This is not the best of The Times: this is the worst of The Times. It is relentless. Top story on the website of The Times in the early hours of 20th August was the barbaric and brutal murder of ...

Tower Hamlets residents can have a clear out of items they no longer want and search for bits and pieces they need at a Swap Event on Saturday, 30th August. Residents should bring reusable, clean items no longer needed to ...

Small and medium businesses in Tower Hamlets could get up to £3,000 towards installing a high-speed broadband connection, usually of 30Mbit/s or more. The new grant from the Greater London Authority (GLA), worth up to £100 million across the UK, ...

Lutfur Rahman, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, officially opened the new “pocket park” in Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green during a community event on Friday, 15th August. The environmentally-friendly park has transformed a local eyesore into an asset everyone can enjoy. Residents ...

The nominations for the 14th annual Asian Achievers Awards have been revealed. Among them are: •clothing tycoon, Mahmud Kamani of boohoo.com; •footballer and founder of PS14, Paran Singh; •writer Hanif Kureishi CBE; •internationally acclaimed music producer Naughty Boy, aka Shahid ...

Hanan Abdel-Khalek went to Delilah’s recent show in London and found out what the singer’s up to in between gigs. Parisian born singer Delilah shut the venue down on Tuesday, 5th August after delivering one of her most hauntingly beautiful ...

Tower Hamlets Council has been granted an additional £250,000 by the Government to tackle potholes. The council will be conducting a fast track inspection of all roads in the borough over the coming months to identify and repair potholes. A ...

Police are appealing for information relating to the burglary of a house at Bennetts Castle Lane, Dagenham where a number of items of Asian gold were stolen. The incident took place on Sunday, 10th August between 1.30pm and 11pm. Police ...

Police are appealing for information in connection with a 77-year-old woman being targeted by fraudsters attempting to steal cash from her home. The incident took place on Thursday, 7th August at 1.30pm in Lower Broad Street, Dagenham. Two men claiming ...

There’s an old saying in cynics’ circles: if voting could change anything, they’d abolish it. Resident activists sometimes have a little joke about that and say to ourselves: “if tenants could change anything, they’d abolish us”. At least, we thought it ...