of the nation” TV debate between the Leaders of the major parties in the UK Parliament. Cameron’s press office at no. 10 tried to duck ...
Read More »Get ready for winter
Sadly, although we are enjoying a mild period over the holidays, it is likely that winter will arrive in earnest in the New Year. Tower Hamlets Council has issued some advice to help us cope – especially the more vulnerable ...
Read More »Asia House Film Festival 2016 is breaking boundaries
The Asia House Film Festival generously supported by Prudential plc, returns for its eighth year in 2016 with a mission to explore transnationalism and globalisation. There will be a diverse programme of 19 films, including several European and UK premieres ...
Read More »The view from the Plateau
There’s a restaurant up at Canary Wharf called The Plateau. It houses a bar/grill and a more formal restauarant and has a couple of terraces and, it tells us, splendid views of Canary Wharf – you could almost imagine you ...
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