21.16 Kathy McTasney said there had been many rumours and fingers being pointed: which organisations receive mainstream funding, and is it just Bengladeshi and Somali groups? Cllr Chowdhury said that funding was given out in response to need. Most funding ...
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20.10 Let’s start a new page. The Council has just voted to take a petition from “Save our Nurseries” – an extra one. Why they feel they should take a second petition on nurseries, given that they previously cut the ...
Read More »Full Council tonight: a clash of the titans or a squabble of the squids?
8.00 This is unexpected. The third, and last, petition is being presented by two residents who are deploring what they describe as a party politically motivated attack on Mayor Rahman which is dragging the borough’s name through the mud. They ...
Read More »Man arrested after cyclist’s death in hit and run
Tragedy hit the East End on Monday night when a cyclist was killed as a car collided with his bicycle. Eye witnesses saw the car being driven fast and carelessly, possibly in a race with anther vehicle, just before the ...
Read More »Man arrested on suspicion of killing cyclist
Cyclist murdered by hit and run driver Tragedy hit the East End on Monday night when a cyclist was killed as a car collided with his bicycle. Eye witnesses saw the car being driven fast and carelessly, possibly in a ...
Read More »Now they are coming for our children!
The witch-hunt against Muslims in general, and in Tower Hamlets in particular, took an ugly turn on Thursday this week when an Ofsted Report into Sir John Cass & Redcoat secondary school was leaked to the press. This led to ...
Read More »No fireworks: just a £1+ million damp squib
At last, the Price Waterhouse Cooper audit report is out. At last, we can see what the Council Tax-payers of Tower Hamlets have paid for: paid for in terms of the charges made by the auditors and paid for in ...
Read More »Con-man sexually assaults Bethnal Green schoolgirl: police appeal for help
Have you seen this man? Police want to identify and speak to him in connection with a sexual assault on a school girl on 13th May. Although this is nearly six months ago, police are appealing for the public’s help ...
Read More »Our Rabina is the hero!
Rabina Khan – known to us in Tower Hamlets as Cllr Khan, Member for Shadwell and Cabinet Member for Housing and Development – was named Hero of the Year at the European Diversity Awards on 2nd October. The award was ...
Read More »UKIP draw the battle lines
The shock defection of Douglas Carswell, MP for Clacton in Essex, from the Tory Party to the UK Independence Party (UKIP) gave UKIP their first MP. Moments later, UKIP lost their first MP as Carswell also resigned from the House of Commons. ...
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