Diabetes Week runs from 14-20th June and is seen as a time to increase awareness and provide further advice, support and information on the condition. The national campaign, led by Diabetes UK, is encouraging people to share their hints, tips ...
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John Biggs and the missing Labour votes
The predominant emotion in the Labour Party campaign when they woke up on Friday morning (or maybe even Friday afternoon) was probably not elation so much as relief. Although John Biggs won the Tower Hamlets mayoral election, he lost a large ...
Read More »THEOs secure successful result in court
Three men have been found guilty of assault and threatening behaviour towards Tower Hamlets Enforcement Officers (THEOs). At two Magistrates’ Court hearings in April and May this year, two were found guilty of assault and threatening behaviour and the third ...
Read More »Police crack down on crime in Bow
Officers from Bow West Safer Neighbourhoods team are urging Tower Hamlets residents to increase their security measures following a recent rise in moped thefts. As other motor vehicles have become more secure, there has been a significant rise in criminals ...
Read More »Pupils secure more bins for Island Gardens
Pupils from George Green’s School have been helping to keep the borough clean by helping the Council install new litter bins. Working with Citizens UK, students were able to identify sites near to the school where bins were needed and ...
Read More »Sophie’s story: why we all need to Race for Life
Sophie McCallum, 25, from Lewisham, is putting on her war paint and appealing to mums, daughters, grans, friends and colleagues to unite and form a “pink army” at the Race for Life events taking place across the capital this year. ...
Read More »An audience with Moeen Ali
“The Beard That’s Feared” wows the crowd at Orphans in Need charity event Emdad Rahman An audience with Moeen Ali at The Institute of Directors, Pall Mall, London attracted a large number of big hearted guests who together contributed to ...
Read More »Live from the Count
ELN is back in the Excel aircraft-hangar. There’s two counts today: the Stepney Green Ward by-election and the Mayor of Tower Hamlets by-election. We’ll update this story with news as it occurs: keep checking back. We are hoping to have ...
Read More »Waiting for a four-bedroomed home? All you need is £1.2 million…
Eco World Ballymore has launched the second phase of “London City Island”. They are going to build two blocks of flats which will contain 417 new homes of various sizes (one to four bedrooms, and “suites”, which appears to be ...
Read More »They’re taking our NHS!
We’ve all heard that the Barts NHS Trust has the largest deficit of any NHS Trust in the UK – and now there’s a chance to see why. The Brady Centre will be hosting an exhibition by Marion Macalpine using ...
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