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Are you planning an autumn caravan holiday? What’s on your packing checklist? Whether it’s “bikini, sun screen and fluffy towel” or “wellies, umbrella and board games”, don’t forget to add “carbon monoxide check”. There are many activities that campers enjoy ...

It was third time lucky for tiddlers and toddlers who went to the street party at Around Poplar Children Centre last week. This was the third party, organised by Tower Hamlets Council and the Children’s Centres Parents Forum – the ...

A celebration event took place last Thursday to thank residents who helped create a new map showing the borough’s most-valued community assets. Tower Hamlets Council recruited 28 volunteers and helped train them in how to research the views and experiences ...

New research published by Direct Line for Business has identified unscrupulous letting agents are “double dipping”, charging tenants and landlords for the same service. While most letting agents play by the rules, the research found evidence of both landlords and ...

Social landlord Poplar Harca is once more taking time off its “day job” of running the 9,000 properties it owns in the area and is attempting to transform Chrisp Street Market into the seaside for the day. The event will ...

August Bank Holiday means a trip to the seaside, right? Not for everyone, it seems: new research from Barnardo’s reveals a day by the sea is out of reach for one in five families – because it’s just too expensive. ...

Tower Hamlets residents can have a clear out of items they no longer want and search for bits and pieces they need at a Swap Event on Saturday, 30th August. Residents should bring reusable, clean items no longer needed to ...

Small and medium businesses in Tower Hamlets could get up to £3,000 towards installing a high-speed broadband connection, usually of 30Mbit/s or more. The new grant from the Greater London Authority (GLA), worth up to £100 million across the UK, ...

Lutfur Rahman, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, officially opened the new “pocket park” in Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green during a community event on Friday, 15th August. The environmentally-friendly park has transformed a local eyesore into an asset everyone can enjoy. Residents ...

The nominations for the 14th annual Asian Achievers Awards have been revealed. Among them are: •clothing tycoon, Mahmud Kamani of boohoo.com; •footballer and founder of PS14, Paran Singh; •writer Hanif Kureishi CBE; •internationally acclaimed music producer Naughty Boy, aka Shahid ...