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More winter blues on the way as power firms implement their 10% price hikes. Average bills for a couple will go up this winter by around £115 to £1,265 a year. Bills for larger households will increase from an average ...

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Lutfur Rahman, the Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets joined Independent Columnist Yasmin Alibhai Brown to address participants at a special Leadership dinner.

Cllr Marc Francis sent an email to Labour Group Leader Cllr Abbas expressing his discontent at the management of Labour Group.

Fozol Miah is the NEW Elected Councillor for Spitalfields & Bangla Town!! View Results Now.

"We are working very long hours to keep things running and would be glad if cross party colleagues were willing to share the work in Cabinet." - Mayor Lutfur Rahman

Figures for pupils in Year 6 of primary school – the final year - show the percentage classified as ‘obese' was 18.7 per cent in 2009/10 - nearly double that of pupils in Receptionyearof whom 9.8 per cent were classified as ‘obese'.

The By-election in Spitalfields and Banglatown triggered by Lutfur Rahman’s election as Mayor will be held on the 16th of December.

Lutfur Rahman, the executive mayor of Tower Hamlets, said the Olympic organisers had acted unlawfully and Failed!

Local Women brave the cold to celebrate interfaith special ‘Evening of Inspiration’ event