EARLY THIS MORNING, 5th August, police staged raids on ten homes in Tower Hamlets. The operation was conducted by the Gangs Task Force and was part of Operation Continuum. Six men were arrested on suspicion of being part of the ...

POLICE HAVE NAMED a man they wish to speak to in connection with a sexual assault which took place on a 243 bus on Sunday, 31st May. He is David O’Brien, 51. The offence occurred as the bus made its ...

TOWER HAMLETS Unison has announced three more days of strike action as they fight to convince disgraced Executive Mayor John Biggs that reducing Council workers’ terms and conditions is not the way to balance the budget. The strikes will be ...

THE DEATH TOLL is at least 100. The injuries are almost more horrific: an estimated 4,000 have needed hospital treatment, some in a critical condition. The health service, already struggling to cope with Coronavirus, is overwhelmed. Throughout the night, humanity ...

AS WORLD leaders look for a way to repair a global economy deeply injured by the first wave of Coronavirus, we look this month at the struggle between the wealthy and the workers – and what’s been said about it. ...

A HUGE explosion has occurred in Beirut, capital of Lebanon. Details are still emerging, but the explosion seems to have happened in the port area. It is thought that there may have initially been a fire, which was then followed ...

TOWER HAMLETS Council has announced that the terms and conditions of its parking scheme are to change from 1st September. The changes were “announced” on the Council website – apparently without any consultation. The Government by Stealth approach immediately prompted ...

TOWER HAMLETS COUNCILLORS: what are they like? The hot topic in the Borough is the decision of Executive Mayor John Biggs to impose new contracts (“Tower Rewards”) on the Council workforce.  Do Labour Councillors back him or not? Ten councillors ...

IT WAS January this year when Czeslaw Swiatkowski, 67, was murdered in Clapton. At the end of July, Dawid Wycik, 28, of no fixed abode, was found guilty of the murder – and sentence to prison, with a minimum tariff ...

TOWER HAMLETS COUNCILLORS: what are they like? The hot topic in the Borough is the decision of Executive Mayor John Biggs to impose new contracts (“Tower Rewards”) on the Council workforce.  Do Labour Councillors back him or not? Ten councillors ...