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MAYOR LUTFUR RAHMAN has invited primary school pupils who live or go to school in Tower Hamlets to design a festive Christmas card. The Mayor will choose some of the best designs to send out as Council cards this year. ...

Emdad Rahman Sabia Kamali, Councillor, Cabinet Member, London Borough of Newham, and founding CEO of the Sisters’ Forum, a BAME women’s collective in East London has been recognised for her tireless efforts in helping hundreds of women escape domestic violence ...

Emdad Rahman Rofiqul Islam BCAc, Freeman of the City of London has been re elected as a Public Governor. The Thirty seven year old community activist is a renowned local community activist and is confirmed to serve a second term ...

Muhammad Talha The Glamis Residents Association held a summer barbecue for local people in Shadwell and to help create a sense of positive community spirit. Over the course of the day almost three hundred residents visited the Gordon House Green ...

Ashid Ali, Headteacher, London Enterprise Academy CELEBRATIONS WERE the order of the day at the London Enterprise Academy (LEA) as the school received news of an excellent set of GCSE results – a huge improvement on last year. LEA pupils ...

As part of a £5m investment into waste services, Tower Hamlets Council has recruited 72 new waste staff, put 22 new vehicles into operation for street and park cleansing, and expanded the service to deliver a twice daily, seven-day-a-week, cleansing ...

TOWER HAMLETS has a large LGBTQ population – and a modest number of queer venues which support the community with night-time entertainment in a safe space. For many LGBTQ+ residents, and their friends, these safe spaces are a life-line. They ...

Muhammad Talha A group of friends from East London have taken part in a sponsored walk to raise thousands of pounds for charity Team Legend are childhood companions approaching the age of fifty and the latest adventure for the lifelong ...

At Care House, in East London, after more than four decades, Da’watul Islam UK and Eire’s ladies came together for a heart-warming re-union event which brought back many cherished memories and strengthened their community spirit. The reunion event served as ...

Emdad Rahman A seminar was organised at the Hatfield Community Centre, Dagenham as part of a community educational initiative to help with preparations for local pilgrims who are performing the Hajj this year. The pilgrimage to Makkah in Saudi Arabia ...