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Tower Hamlet’s Council’s award winning Zero Emissions Network (ZEN) hosted a daytime pop-event on Wednesday in Brick Lane. The event involved a display of electric cars, cargo bikes and bike mechanics. The council has partnered with the London boroughs of ...

An exciting new app showcasing fascinating walks in Tower Hamlets was launched at Arnold Circus yesterday. The Weavers Green Trail and app was created by the Weavers local community ward forum with funding provided by Tower Hamlets Council. The app ...

Tower Hamlets Council has planted small trees at Jolly’s Green Open Space in Poplar as part of a bid to improve our environment. The trees were planted to address the fact that there is little woodland in Tower Hamlets, and ...

Following a positive public consultation, Tower Hamlets Council will be applying a 20mph speed limit to all of the borough’s roads – excluding red routes – from Monday, 13th April. The consultation was carried out last October, and 80% of ...

Giles Clarke, Chair of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), has pledged the ECB’s full support for the UNICEF appeal fund in aid of the Pacific island of Vanuatu which has been devastated by Super Cyclone Pam. UNICEF has ...

There are thought to be over four million people in the UK whose main language is not English – and some 45,000 people in and around Tower Hamlets who may speak Bengali or Somali as a first language. TV Licensing ...

Local people are being urged to look after their sexual health as experts take to roads across Tower Hamlets to provide advice aboard the new Barts Health bus. The innovative service launched on Wednesday this week at Mile End Hospital, ...

Don’t plan to drive through Hackney on the Sunday after the General Election: the roads will be closed to traffic as runners take over and complete a series of running challenges. And that means the training has already started for ...

Let’s hope there’s no April showers this Easter as the Human Relief Foundation holds a charity cricket tournament at the Oval. For more information ring 07738-808 918 or email malam@surreycricket.com.

The Brick Lane Circle is undertaking a unique project exploring the major impact the London-based East India Company had on Asian and British lives for more than two centuries. It’s looking to recruit twelve volunteer researchers who will explore East ...