John Biggs, Member of the Greater London Assembly (GLA) for the City & East constituency, will be stepping down in May 2016. He has been a GLA member since 2000, and will have spent the last year of his GLA ...

Tower Hamlets Council has scooped a prestigious award for its work in preventing counterfeiting. The Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG) Awards are presented for outstanding achievement by individuals, companies or organisations involved in combating counterfeiting and piracy worldwide. ACG represents the ...

When the docks closed, there was much talk about how the vacated land could be used to help the now employed local population find new work. However, the then Tory Government gave the land to Canary Wharf to build an ...

Emdad Rahman Scintilla Cricket Club pulled off a confidence-boosting victory to keep in touch with the top of the Essex County Cricket League Premier Division last weekend. With British Summer Time in full swing and as the England Cricket team ...

Ofsted – the government agency responsible for inspecting and maintaining standards in schools – has been caught out employing a paedophile. Ofsted Inspector Adam Higgins, 48, of Maypole Close, Saffron Walden in Essex was jailed for two years last week ...

The election court may be over – but the ramifications of the case continue. At the end of the case, Mr Mawrey ruled that Mayor Lutfur Rahman pay the legal costs of the four “ordinary voters” (present or past candidates ...

Look out for new Indian film Bangistan, which is due to be released on 31st July. Bangistan is a comic tale with a strong underlying message highlighting the futility of violence, religious divisions, cultural prejudice and which promotes the message of ...

GPs from the Limehouse Practice in Gill Street hosted a special meeting with the Rt Hon. Alistair Burt MP, Minister of State for Community and Social Care, on Friday, 3rd July. The Minister was keeping a promise made by the ...

The summer exhibition at Foreman’s Smokehouse Gallery opens on 10th July and will run till 13th August. You can view the exhibition on Thursdays and Fridays from 5pm to 9pm and on Saturdays and Sundays from noon until 5pm. What ...

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced that Professor Lord Patel of Bradford OBE, a leading voice on health, social care and community cohesion, is to join its 14-strong Board of Directors as an independent member. Professor Lord ...