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Hundreds flock to Visit Your Mosque event Emdad Rahman The Shadwell based Darul Ummah opened its doors to the community on Sunday and welcomed hundreds of visitors who had come to sample what it means to be a British Muslim. ...

The Government has cut millions from Tower Hamlets’ income, but the Council has fortunately won a small grant which will restore a tiny drop of the missing funding. The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) set aside £3.5 million ...

John “two jobs” Biggs has taken time out of his busy schedule juggling with two full-time jobs to steer through a new contract for advertising in some of the borough’s bus shelters. Beijing may have nine million bicycles, but Tower ...

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Civic Societies will today host a meeting in Parliament to consider how communities can play a greater role in protecting our heritage. Tower Hamlets has a great deal of multi-cultural heritage – but ...

Capital Transport campaigns on behalf of Londoners for better public transport. Their latest newsletter highlights some issues of particular interest to East Londoners. Barking to Gospel Oak Handrails have now been installed inside the carriages so that, at busy times, ...

If you are one of the thousands who have made New Year’s Resolutions about your health – but you don’t want to be one of the thousands who have broken them by the end of January – here’s some information ...

Tower Hamlets Council will be marking Holocaust Memorial Day on 27th January with a number of events so that residents can remember the six million people who lost their lives during the Holocaust years and the millions of others who ...

Welcoming an award won by a park opened by Mayor Lutfur Rahman, Labour’s John Biggs said: “We are delighted that the Landscape Institute has awarded Derbyshire Pocket Park first prize in the ‘Design for a Small Scale Development’ category.” Not ...

Around 2,500 people in Tower Hamlets have a Freedom Pass which expires on 31st March, and Tower Hamlets Council has reminded them of the procedure for renewing the Pass. •First, pass-holders will receive a letter early this month explaining what ...

A total of eight east London Tube and/or DLR stations have been rezoned – in a move which will make it cheaper to travel to destinations in Newham. The affected stations are: Stratford, West Ham, Stratford High Street, Stratford International ...