TOWER HAMLETS COUNCILLORS: what are they like? The hot topic in the Borough is the decision of Executive Mayor John Biggs to impose new contracts (“Tower Rewards”) on the Council workforce.  Do Labour Councillors back him or not? Ten councillors ...

Marks & Spencer is the latest major retailer to announce job losses in the wake of falling sales over the Coronavirus lockdown. Nearly 1,000 jobs are due to go, mostly in store management and head office. The job cuts are ...

DAVE PRENTIS, General Secretary of Unison, has made it quite clear why he believes that Executive Mayor John Biggs – and the majority of the Labour Councillors – are wrong to impose the Tower Rewards contracts on the Council workforce. ...

THE ROY CASTLE Lung Cancer Foundation is organising a Retro Running Series which will take place throughout 2020. The Series offers a chance to re-live your favourite decades, to do a bit of healthy running – and to help support ...

THREE PEOPLE appeared at Wood Green Crown Court last week and were sentenced for their part in a drugs ring which distributed illegal drugs around the N16 part of Hackney. The three were all from addresses in Hackney and were ...

TOWER HAMLETS COUNCILLORS: what are they like? The hot topic in the Borough is the decision of Executive Mayor John Biggs to impose new contracts (“Tower Rewards”) on the Council workforce.  Do Labour Councillors back him or not? Ten councillors ...