The jury in the trial of three young men from Poplar accused of killing Ajmol Alom has delivered a “guilty” verdict. Ajmol’s family responded by thanking police and the Crown Prosecution service for bringing Ajmol’s killers to trial. Sixteen year ...
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Calls for Pickles probe over pre-election use of public money
Irate taxpayers were today calling for an investigation into Community Secretary Eric Pickles,
Read More »Mini marathon could be the start of something big
Young people aged eleven to 17 are being given the chance to join in the London Marathon this year. They won’t have to run all 26 miles: what’s on offer is a place on the Tower Hamlets team in the ...
Read More »Local peace activist honoured in Vietnam
A portrait of Tower Hamlets campaigner Len Aldis is among a series of 30 put on display at the headquarters of the
Read More »Happy New Year?
We’d like to wish all our readers a Happy New Year. It would be traditional to wish you health, wealth and happiness – but
Read More »HUMAN AID UK EMERGENCY MEDICAL AID TO SYRIA 2013
The journey will see the convoy depart from London on the 21st of December.
Read More »Funds for gardens
Grow Wild has a number of small grants available for community groups which are trying to plant up community sites with native plants. The project may involve turning round a neglected or rundown area or turning a new space into ...
Read More »Educators: turning the clock back
So there’s this company learndirect, and it says it’s a “a truly national provider […] with 400 delivery locations”, which apparently gives it
Read More »Austerity: the truth about life at the bottom
The empty slogans trip off the tongue: it’s the poor who are bearing the brunt of austerity… women suffer disproportionately from the cuts…
Read More »Hospice makes it two in a row
Beckton- based Richard House Children’s Hospice has won a gold medal at the London Garden Society awards for the second year running. The repeat victory came in the “small garden” category. Richard House supports children and young adults who ...
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