What’s in a name? Perhaps it was inevitable that Cllr Rabina Khan would use the slogan “Yes We Khan!” – nothing wrong with a quick pun during an election campaign. Unfortunately, Tower Hamlets’ Rabina is not the only Khan in ...

The last weekend of the mayoral election campaign in Tower Hamlets saw questions being raised about how the Labour Party came to use a public park for a “campaign event”. Either the Party had hired Altab Ali Park (which would ...

Bethnal Green Weightlifting Club, based in Turin Street, hosted a special weightlifting competition at the end of May which saw young Tower Hamlets resident Taslima Begum wrestle with some weighty issues. Taslima, who studies at Oaklands School, has been trained ...

Move over Chelsea Flower Show – East Enders have the chance to show off their horticultural skills in the Council’s annual gardening competition. The Tower Hamlets in Bloom competition rewards those who help to make the borough bright and beautiful. ...

As part of the Shanghati Literary Society’s Community Literature Festival 2015, a group of learners of varying age groups were asked to come up with poems. The poets had been told they would have 30 minutes – but the time ...

The T20 Asia Blaze is well underway. The initiative was set up by Capital Kids Cricket and London Tigers, with the support of The England and Wales Cricket Board, Middlesex Cricket Board and Essex Cricket Board, to inspire the next ...

Giving children a great experience in sport to inspire them to continue participating for life is a great help to the community. Tower Hamlets Council runs a range of coaching courses to help turn enthusiastic helpers into coaches who can deliver ...

Emdad Rahman E14: Our Stories is a book created by 20 people who live, work or study in the E14 postcode of Tower Hamlets. The book is part of a project being run by Queen Mary, University of London that ...

Emdad Rahman Ashfaqur Nobel struck a sweet 75 as Scintilla beat Bow Green by 49 runs in a close game at the Peter May Stadium, Walthamstow, this weekend. Scintilla won the toss and Ayaz Karim opted to bat first. Nobel ...

Cllr Rabina Khan has spent the last full week of the mayoral campaign explaining that standing for election as Mayor of Tower Hamlets is a big step for her – but it could be a step forward for women across ...