TURKISH DELIGHT is a popular Christmas-time treat – but if you have any supplies left over, check them now, as some have been recalled. The sweets in question are from the Sultans Turkish Delights brand, made by TJX Europe. The ...
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Mayor Rahman reports to January Council
AN EXECUTIVE MAYOR is accountable to the public who elected them, rather than to the Council. Nonetheless, the Mayor is alloted six minutes every meeting to address the Council. That’s about half an hour a year, or two hours each ...
Read More »Third newborn abandoned in East London
ONE YEAR AGO police in East London recevied a report from a member of the public who said that they had found a new-born baby, wrapped in a towel, in a shopping bag near the junction of Grenway and High ...
Read More »Council celebrates outstanding Ofsted of Children’s Services
AT LAST! Tower Hamlets Council’s Children’s Services has been awarded an “outstanding” rating, following an inspection by Ofsted at the end of last year. And Labour stalwarts tried to claim the credit. The Council meeting on 22nd January began with ...
Read More »Police cleared after shooting dogs
A PICTURE of two police officers shooting two dogs by the canal in Limehouse shocked the public when it circulated on social media back in May 2023. There were calls for action to be taken against the officers. The Metropolitan ...
Read More »RunThrough Returns To Regents Park
Sunday, 2nd February, 2025 Time: 09:30 AM – 02/02/2025 12:30 PM Location: Sheen Ln, Fife Rd, London SW14 8BJ, UK ENTER now… Join RunThrough Regent’s Park For a 5k or 10k on Sunday 23rd February 2025! RunThrough are excited to ...
Read More »Tower Hamlets Council opens in good spirits
THERE WAS a `businesslike start to the January meeting of Tower Hamlets Council on what was a cold winter’s night. Inside the Chamber, all was somber, with almost everyone dressed in dark colours. Only the Speaker introduced a splash of ...
Read More »Saddle up this Sunday!
THERE’S A great family day out to be had at Stratford’s Copper Box Arena this Sunday, as the London Lions take on the Leicester Riders. The Lions promise a feast of basketball action, with the Lions Dance Team adding to ...
Read More »Vitamin D supplement recalled
A pharmaceutical company is recalling two products because they contain more vitamin D than is recorded on the label. The manufacturer is TriOn Pharma and it produces vitamin D supplements named Aactive D3 – as drops and as a ...
Read More »Tulip of Hampstead damned
IT IS HARD to know who has come out of the Tulip Siddiq saga the worse: her, the MP for Hampstead & Highgate and former Economic Secretary to the Treasury; or him, Leader of the Labour Party and UK Prime ...
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