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If the freezing weather’s giving you real problems with heating your home, do ring the Home Heat Helpline on 0800 33 66 99 (it’s free).  This is an impartial and confidential service which helps you to find support with your ...

Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman has welcomed the final report of the Boundary Commission for England which sets out the new electoral arrangements for the Council.

Pupils at Sebright Primary School and Cardinal Pole were quids in when they attended the opening of the Cre8 centre in Hackney on 20th March. The Speaker of Hackney Councillor Jessica Webb looked on as the pupils were invited to ...

Cllr Shahed Ali, Cabinet Member for Environment, has won a silver award in recognition of his leadership of the Council’s street cleaning strategy.

BANGLADESH: ‘MAKING SENSE OF THE CHAOS’ A discussion seminar by British Bangladeshi Alliance with extensive Q&A and contributions from invited guests. Date: Saturday 23rd March 2013 Venue: Wickham Hall, Waterlilly 69-89 Mile End Road, London E1 4TT Time: 3:00 – ...

The Review Body on Doctors’ Pay (DDRB) has recommended that doctors receive a 1% pay rise, and the British Medical Association (BMA) has responded, expressing disappointment on behalf of doctors. The BMA said that doctors had been working hard to ...

The National Housing Federation (NHF) styles itself as “the voice of affordable housing in England”. It aims to promote housing associations, claiming that its members “provide two and a half million homes for more than five million people” – and ...

A strong part of what makes up Tower Hamlets is the Borough’s Somali population. Over several years, it’s brought an extra dimension to this multicultural part of London. A strong seafaring nation, Somalia has produced many sailors who have visited ...

Tower Hamlets has a long established football heritage – but in April all footballing eyes will be focussed on one of the youngest competitions in the borough. The Mayor’s Cup began in 2011, as the Borough’s first directly elected Mayor, ...

Bow Boys BMX Club meets after school on Wednesdays at the BMX pump tracks which were built as part of the Olympic legacy. Backing from cycling charity Sustrans has ensured that Club members have bikes to ride and training by ...