A REMINDER of the community spirit that used to exist in Tower Hamlets years ago has been given by Tower Hamlets Homes (THH) – the managing agent for the Council’s remaining housing stock. THH looks after around 20,000 properties on ...
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JOHN BIGGS has been at it again – closing down facilities which serve some of the most vulnerable members of the community in Tower Hamlets. It is a move which saw users of Council day care centres stage a public ...
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ON THE FACE of it, this has to be good news. The Metropolitan Police have just announced that 16 people were arrested in Tower Hamlets and Hackney during a recent “hit day”, bringing total arrests to 145 since March 2020. ...
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TOWER HAMLETS Council is holding a “live virtual discussion and Q&A session”, starting at 7pm on Wednesday, 17th February. The Council says that this is an opportunity to “ask Mayor John Biggs and a panel of health experts about Covid-19 ...
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THURSDAY, 6th May is the date on which elections for the positions of London Mayor and Members of the Greater London Assembly will be held – one year after they were due to take place and postponed by the Covid ...
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LUTFUR RAHMAN, former Directly Elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets, has spoken out to support the borough’s libraries and Ideas Stores – the latest service under threat of closure by Tower Hamlets Council. Lutfur Rahman posted a statement on his Facebook ...
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The sudden lockdown – and the U-turn on closing schools – has revealed government failings on planning and logistics once again. Unless they act quickly, some children will be left behind. When the first lockdown began last year, the Government ...
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IN OCTOBER we usually celebrate Black History. This month we are looking at how Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Councillors are making new history. “Delighted to see work has started on new homes #Wapping, Thanks to @MayorJohnBiggs & #TowerHamletsNow Development ...
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IN OCTOBER we usually celebrate Black History. This month we are looking at how Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Councillors are making new history. “Really pleased to be supporting a mtion by @MayorJohnBiggs @mukitmbe to give the people of Tower ...
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US-based campaigning organisation If Not Now celebrated the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah by reflecting on last year’s work – and looking forward to the year ahead. Last year’s successes include persuading US presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to ...
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