Muhammad Talha Shoreditch, London – Tower Hamlets Council took a proactive step in enhancing the aesthetic appeal and safety of Braithwaite Street in Brick Lane with a graffiti clean up event on Wednesday, 26th February. The initiative brought together the ...
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Labour stuck as Aspire leads pension divestment
IT WAS unprecedented. Tower Hamlets Councillors united, almost to a person, to stop the Council’s pension fund investing in companies involved in the arms trade. The Council and its employees both contribute a small sum to a pension fund each ...
Read More »Put your foot down on Electric Vehicles!
WHO KNOWS what’s happening with the transition to electric vehicles? We all know it would be a Good Thing because it would cut carbon emissions – but it seems that no one can figure out how to do it. It ...
Read More »Don’t go to Harlow – just Be Well at home
HARLOW IS miles away from East London, but apparently the Harlow & District Sports Trust runs a place called the Harlow Leisurezone – and they have found time to comment on some recent research. Someone has looked into how often ...
Read More »Two Mayors; Two Manifestos… and double standards?
A MAYOR will always want to implement their Manifesto – but some, it seems, will find it easier than others. For example… In 2015, Labour’s John Biggs promised that if he was elected he would give the Rich Mix Centre ...
Read More »Food Banks: does one size fit all?
“I WOULD love to go to a Food Bank.” There were the words of a Tory Government Minister, speaking on the radio a couple of years ago. “All that free food. People are really lucky and they don’t appreciate it.” ...
Read More »Faith, Climate, Recycling: the Summit 2024
HOW DO we see our future? Local politicians and faith-based communities have a great deal in common when it comes to answering that question – as they found out at the recent Faith in Environment Summit 2024. The Summit was ...
Read More »Mayor Rahman praises young achievers
YOUNG PEOPLE in Tower Hamlets are unstoppable. All too often we hear about the problems young people cause – but on 5th December Tower Hamlets Council celebrated what the borough’s engaged youth community has achieved. The achievement was marked at ...
Read More »Community welcomes Mayor Rahman’s fuel payment
A UNITED pensioner community came out to welcome Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s winter fuel payment last week. The launch was held to mark fuethe day when letters were sent out to pensioners eligible to claim the Council’s payment. Mayor Rahman was ...
Read More »Faith Award For ILFL
Emdad Rahman Celebrations are in order after the Inner London Football League received The Recognised Project Award at the celebrated London Dangoor Awards by The Faith & Belief Forum. The celebrations are an annual celebration of the diverse efforts of ...
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