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Al Isharah is once more organising a summer run to raise funds for the organisation. For more information, go to: Home

Residents are invited to come along and enjoy a season of summer evening markets in Tower Hamlets this July. The summer market sessions will take place in Whitechapel and at Watney market on Friday and Saturday evenings between 7pm and ...

Tower Hamlets Council has become one of the first local authorities in London to become an accredited London Living Wage (LLW) employer – guaranteeing that its own staff and those who work for its contractors (aged 18 and over) will ...

Roman Road will host its inaugural cultural extravaganza next week – the highest-profile activity to be supported by a new Tower Hamlets Council initiative which puts power in the hands of residents. The Roman Road Festival will showcase heritage, entertainment ...

England captain Steven Gerrard may boast a £3.9m mansion but it’s a far cry from the modest home he grew up in on a tough council estate in Liverpool. Gerrards Lane in Merseyside and Gerrard Street in London may both ...

The Coalition Government is trying to run down social housing in favour of using public money to subsidise private renting deals – keeping house prices high enough to avoid another immediate recession. They have put all sorts of restrictions on ...

Murad Qureshi, a Labour member of the Greater London Assembly, visited Palestine in early June. He saw first hand how the Israeli Government treats Palestinian people. It is little wonder that many commentators are now calling the Israeli regime the ...

Young people who are not in education, employment or training can benefit from some expert advice this week on Thursday (26th June) as businesses and organisations come together for the “MyFuture” careers event. Why the event has been branded “MyFuture” ...

Dear ELN, Here at the London Assembly we are doing some work to find out more about how Londoners access their GP. As a London-wide Assembly Member I am particularly interested to hear the views of the Bangladeshi community across ...

As the weather heats up, so too does festival season in Tower Hamlets – and this year promises to be a scorcher with the Boishakhi Mela in Victoria Park on Sunday, 22nd June. The Boishakhi Mela is the largest Bengali ...