Mayor Lutfur Rahman gave his report to the Council (the Council voted, after he was elected, that he should have five minutes to report to each Council meeting).  Mayor Rahman went briefly through the “Pickles process”, pointing out that the ...

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 ...

On Friday, 3rd October around 500 experts from London tech and business industries are expected to bed down for the night in Potters Fields Park. They will be joined by staff from hundreds of similar companies who will sleep rough ...

Tower Hamlets Council has put £1.7m into the refurbishment of eleven derelict homes in order to create new family homes for social rent. The properties had fallen into disrepair due to the lack of development funds available to local authorities ...

The Government’s own figures show that homelessness in London has risen for the fourth year running – that’s since the Coalition first took office. A record 29,152 households have declared themselves homeless this year – a 10% increase on last ...

Emdad Rahman reviews Where shall we walk today? Walking the Pennine Way, by Dave Marriott. As an avid walker I particularly enjoyed reading Dave Marriott’s excellent book recently. Fifty-two year old Dave grew up in the 1960s in a Derbyshire ...

Emdad Rahman reviews Where shall we walk today? Walking the Pennine Way, by Dave Marriott. As an avid walker I particularly enjoyed reading Dave Marriott’s excellent book recently. Fifty-two year old Dave grew up in the 1960s in a Derbyshire ...

On 8th November 2013 the Starbucks and Crisis partnership Christmas promotion “Share the Warmth” was launched. The initiative aims to raise over £100,000 for the homeless charity. To celebrate, Abdul Samad, an apprentice with Starbucks Brushfield Street store is swapping ...

The Sapphires This is an inspirational tale set in the late ’60s about a quartet of young, talented singers from a remote Aboriginal mission, discovered and guided by a kind-hearted, soul-loving manager. Plucked from obscurity, the four spirited women with ...

Emdad Rahman:  Cycling has never been more popular.  Bradley Wiggins made history by becoming the first Brit to win the Tour De France and the Englishman’s phenomenal triumph has led to calls for him to be given a knighthood. During ...