Community

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 ...

Emdad Rahman Fifty-five cyclists rode through the night to complete a journey through 64 miles of the English countryside in aid of the forgotten Rohingya people of Burma. The night-time  moon ride from Cambridge to London was organised by Hope ...

Tower Hamlets parents and carers can get to grips with real nappies at a special “Nappuccino” event from 10am to 12 noon on Tuesday, 17th March at at Whitechapel Idea Store, 321 Whitechapel Road, E1 1BU. The council will be working with ...

Tower Hamlets Council is appealing for people to come forward and find out about becoming a foster parent. The council currently has 115 fostering households on its books, but it is always looking for more recruits. In particular it needs ...