ONE TEENAGER died; another remains critically ill. That is not the kind of news that usually greets residents of Bow on a Sunday morning. This much we know. It was just after midnight on Sunday morning, 4th September, that residents ...
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Mayor Rahman’s new broom sweeps away Cabinet cobwebs
THIS MAYOR MEANS BUSINESS. So much was clear from the second Cabinet meeting of Directly Elected Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s third Administration. Throughout the meeting, Mayor Rahman and the Aspire Cabinet made reference after reference to what support the residents of ...
Read More »All’s well – till Labour loses the plot
LONDON BANGLA COMMENT: A spirit of constructive governing broke out at Tower Hamlets Council on 27th July 2022 – the first scheduled full Council meeting since the election (the AGM in May dealt only with formalities). It was so different ...
Read More »And they’re off! Lib-Dems: Labour’s secret weapon?
ON 5th MAY, London’s voters will be going to the polls. All local council seats are up for election – as are Directly Elected Mayors, in those boroughs which have them. We have looked at Labour’s and Aspire’s candidates for ...
Read More »Sheeran to perform at Jubilee Pageant
IT’S A record-breaking 70 years on the throne for HM Queen Elizabeth II, and details are emerging of the events which will be held over the long Bank Holiday weekend to mark the occasion. The traditional bank holiday on the ...
Read More »And they’re off! Aspire showcases breadth of support
ON 5th MAY, London’s voters will be going to the polls. All local council seats are up for election – as are Directly Elected Mayors, in those boroughs which have them. We’ll be looking at all the mayoral candidates in ...
Read More »And they’re off! Labour clings firmly to the past
ON 5th MAY, London’s voters will be going to the polls. All local council seats are up for election – as are Directly Elected Mayors, in those boroughs which have them. We’ll be looking at all the mayoral candidates in ...
Read More »LEA celebrates 51 years of Bangladeshi independence
Muhi Mikdad FOR THE PAST seven years, Ashid Ali, principal of the London Enterprise Academy (LEA), has been organising the many cultural events held at the school. Mr Ali is one of the few British-Bangladeshi headteachers in the UK. To ...
Read More »Councils can bumbling Government over Ukraine refugees
COUNCILS IN England and Wales have made public their concerns over government delays in the process of housing and taking care of Ukrainian refugees who have fled the war in their country. The concerns were raised by the Local Government ...
Read More »Women dies after stabbing in Bethnal Green
BREAKING NEWS: Police and the London Ambulance Service went out to a residential property in Globe Road, Bethnal Green, this afternoon after receiving reports of concerns for the welfare of a woman in the property. They found a 40 year ...
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