The Review Body on Doctors’ Pay (DDRB) has recommended that doctors receive a 1% pay rise, and the British Medical Association (BMA) has responded, expressing disappointment on behalf of doctors. The BMA said that doctors had been working hard to ...

The National Housing Federation (NHF) styles itself as “the voice of affordable housing in England”. It aims to promote housing associations, claiming that its members “provide two and a half million homes for more than five million people” – and ...

A strong part of what makes up Tower Hamlets is the Borough’s Somali population. Over several years, it’s brought an extra dimension to this multicultural part of London. A strong seafaring nation, Somalia has produced many sailors who have visited ...

Tower Hamlets has a long established football heritage – but in April all footballing eyes will be focussed on one of the youngest competitions in the borough. The Mayor’s Cup began in 2011, as the Borough’s first directly elected Mayor, ...

Bow Boys BMX Club meets after school on Wednesdays at the BMX pump tracks which were built as part of the Olympic legacy. Backing from cycling charity Sustrans has ensured that Club members have bikes to ride and training by ...

National Science & Engineering week lasts from 15th to 24th March this year. This is the 20th annual event, and there’s plenty on offer for Londoners to enjoy. Here are some of the highlights. For more details, view the online ...

St John Ambulance is raising money with a 100km cycle ride – with a difference. The fundraising jaunt will be undertaken by moonlight! Fortunately, the fundraiser does not take place till Saturday, 8th June – when the moonlight should be ...

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced that the Conservative Party will enter the next General Election campaign promising to change human rights law. It is not clear what change Mr Grayling envisages – and, of course, he has to persuade ...

Statistics released by the industry body NHBC show that the number of new homes registered in January 2013 (10,112) is roughly one third higher than the number registered in January 2012 (7,831). However, 800 of the new properties registered are ...

Labour's Bethnal Green and Bow MP Rushanara Ali has today condemned the violence in Bangladesh.