JUST HOW hard should we be on dogs – and their owners – in Tower Hamlets? Over the summer, Tower Hamlets Council has been consulting the public on a new dog-control policy: and dog owners are… barking mad about it. ...

ONLY KIDDING! The last full Tower Hamlets council meeting of 2024, held on 20th November, took place under a blanket of calm respect. But it was only superficial: under the blanket seethed the usual passions over who should be governing ...

Government inspectors spent several months in Tower Hamlets Council this year, inspecting the Council’s observance of its “Best Value” obligations. Their report was released on Tuesday, 12th November. Below we print the Council’s response to the report. A link to ...

Tower Hamlets Cricket Club and Tower Hamlets Hockey Club have officially merged to form the Tower Hamlets Cricket & Hockey Club (THCHC), marking a significant milestone in the community’s sporting landscape. The merger was celebrated with a small ceremony at ...

As part of a £5m investment into waste services, Tower Hamlets Council has recruited 72 new waste staff, put 22 new vehicles into operation for street and park cleansing, and expanded the service to deliver a twice daily, seven-day-a-week, cleansing ...

HOW MANY times have you walked past youngsters on the street and seen them sharing round those small, silver cannisters of nitrous oxide? Or gone out in the morning and tutted over a pile of empty cannisters left in the ...

Muhammad Talha CLLR SHAFI AHMED, the Speaker of Tower Hamlets Council, has completed training to become a Dementia Friend: a person who learns about dementia so they can help their community. Too many people affected by dementia feel that society fails ...

A FIRE broke out on the 17th floor of a 21 story tower block in Whitechapel High Street late this afternoon, 7th March. The building is believed to be the Relay building, which includes flats, offices and shops and stands ...

HOW MANY Tower Hamlets Council staff does it take to change a light bulb? Our guess is that no one knows (the search facility on the Council website returned 2,369 results to this question, but they didn’t seem to have ...

Muhi Mikdad A TOWER HAMLETS Councillor hopes that a recent operation on an injured leg will see him return to being fully match fit. Councillor Shah Shuhel Ameen represents Whitechapel ward in Tower Hamlets. He took part in an exhibition ...