HUNDREDS OF families in Tower Hamlets will welcome the news that the Council has submitted five planning applications to build new homes – another step forward in the “Mayor’s Accelerated Housing Programme”. Mayor Lutfur Rahman is pleased with this achievement. ...

CAN YOU help police identify and locate the man in this picture? Police who are investigating a homophobic hate crime which took plase in Hackney would like to speak to him. The crime took place in the early hours of ...

এমদাদ রহমান লন্ডনের ইস্ট এন্ডে বাংলাদেশি ফুটবলের পাঁচ দশকের ইতিহাস নথিবদ্ধ করবে নতুন ঐতিহ্য প্রকল্প টাওয়ার হ্যামলেটসে একটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ নতুন ঐতিহ্য প্রকল্প শুরু হয়েছে। এর লক্ষ্য হলো বরোর ব্রিটিশ বাংলাদেশি সম্প্রদায়ের ফুটবলের বহুলাংশে অনুলিখিত ইতিহাস খুঁজে বের করা, নথিবদ্ধ করা ...

WHAT DO you like? What is missing? What could be done better? These are the questions Tower Hamlets Council is asking residents in a survey which closes at 5pm on Friday, 28th August. The survey takes just five minutes to ...

LESS THAN a week after Masum Miah was found dead in Newham, a man has been charged with murder. The man charged has been named as Sergiu Leahu, 40, of no fixed aggress. Mr Miah was found with gunshot wounds ...

WHEN Mayor Lutfur Rahman planned, in 2022, to install 1,000 Electric Vehicle Charging Points over the lifetime of his Administration, there were some residents who thought this was fanciful. How wrong they were! The plan was tailored to local circumstances ...

WHAT? ANOTHER ONE? The famous words of “Brenda from Bristol” spring to mind as news comes of yet another government plan to build more homes to tackle the housing crisis. The latest plan has a target of building 70,000 social ...

GREAT EXAM results were welcomed by Mayor Lutfur Rahman last week, as GCSE achievements came out just after SATs results for Key Stage 2 school pupils. Mayor Lutfur Rahman congratulated all those young people who sat GCSES, saying, “I know ...

A FIRE in a ground floor flat on Ratcliffe Cross Street, Limehouse, is believed to have been caused by cooking, the London Fire Brigade has announced. As a result, the Brigade has issued cooking safety advice. The fire occurred on ...

A NEW approach is helping to cut drug- and drink-related Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB), says Tower Hamlets Council. The Council attributes this improvement to “a new partnership” – but is that the whole story? The Council press release reports that there ...