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Three youths were arrested near Oaklands school on 7th January suspicion of possessing a dangerous martial arts knife. Officers from the Partnership Task Force (PTF) were in the Canrobert Street area, E2, when they saw three youths acting suspiciously. The ...

Many travellers are grateful to the Foreign Office for providing intelligence on conditions overseas. However, the Independent newspaper has spotted an instance of the Foreign Office rather over-estimating the reach of Britain’s far right extremists. On 15th January, there was ...

Meet your culinary heroes and explore cruise holidays and destinations in one show Visitors to the annual Telegraph Cruise Show at London’s ExCeL on 9-11th January 2015 can explore the world of cruise holiday options under one roof plus meet celebrity ...

Emdad Rahman The Tower Hamlets Citizens Community and Relations Group received great plaudits and recognition at the annual Excel Awards 2014. The evening at Care House in London E1 celebrated the achievements of young and old alike. The group has carried ...

Muslim Aid’s warm kits bring comfort to many elderly in winter Amal Imad, Information & Public Affairs Department of Muslim Aid, describes what the charity’s “keep warm kits” mean to vulnerable elderly people. I recently had the pleasure of meeting ...

On Sunday, 7th December Londoners from a diverse range of faith groups held a vigil outside Downing Street. Those assembled called on David Cameron to change the habit of a lifetime and take action to stop climate change. The vigilers ...

As the year draws to a close, yet another one of our young citizens has had his life ended before his time by hatred turning into mindless violence – and we are left asking how it is that we have ...

The British Curry Awards reached their milestone tenth birthday on 1st December with a star-studded awards ceremony at the Battersea Evolution. The event was packed with over 1,700 representatives of the curry sector of the catering industry and its celebrity ...

Tower Hamlets Labour Party and Tower Hamlets Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Joint Meeting Debate on Labour’s Defence Policy: Should Trident have a future? 7.30pm, 1st December Kingsley Hall, E3 3HJ (corner of Powis Road and Bruce Road) nearest Tube stations: ...

The Council has been consulting residents on whether to introduce a 20mph speed limit across the borough – and 31st October is the last day for comments to be made. Around 85 per cent of the borough is already within ...