Just before Christmas 2012, 6,661 Comet staff were sacked when the administrator Deloitte announced the closure of the company, including all 195 stores, offices and distribution centres. Shopworkers union Usdaw took out a case at the Leeds Employment Tribunal on ...

Tower Hamlets Council is reminding residents that the drug khat will become illegal from 24th June, under new legislation introduced by the Government. Khat will become a controlled Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, which means ...

If you’re a fan of Mr Youth, who takes his first name from the part of our borough where he now lives, make plans to get down to Heaven on 13th November, which is where and when you’ll be able ...

Sudanese songwriter Ahmed Gallab, aka Sinkane, is back with Mean Love, his fourth solo full-length under that moniker, due for release on 2nd Sept via DFA and City Slang. His PR invited us to “listen to the funky new single ...

The organisers of Field Day, the music festival held in Victoria Park earlier this month, have thanked all those who attended for making the event a brilliant and successful event. You can see a range of photos of the extravaganza ...

Downton Abbey star Jim Carter will take part in a charity cycling ride in Madagascar this autumn in support of Richard House Children’s Hospice, of which he is a patron. The route will take cyclists through the heart of Madagascar, ...

Local artists are excited to see new artwork filling the white space on the walls of the new dental hospital. Swedish artist Jacob Dahlgren has produced Constructing a New World to display at the site. The work was commissioned by ...

Patients and students in London’s East End are set to benefit as the UK’s first new dental school and hospital in nearly 40 years – the £78 million Royal London Dental Hospital – officially opens its doors this week. The ...

Elderly and vulnerable Londoners were warned against falling victim to courier fraud on Wednesday, 4th June as part of Courier Fraud Awareness Day. Between April 2013 and April 2014, Tower Hamlets Police received 43 reports of courier fraud. Borough Commander ...

Tower Hamlets Youth and Community Services will once again be running the Youth Opportunities Fund (YOF) this year. YOF is a special fund that offers grants of up to £3,500 for youth projects in Tower Hamlets. Funding decisions are made ...