Emdad Rahman Young people spent the best part of a day at Chrisp Street Market to engage with the neighbourhood and raise awareness of the services the Tower Project provides. Students ran a market stall selling cards, Christmas crafts and ...
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Race card may be trumps for Donald
Donald Trump’s suggestion that Muslims should be barred from entering the USA has elicited a storm of protest around the world – with a community gathering outside the East London Mosque last Friday joining in – but has also elicited ...
Read More »Front National routed at polls – but not in the nation’s hearts
On 6th December, the far right Front National (FN) came first in half the regions in mainland France in the first round of the regional elections. Tonight, a week later, as the polls close at the end of the second ...
Read More »Paris Climate Chance Agreement: spin or substance?
Representatives of over 190 countries at a climate change summit in Paris came to a historic agreement on 12th December… or so they tell us. Is it enough to save the world? The stakes are high. The risk to the ...
Read More »Clifford Chance autism link develops human rights
It’s 15 years since law firm Clifford Chance set up a partnership with The National Autistic Society (NAS), and at the end of last month staff members and volunteers joined with families to celebrate. The association has seen 151 families ...
Read More »Alzheimer’s Society benefits from Ash concert in London
Northern Irish rock band Ash is back on the road for a new tour – and supporting the Alzheimer’s Society at several gigs along the way. On 3rd December the band, who have supported charity for several years, performed at ...
Read More »Cemetery Park has treats for December
Tree works The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park have been awarded £8,000 from the Greater London Authority’s London Tree & Wood Community Grant programme to fund essential tree works in the Park over the winter. Roger Cox Photography Roger ...
Read More »Hibernate opens today – but not to sleep!
It’s no wonder that local urban art vessel the Hang-Up Gallery has is sending round a simple, monochrome flyer to give notice of its winter exhibition – there’s so much vibrancy in the winter exhibition that the black and white ...
Read More »Two jobs-John leaves tenants to “do it yourself”
There’s a nasty little scam going round at the moment. Con artists are gaining access to flats and advertising them for rent. When a prospective tenant comes round to view the flat, the con artist poses as a landlord, takes ...
Read More »Chicken shop owner shamed in court
What’s in a name? It was an empty promise in the case of the Fab Fried Chicken shop of Whitechapel – which is why company director Mohammed Abdul Basit, aged 51, of Woodyates Road, Lewisham was fined £1,000 for hygiene ...
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